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NRN editors discuss teens’ favorite restaurants and the changing daypartNRN editors discuss teens’ favorite restaurants and the changing daypart

Plus, hear from Clay Dover, CEO of the emerging chain Velvet Taco

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

October 13, 2023

 

This week on Extra Serving, a Nation’s Restaurant News podcast, NRN editors Holly Petre, Sam Oches and Leigh Anne Zinsmeister spoke about teens’ spending habits.

The latest Piper Sandler survey was published earlier this week. The results from the survey let brands know what’s resonating with teens, with the average age of survey respondents being about 15. These members of Generations Z and Alpha are leaning on different brands than in the past, with Raising Cane’s jumping into the Top 5 for the first time, overtaking stalwarts like Chipotle and Taco Bell. What can we learn from teens?

Next, the editors talked about dayparts. Three years ago, everyone was lamenting the fact that breakfast is around 10 a.m., not 8 a.m. like it was for so many years. Breakfast sales suffered. They’ve mostly evened out, but the evolved breakfast times have stuck, along with earlier dinner times. Are consumers ever returning to old habits?

This week’s interview is Clay Dover, CEO of the emerging chain Velvet Taco.

 

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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