Technomic, Chicago, looks at the top restaurant trends for next year, identifying trends that may significantly impact the restaurant industry. Its expert insights are based on site visits evaluating the restaurant scene in cities across the country as well as interviews and surveys of operators, chefs and consumers, backed up by qualitative data from its extensive digital resource library and quantitative data from its vast MenuMonitor database.
Some of the developments reflect larger societal trends, while others point to specific, emerging food preferences that may or may not take hold in restaurants across the U.S.: