MRM News Bites: You Never Sausage an Election and Bicoastal Ice Cream on This Week’s Plate

Modern Restaurant Management magazine compiles restaurant industry headlines, new products, openings and personnel announcements in our weekly MRM News Bites. Send items of interest to Content Director Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

Links or Patties?To answer the age-old debate over sausage patties or links, Bob Evans Restaurants launched the 2016 Sausage Selection Election. Americans spend more than $500 million on breakfast sausage each year so Bob Evans wants to know which “side” they really prefer.  The online poll asks the public to side with either the “Patties for the People” or “Links for Liberty” party and make their opinion heard. Consumers who visit the website,www.bobevans.com/election, will be introduced to the candidates and can cast their vote to receive a special offer for participating, a free side of breakfast sausage at any Bob Evans Restaurant from the opposing party to encourage discourse and understanding between…