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1: Pizza to Turn Over a New Leaf
You can expect to see more leafy greens and salad fixings on pizzas soon, with Caesar and Greek salad pizzas leading the trend. Salad pizzas strike a useful balance between comfort food and healthy fare. In other words, customers can enjoy pizza with a lot less guilt.
Salad pizzas to explore for your menu:
- Caesar: romaine, croutons, lemon, zesty dressing, Parmesan, crispy crust
- Greek: greens, tomato, cucumber, onion, feta, olives, oregano, herbed crust
- Grinder: iceberg lettuce, peperoncini, onion, salami, pepperoni, provolone, Italian crust
- Spring harvest: arugula, pistachios, honey goat cheese, green onion, Neapolitan crust
2: Variety is the Slice of Life
Convenience stores have the power to outperform competitors in so many ways, from pricing and speed of service to variety. At NACS Show, we saw just how c-stores are pushing their approach to variety with a smorgasbord of offerings:
- Birria tacos
- Fresh-baked French pastries
- Customizable pizzas (woo!)
- “Dirty” sodas (soda with cream, half-and-half, flavored syrups, or fruit juice)
- Nitro cold brew
- “Functional” juices (drinks that offer health benefits beyond hydration)
3: Peculiarly Delicious
As we investigate in our full report, pizza toppings will be veering into “wonderfully weird” territory in 2025. We predict that consumers will go wild for unusual toppers like blueberries, bratwurst, peaches, eggplant, and pork belly, just to name a few.
4: That’s Hot
Chili crunch/crisp oil has been at the top of trend lists for a couple years now, but Pizza Today shares how you can approach hot oil in multiple ways to mix up—or mix and match—your menu:
- Use it as a finishing drizzle for pizza
- Marinate meats in it, especially chicken
- Skip the ranch and garlic butter and use chili oil for dipping
- Use it as a cooking oil
Food Business News has also spotted hot honey gaining traction through retail and foodservice sectors. It’s your time to spice things up.
5: Wood-Fired to Kindle Cravings
Wood-fired baked goods are all the rage, making crusts prepared on a real stone deck a must-have for your pizza offerings.
“The wood-fired craze is transferring into a nation of crazed crispy pizza fans topped with spicy and crispy toppings. The crispier the better!”
–Derek Sanchez, Mia Marco’s Pizza,
Our Wood Fired Crusts are par-baked in a lava stone deck oven for that smoky flavor with robust flavor, natural bubbling, and no additives, preservatives, or conditioners.
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