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NRN editors discuss the latest restaurant beverage trend, and what’s going on behind the scenes at Panera Bread
On this week’s episode of Extra Serving, a podcast by Nation’s Restaurant News, managing editor Leigh Anne Zinsmeister, editor-in-chief Sam Oches, and senior food and beverage editor Bret Thorn talk about the latest drink trend sweeping the nation. Adding cream to sodas is not a new concept, but in their current form, dirty sodas certainly feel new and exciting and they’re trending in large part thanks to Utah-based Swig. The editors talk about why.
Then, they turn their attention to Panera Bread. Last week, the company unveiled what executives call its “biggest menu transformation in…
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