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Canadian consumers’ usage of hot sauce is on the rise as a preference for spicy flavors continues to spread, according to Technomic’s recently released 2017 Canadian Flavour Consumer Trend Report.

Hyper-local is the top concept trend, according to the National Restaurant Association’s annual What’s Hot 2018 Culinary Forecast.

Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai opens this week, the second to debut globally after the flagship location in Seattle. The concept boasts an experiential mix of cafe, bakery and coffee manufacturing on site.

Disruptive Restaurant Group, a subsidiary of hospitality company sbe, opened a third Cleo location in Los Angeles, its seventh worldwide, inside The Orlando Hotel.

Hooters plans to develop nine additional locations throughout Central, Western and Northern Mexico. Franchisee Hooters de Mexico currently owns and operates 12 Hooters locations in and around Mexico City.

Consumers are skipping breakfast more often now than in 2015, and the decline comes largely at the expense of at-home breakfast occasions, according to Technomic’s 2017 Breakfast Consumer Trend Report.

A roundup of interesting bits of news that came across the editor’s desk in the last month, including a bunch of personnel news, development deals, mergers and acquisitions and more from &pizza, Panera Bread, and The Cheesecake Factory, among others.

Colorado-based casual-dining chain Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews is testing a delivery-only concept in downtown Chicago. The Red Robin Express test concept operates without a storefront.