Once a health-food store alternative, plant proteins have by now sunk extensive roots into the industries they arrived to disrupt. The burger joints sell alt-meat. The yogurt aisle is a quarter vegan.

The number of fast-food menu items featuring the word “snack” has tripled since 2007. That’s according to a report from Mintel Menu Insights, a Chicago-based market research company (and coming via ...

Representative image American quick service chains, from McDonald’s to KFC to Domino’s, are going Korean and riding the K wave, hoping to bring in volumes at a time when same-store sales have slowed ...