Food Chain - Issue 209 - December 2025 | Page 24

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Limited time, lasting impact

Limited-time offers are reshaping beverage menus, blending trend-driven innovation with affordability, excitement, and lasting consumer appeal

What started with a pumpkin spice latte has become an industry-wide movement. Buzzy, fun and undeniably enticing, limited-time offers( LTOs) are taking the beverage space by storm, becoming- somewhat paradoxically- mainstays on menu boards.

For operators, they’ re a powerful way to cut through the noise and spark consumer interest. For inflation-weary consumers, they offer affordable indulgence amid ongoing economic uncertainty. The result? A win-win that’ s hard to ignore.
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