As American diners become more and more adventurous with the foods and flavors that they want to eat, foodservice operators must rise to the challenge with more innovative dishes – not only to capture diners’ attention and dollars but simply to remain competitive and that includes focusing on the mainstay staple and ultimate in comfort foods, the sandwich.

Whether chefs and operators choose to do so by transporting customers across the world through exotic ethnic flavors or by simply putting an unexpected twist on their old favorites, guests will continue to challenge us to keep them interested. In other words, we must do what we can to elevate their everyday and add spice to their lives.

There are multiple strategies for elevating the everyday regarding sandwiches, in this edition of the newsletter we are going to focus on three.

• Breathe new life into the hot sandwich category – transforming traditional comfort foods and bring on new trendy items.
• Bring health and freshness to diners in a meaningful way. This can be in the form of produce-heavy and delicious vegetarian sandwiches or sides of green salad instead of chips.
• Focus on introducing sandwiches with world flavors on the menu for the more adventurous eaters that frequent your establishments.