FLAVOR TRIOS

Customers want to experience more! Offering mix & match flights of flavor draws customers looking for customization, variety, and value.

Zaxby’s has extended operating hours and added a late-night Zappetizer Trio—a mix-and-match of three appetizers and three flavor-packed sauces—at participating locations for the summer.
Outback Steakhouse offers the “Aussie 3-Course Meal” with three tiers of set prices; selections include choices for soup/salad, entrée, and dessert.
Chili’s has a dip trio deal that comes with chips and can be paired with their “3 For Me” value dinner combo.
The Melting Pot has jumped in the game too with the “BFFF 3-Course” meal that translates to Best Fondue Friends Forever.

MAXIMIZE FLAVORS

Diners are increasingly hyper-focused on high-protein and plant-based foods. Alongside all of the new-fangled, lab-based, cell-cultured options out there is the humble bean. A staple food for millenia, beans are being re-examined as a healthy, versatile ingredient worthy of menu inclusion.

Retro and heirloom recipes—like Southern succotash, French cassoulet, and Cajun red beans and rice—fit the bill for those in search of authenticity.
Most world cuisines incorporate some type of bean in their classic dishes. Think feijoada in Brazil, black beans and rice with plantains in Puerto Rico, and garbanzo beans in Israel. Modern interpretations of these recipes are packed with produce and herbs.
The creamy texture of mung beans is proving an ideal substitute for those that are eliminating soy from their diets.

FLAVOR TRIOS

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