• Top 100: Menu Innovations - Veggie burgers

    Tags: Top 100

No. 5 Veggie burgers

For years, veggie burgers have gotten a bad rap due, in part, to the fact that restaurants often responded to vegetarian diners by microwaving a frozen patty made of soybean products. Fortunately, veggie burgers have come a long way with the help of the better burger movement. Many restaurants are applying the same new standards of freshness and quality to veggie burgers. Since 2008, the veggie burger's menu presence has grown 17 percent, according to Kathy Hayden, a foodservice analyst for Mintel Menu Insights. That should be making a lot of people happy. According to a study commissioned by the Vegetarian Times, more than 7 million Americans follow a vegetarian-based diet.

Download the complete 2012 FastCasual Top 100.

Related Content

User Comments – Give us your opinion!

Features

News

Blogs

User Comments

Products & Services

Cooked Chicken Strips | Burke Corporation

http://global.networldalliance.com/new/images/products/SpecialtyThumbNail.gif

1262/Cooked-Chicken-Strips-Burke-Corporation

Marketing

http://global.networldalliance.com/new/images/products/4244.png

4244/Marketing

The Quiet One®

http://global.networldalliance.com/new/images/products/6147.png

6147/The-Quiet-One

Referrals & Sharing

http://global.networldalliance.com/new/images/products/5475.png

5475/Referrals-Sharing

Online Ordering

http://global.networldalliance.com/new/images/products/4285.png

4285/Online-Ordering

Philips EL Series: Powerful & Affordable Commercial Edge-lit LED

http://global.networldalliance.com/new/images/products/6085.png

6085/Philips-EL-Series-Powerful-Affordable-Commercial-Edge-lit-LED

DriverSafe

http://global.networldalliance.com/new/images/products/keyboard_iix.gif

1424/DriverSafe

Distribution System

http://global.networldalliance.com/new/images/products/4239.png

4239/Distribution-System

Digital Menu Board Content - Design

http://global.networldalliance.com/new/images/products/4141.png

4141/Digital-Menu-Board-Content-Design

Mexican Style Meats and Taco Filling | Burke Corporation

http://global.networldalliance.com/new/images/products/MexicanMeatsFillingsThumbNail.gif

1245/Mexican-Style-Meats-and-Taco-Filling-Burke-Corporation

Request Information From Suppliers
Save time looking for suppliers. Complete this form to submit a Request for Information to our entire network of partners.