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Seafood Plate Specials

 Apr. 04, 2017

Stripes’ in-house QSR concept, Laredo Taco Company, unveiled several seafood LTOs this spring. In addition to new Seafood Plate Specials, featuring fried catfish or fried shrimp and bundled with...

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Cha Cha Sriracha Flatbread

 Apr. 04, 2017

Anchored by a toasted flatbread, Tropical Smoothie’s Cha Cha Sriracha Flatbread is a sweet-heat combo of grilled chicken, pineapple salsa and a caramelized pineapple-Sriracha sauce. The populari...

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20 Craveable LTOs for Spring 2017

By Aimee Harvey on Mar. 30, 2017

Limited-time offerings (LTOs) may not last forever, but they have the power to spark traffic and spend. In fact, Technomic research shows that 24% of restaurant operators say that springtime LTOs make...

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25 Great Coffee Programs

Mar. 13, 2017

CSP set out to see how consumers score some of the leading convenience-store brands' coffee programs, as well as some of those at leading limited-service restaurants. What follows are 25 c-store and quick-service restaurant chains that scored highly for their coffee program.

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ReelFish Pizza

Feb. 25, 2017

OK, this was an April Fool’s Day prank—and a good one at that. This promotion from Hunt Brothers Pizza was called “Hook, Line & Winner” and it involved a “delicious&r...

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Route 30 Burger

Feb. 25, 2017

No, you’re not dreaming. This is a cheeseburger with two grilled cheese sandwiches for buns. This sandwich comes standard with bacon and melted cheese on each burger layer. Rutter’s Farm S...

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Loaded Tots

Feb. 25, 2017

These crispy, golden tots from GetGo are doused in a choice of Buffalo Ranch, Bacon Ranch, Chili Cheese or Cheesesteak. The retailer says “it’s taters taken to the next level.” We te...

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Extra Pumpkin Spice Gum

Feb. 25, 2017

Pumpkin spice officially hit maximum density this past fall with the release of pumpkin spice chewing gum. Reviews of this LTO gum offering on social media cited no real pumpkin flavor, but noted stro...

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3D-Printed Subs

Feb. 25, 2017

Full disclosure: The CSP staff thought this was real for a while. Convenience-store retailer QuickChek introduced the world’s first 3D-printed subs, exclusively available with Mobile Ordering on...

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Son of the Beast

Feb. 25, 2017

This ham, sausage, bacon, fried egg and cheese on a maple-iced doughnut is the smaller version of the much larger, even more caloric Beast breakfast sandwich c-store retailer Maverik offered, which in...

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