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title: "Nation’s Restaurant News: Iced tea gives sales a boost"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2e2aae4e-c358-4c6a-a197-d5775cda0263
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-iced-tea-gives-sales-a-boost-2250
category: "Coffee & tea"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Coffee & tea"
published: 2015-08-12T20:15:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T12:19:22.584Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8d777f385d3dfec8815d20f7496026dc5806.png
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# Nation’s Restaurant News: Iced tea gives sales a boost

**TL;DR:** Famous Toastery is introducing new iced tea flavors, including peach, mint, and spearmint, to give customers more options. The brand's chief executive and co-founder, Robert Maynard, discussed the iced tea trend with Nation's Restaurant News.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-08-12. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-iced-tea-gives-sales-a-boost-2250).*

## Story

The popular breakfast, brunch and dinner franchise decided to give the people what they want: more iced tea options. Famous Toastery has noticed that iced tea has been very popular among customers, and the brand wanted to give them tastier options for the summer season.

Robert Maynard, chief executive and co-founder of Famous Toastery , discussed the ice tea trend with Nation’s Restaurant News.

“Consumers want variety; flavored teas gives them that option,” he said.

The brand is introducing new peach, mint and spearmint iced tea flavors.

“It’s been so hot and we love that mint tea is so refreshing as an ice cold tea,” Maynard told Nation’s Restaurant News.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- menu pricing (topic)
- Famous Toastery (company)
- Robert Maynard (person)
- new flavors (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-iced-tea-gives-sales-a-boost-2250). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2e2aae4e-c358-4c6a-a197-d5775cda0263).