It appears the era of the "slop bowl" may be fading. Fast-casual restaurants like Chipotle, Sweetgreen, and Cava had been exceptions to the restaurant industry's slumping sales and diminished foot traffic as consumers curbed their spending over the better part of the last year. Those days seem to be over: $20 can now get you table service with your Triple Dipper at Chili's, and other casual and fast-food chains are ramping up their combo meal offerings. Doesn't that muck up the slop bowl's value proposition? Consumers seem to think so. Business Insider's Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert tried each chain to find out if the bowls themselves live up to the value promise that made each brand popular. See what she thought at the link in our bio. Story by Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert (Credit: Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert) #cava #chipotle #sweetgreen #slopbowl