{"id":10681,"date":"2016-12-13T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/premierfoodsafety_OLD\/?p=10681"},"modified":"2016-12-13T14:00:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:00:33","slug":"the-10-biggest-fast-food-trends-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/the-10-biggest-fast-food-trends-of-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Biggest Fast-Food Trends of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\ndiv#keypoints {\n  margin-left: 2em; margin-top: 0.5em;\n}\nli#takeaway1, li#takeaway2, li#takeaway3 { \n}\np#quote {\n  background-color: #AFEEEE; color: #333333; padding: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; font-style:italic;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"richsummary\">\n<p id=\"abstract\">In many ways, the trends rippling through the fast-food industry are the same ones we see reflected in the food industry at large, an example being the movement toward responsible sourcing of higher-quality ingredients. Secret Menu Items at Your 12 Favorite Fast-Food Chains The 15 Most Bizarre Fast-Food Menu Items of All Time Even though some technological innovations over the past year can easily come across as gimmicks. The fast-food sector has been embracing consumer-facing technology just as eagerly, if not more so than any other branch of the restaurant industry.<\/p>\n<p>Key Takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"takeaways\">\n<li id=\"takeaway1\">On the outside, it may look to you like fast food hasn\u2019t changed too much in the past year.<\/li>\n<li id=\"takeaway2\">In many ways, the trends rippling through the fast-food industry are the same ones we see reflected in the food industry at large, an example being the movement toward responsible sourcing of higher-quality ingredients.<\/li>\n<li id=\"takeaway3\">For all the risk (and expense) involved in rolling out a new menu item, we\u2019re still seeing some chains go all in on the gimmicks, which seem to grab people\u2019s attention but do not always result in sales.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"quote\">&#8220;In many ways, the trends rippling through the fast-food industry are the same ones we see reflected in the food industry at large, an example being the movement toward responsible sourcing of higher-quality ingredients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"source\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.restaurantnews.com\/the-10-biggest-fast-food-trends-of-2016\/\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.restaurantnews.com\/the-10-biggest-fast-food-trends-of-2016\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many ways, the trends rippling through the fast-food industry are the same ones we see reflected in the food industry at large, an example being the movement toward responsible sourcing of higher-quality ingredients. Secret Menu Items at Your 12 Favorite Fast-Food Chains The 15 Most Bizarre Fast-Food Menu Items of All Time Even though [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}