Consumer Trends

BJ’s Beer Club gives brew masters the space to create more niche beers and small-batch products for members to try out.

Subscribe to Imbibe: Inside the Beer Club Boom

Everyone wants to feel like they’re a part of something special and exclusive. And, especially since the pandemic, people are starved for social connections in fun settings more than ever. ...

The lit-up interior of an empty restaurant.

The National Restaurant Association Show Announces Lineup of Chef and Mixologist Events

The National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show—taking place May 20-23, 2023, at McCormick Place in Chicago—announces its exceptional lineup of celebrated chefs and mixo ...

The lobster and eggs benedict is a popular brunch choice At The One Group’s STK Restaurants.

The Brunch Boom is Alive and Well for Restaurants

Not quite breakfast. Not quite lunch. The late-morning and mid-afternoon brunch daypart is more than a meal.

New Report: Yelp's 14 Most-Loved Casual Restaurant Brands

To determine America's most-loved brands, Yelp looked at restaurant, food, and retail brands with more than 200 locations across 25-plus states that had 500 or more reviews, and at least one review for every two locations in 2022. ...

Submissions Open for Top 50 Independent Restaurants

Though chain restaurants often grab headlines, independent eateries remain paramount for cultivating creativity and driving innovation in the culinary world, with impacts that reverberate throughou ...

Is Casual Dining Starting to Take Share from Fast Casual?

One of the reasons fast casual erupted in the 2010s was its value proposition.

Have Higher Prices Scared Off Restaurant Consumers?

The so-called “lipstick effect” is not an alien notion for restaurants.

As more U.S. consumers seek out health-conscious, adventurous new foods, sushi continues to rise in popularity—from classics like nigiri to Americanized versions with more familiar ingredients.

The Sushi Surge Isn't Letting Up

According to IBIS World, the number of sushi restaurants in the U.S. has grown by 4.8 percent in 2023 to more than 19,600 businesses

3 Drinking and Dining Trends Redefining the Cruise Industry

Following two years of occupancy declines, the volume of cruise bookings among global travelers is on a fast and promising incline.

Proponents say TikTok offers a more level playing field than other apps.

When TikTok Drives Traffic to Your Restaurant

Leave it to Gen Z to take something as commonplace as the design of a small restaurant bathroom and flip it into something millions of people view and care about, plus drive subsequent traffic and ...