2016 State of the Industry: Snacks & apps take over menus & at-home freezers
For the past few years, consumers have been giving frozen snacks the cold shoulder. Until the cold food industry transformed the coveted snacking occasion into an all-day affair.
Although an average of 85% of restaurants, fine dining and quick-service restaurants offer appetizers on their menus, nearly 35% of consumers eat appetizers at home, according to “MenuTrends Keynote Report,” produced by Chicago-based Datassential.
When considering an appetizer, consumers generally looked for easily-shareable finger food, and rated garlic bread as their “most loved” appetizer, either as a stand-alone, straightforward starter or dressed up as bruschetta. Wings, shrimp cocktail and French fries ranked next.