In this fourth installment on Nancy Kruse’s menu predictions for 2017, we look at the one food family that everybody’s craving these days: breakfast.

In the third blog in this series on Nancy Kruse’s menu predictions for 2017, we address the rich, gooey delights of comfort foods and what’s changing about some old favorites.

The second entry in this blog series on Nancy Kruse’s 2017 menu predictions focuses on the latest trends in dieting, or rather the lack thereof, among today’s diners.

At VantagePoint’s Insight2Impact Foodservice Marketing Summit, renowned menu analyst Nancy Kruse highlighted five major trends she foresees coming to dining in 2017. First up: ingredients and “clean” eating.

Here are five predictions for the foodservice industry in 2017, rooted in insights from trade and business media or current events that speak to growing trends.

Change, from audiences to priorities to the industry altogether, and how best to handle it dominated at VantagePoint’s first ever Insight2Impact Foodservice Marketing Summit.