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Healthful brands bolster Beverage-Snack segmentHealthful brands bolster Beverage-Snack segment

This is part of the Nation’s Restaurant News annual Second 100 report, a proprietary ranking of restaurant brands Nos. 101-200 by U.S. systemwide sales and other data. This special report is a companion to the Top 100 report.

Fern Glazer

July 26, 2016

3 Min Read
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Like a consumer downing a blended superfood beverage, the Second 100 Beverage-Snack segment got a jolt of energy from smoothie and yogurt concepts.

By offering items that appeal to consumers’ latest definition of healthful or better-for-you, as well as listening to customers, Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Smoothie King and Yogurtland led systemwide sales growth with double-digit increases. 

“As healthy progresses into 3.0, look for functional benefits to be a consumer focus, with foods that align with particular health and vitality concerns, such as sustained energy, cancer-fighting superfoods, fiber to maintain satiety and plant-based proteins,” said Jana Mann, senior director at Datassential, a Chicago-based research company. “Consumers are lo...

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Fern Glazer

Fern Glazer is a writer, editor and content expert, and a founder and partner of Little Warrior Agency. A long-time contributor to Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality, Fern specializes in covering consumer dining behavior and food trends.

 

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