While 2019 was the year fast-food joints started offering plant-based alternatives on their menus, 2020 is shaping into the year fast-food restaurants will be taking a leap into the breakfast business.

Almost all fast-food chains are offering breakfast options—Wendy’s announced they will unveil a breakfast menu on March 2nd, Burger King is testing a Breakfast Croissan’wich, McDonald’s is upgrading their McGriddle to include a chicken version, Dunkin’ Donuts is working with Beyond Meat on a plant-based breakfast sandwich, and IHOP is releasing a fast-casual restaurant called Flip’d which will serve pancakes to people on the go.

Panera Bread is also trying to hone in on the breakfast food trend, and they just announced that for $8.99 a month customers can get unlimited hot or iced coffee and tea in all stores nationwide. The company’s chief executive Niren Chaudhary called the concept “the democratization of coffee.”

On Wendy’s new breakfast menu, you can look forward to nine breakfast options and drinks like Breakfast Potatoes, the Breakfast Bacaoantor, croissant sandwich, and a Frosty-ccino.

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Many states have their own staple food. With barbecue from Texas, blue crabs from Maryland, and salmon from Alaska, it’s relatively easy to forget some great things the 50th state has to offer.

Hawaiian food just recently became universally popular. Right now, a Hawaiian dish poke is the most popular fast-casual food you can find in the States as Poke restaurants are all over the country.  For anyone who hasn’t tried it yet, poke can be described as a sushi-like meal. It consists of raw tuna (sometimes other fish), marinated in sesame oil, hot sauce, or soy sauce, served over some rice or green veggies.

Kauai Visitors Bureau’s executive director Sue Kanoho spoke about the hype: “Food sites like Yelp and other social media outlets have contributed to the mainland’s recent love-fest with poke. I think that the food scene in Hawaii has grown significantly in the past five years, but quite frankly, poke has been a part of Hawaii for decades.”

Why is poke so popular? The answer may lie in its similarity to sushi. People love trying out new things, but prefer them to be similar to something they know and love. And with sushi getting more and more buzz in the recent years, it’s not too surprising that many people are loving poke.

Have you tried it?

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While 2019 was the year fast-food joints started offering plant-based alternatives on their menus, 2020 is shaping into the year fast-food restaurants will be taking a leap into the breakfast business.

Almost all fast-food chains are offering breakfast options—Wendy’s announced they will unveil a breakfast menu on March 2nd, Burger King is testing a Breakfast Croissan’wich, McDonald’s is upgrading their McGriddle to include a chicken version, Dunkin’ Donuts is working with Beyond Meat on a plant-based breakfast sandwich, and IHOP is releasing a fast-casual restaurant called Flip’d which will serve pancakes to people on the go.

Panera Bread is also trying to hone in on the breakfast food trend, and they just announced that for $8.99 a month customers can get unlimited hot or iced coffee and tea in all stores nationwide. The company’s chief executive Niren Chaudhary called the concept “the democratization of coffee.”

On Wendy’s new breakfast menu, you can look forward to nine breakfast options and drinks like Breakfast Potatoes, the Breakfast Bacaoantor, croissant sandwich, and a Frosty-ccino.

The post Fast-Food Breakfasts are Taking Over the Food Industry in 2020 appeared first on toppoptoday.com.

Many states have their own staple food. With barbecue from Texas, blue crabs from Maryland, and salmon from Alaska, it’s relatively easy to forget some great things the 50th state has to offer.

Hawaiian food just recently became universally popular. Right now, a Hawaiian dish poke is the most popular fast-casual food you can find in the States as Poke restaurants are all over the country.  For anyone who hasn’t tried it yet, poke can be described as a sushi-like meal. It consists of raw tuna (sometimes other fish), marinated in sesame oil, hot sauce, or soy sauce, served over some rice or green veggies.

Kauai Visitors Bureau’s executive director Sue Kanoho spoke about the hype: “Food sites like Yelp and other social media outlets have contributed to the mainland’s recent love-fest with poke. I think that the food scene in Hawaii has grown significantly in the past five years, but quite frankly, poke has been a part of Hawaii for decades.”

Why is poke so popular? The answer may lie in its similarity to sushi. People love trying out new things, but prefer them to be similar to something they know and love. And with sushi getting more and more buzz in the recent years, it’s not too surprising that many people are loving poke.

Have you tried it?

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