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From Datassential's MenuTrends Keynote Series: Kids' Menus

Enter the world of American kids with Datassential's Kids Keynote report. Kids are becoming more influential in food decisions made at home, at school, and at restaurants. Understanding the Gen Z consumer is key to crafting a successful menu program that balances parent needs, kids' preferences, nutrition mandates, and operational profitability.

Learn about kids' preferences, parents' goals, and operators' perspectives on...

  • Kids' tastes: We'll touch on parents' priorities when feeding their kids at home and cover kids' preferences for healthier foods like ancient grains, vegetables, fruits, non-meat proteins, and ethnic cuisines and how those foods are represented at restaurants and on cafeteria menus
  • K-12 Cafeterias: We'll also cover parent and operator perceptions of school meals; discover why kids eat cafeteria meals; gauge what parents would like to see improve; and look at examples of out-of-the-box programs and initiatives that are working for other schools.

MenuTrends Keynotes combine the extensive detail of MenuTrends with the opinions and behaviors of over 1,000 parents nationwide and insight from hundreds of operators from Datassential's OPERA panel, the industry's largest with over 30,000 restaurant, retail and on-site operators.