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title: "QSR Magazine: Proven DIY Food Trends with Staying Power"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/53c219c7-44f6-4886-944c-68a52b03a6d2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-proven-diy-food-trends-with-staying-power-11366
category: "QSR"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "QSR"
published: 2017-03-27T14:09:40.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:35:28.185Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/1c7266e8faa5b3f2ea639245591965833825.jpg
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# QSR Magazine: Proven DIY Food Trends with Staying Power

**TL;DR:** Millennials are driving food trends towards unique flavors, customization, and fresh ingredients, forcing fast-casual chains and quick-serve restaurants to adapt. Large chains like Panera Bread and Chipotle have set customer expectations for fresh ingredients.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-03-27. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-proven-diy-food-trends-with-staying-power-11366).*

## Story

Millennials enjoy discovering new food, trying unique flavors and customizing their meals. According to a recent QSR Magazine article, fast-casual chains and quick-serve restaurants are scrambling to adjust to less assembly-line efficiency and uniformity in order to accommodate these trends. These following food trends continue to have staying power and suggest operators should think more about how to address these in their own restaurants.

Now that large chains like Panera Bread and Chipotle have fresh ingredients, customers expect this to be the case in most restaurants now.

Once restaurants are taking the time to source ingredients fresh, they like to promote and show off the fact that they are doing so. Ingredients are often front and center and laid out in front of you.

The list continues to grow of dietary trends including gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan and dairy-free. For those who follow these diets, going out to eat gives these consumers the power to veto vote what they do not eat. Being able to offer a variety of options for those consumers is now key to getting more traffic in your restaurant.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- QSR Magazine (publication)
- Chipotle (company)
- Panera Bread (company)
- food trends (topic)
- customization (topic)
- fresh ingredients (topic)
- dietary trends (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-proven-diy-food-trends-with-staying-power-11366). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/53c219c7-44f6-4886-944c-68a52b03a6d2).