Trending this week: McDonald's unveils new chicken sandwich | Nation's Restaurant News
In the first week of 2021, NRN.com was dominated by holdover trends from last year, from new fried chicken sandwiches to design prototypes emphasizing off-premise to a slew of mergers and acquisitions. McDonald’s was the first restaurant chain to announce a new chicken sandwich this year, with theirs officially launching systemwide Feb. 24 in three versions: crispy, spicy and deluxe. The Chicago-based quick-service brand has been testing versions of the new chicken platform for the past year. Also this week, brands continued to unveil new design prototypes influenced by consumer changes spu...