CHICAGO -- Hispanic consumers are heavier foodservice users than consumers overall, according to Technomic data. That includes prepared-food purchases at convenience stores. In order to capture this growing demographic’s dining dollars, c-stores may want to study the increasing demands Hispanics are placing on one of their key competitors: the limited-service restaurant (LSR).
Hispanics are increasingly placing value on group dining occasions, kids menus and other menu and service components at LSRs, reveals Technomic’s new Hispanic Foodservice Consumer Trend Report.
Here are four things Hispanic diners say are more important at LSRs today than two years ago …
Group dining occasions are increasingly important to Hispanic consumers, especially at limited-service restaurants. Over two-fifths of Hispanics say it’s important for LSRs to be able to accommodate larger dining parties of six or more people, up from a third of respondents who said the same two years ago.
A kid-friendly menu is increasingly essential to Hispanic diners at LSRs. About three-fifths of Hispanic consumers say an expansive kids menu with healthy and enticing options for little ones is very important at LSRs, compared to half or less than half of Hispanic consumers who said the same in 2015.
Hispanic consumers are more and more interested in alcohol options at LSRs. Aligning with a greater call for alcohol at LSRs from young consumers, half of Hispanic consumers between the ages of 25 and 34 express interest in ordering alcohol at LSRs, up from just over a third in 2015.
Half of all Hispanic diners say takeout service is extremely important when choosing an LSR to visit, compared to two-fifths of respondents who said the same two years ago. LSR takeout is very important to the majority of Hispanic consumers, though it is less so to the youngest and oldest of those surveyed.
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