MenuMine Best Practices Report, 124 Family Dining Restaurant Chains

Foodservice Research Institute
December 1, 2007
1468 Pages - SKU: FOS1832160
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The purpose of MenuMine Best Practices is to advise menu developers at restaurant chains on the competitive strengths of their menu items, flavors and ingredients. Menu data from 124 Family Dining restaurant chains examines key menu characteristics affecting menu item positioning. Menu item name and price data are analyzed in aggregate and individually for all Family Dining chains. Menu characteristics include menu part, cuisine of item, protein type, leading items, menu prices, platforms, liquid flavor enhancers by application, dry flavor enhancers by application, new items on the menu, cooking methods by protein. An appendix details menu items and prices for each Family Dining chain restaurant. Included are menu data from leading Family Dining chains in the following concepts: BBQ (Sonny's Bar-B-Que, L and L Hawaiian Barbecue, Famous Dave's, more), Breakfast Bakery Cafe (Waffle House, Denny's, IHOP, more), Buffet Cafeteria (Golden Corral, Home Town Buffet, Shoney's, more) and Pizza Italian (Pizza Hut, Godfather's Pizza, Chuck E. Cheese Pizza, more). This report includes Savory items and does not contain information on beverages, desserts or breakfast. The data source for Best Practices is the MenuMine Database of Chain, Independent and Non-Commercial Menus, which includes 12,278 menu item selections in this segment alone.