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Banquet Enters $1.8B Frozen Tender Category With MEGA SKU
Banquet's MEGA Crispy Chicken Tenders launch into a frozen chicken segment where 62.3% of U.S. households are already b…
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Taco Bell x Salt & Straw Scale a Collab Into a Retail Format
Taco Bell's second Salt & Straw drop extends beyond a limited-time menu item into a café-exclusive format and loyalty s…
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7-Eleven Reboots C-Store Pizza With New Crust Format
7-Eleven is repositioning its fresh foodservice pizza program with a reformulated crust and bundled price points design…
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IBC Hits 30 With 17.1% YOY Growth Across Foodservice
Innovative Beverage Concepts reports 31% cumulative growth since 2021 and a robust new-product pipeline, signaling cont…
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Panera's Fall Drop Signals Seasonal Menu Velocity
Panera Bread's September fall rollout across 2,251 bakery-cafes pairs new limited-time soups and bakery items with retu…
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Vale Matcha Breaks Ground on First U.S. Commercial Matcha Farm
Vale Matcha's 365-acre Vale Farms project and a planned 30,000-square-foot Oak Harbor processing facility signal a vert…
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Colony Grill Adds Two Hartford County Units in 2027 Push
Colony Grill's Hartford County build-out signals how regional pizza brands are using community-anchored real estate dea…
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Burger King Taps Dragon Ball Super for LTO Menu Push
Burger King's nationwide Dragon Ball Super limited-time menu, launching September 1, pairs exclusive character figurine…
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Zaxby's Takes NERDS Milkshake National After Test Markets
Zaxby's NERDS Strawberry Milkshake moves from regional test to nationwide limited-time offer, signaling how QSR chains …
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Amai Proteins' sweelin® Clears Three Markets in Six Months
Amai Proteins has secured regulatory approval in Israel, the US, and Singapore within six months, giving food and bever…
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Crooked Pop Taps Diageo-Zevia Vet to Drive National RTD Push
Crooked Pop has hired Lee Schill as Chief Commercial Officer, pairing Bai founder Ben Weiss's brand-building track reco…
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Chipotle's Dual LTO Launch Signals a New Playbook for QSR Brands
Chipotle Mexican Grill's simultaneous two-item LTO launch, paired with a national TV campaign built entirely from creat…