As the consumer appetite for better-for-you and functional foodservice continues to grow, wellness-driven meal delivery can be expected to make more inroads into the market. Jumping on the better-for-you bandwagon seems an essential ingredient in any recipe for off-premises business success.
Topics: Technology, Millennials, Restaurant Operations, Trends, Recipe
Catering is stepping up to the plate as a reliable way to feed the foodservice bottom line. The market research firm Technomic reports that in 2017 the booming U.S. catering market topped $58 billion—more than $22 billion of which was eaten up by business catering, with the balance (nearly $36 billion) attributed to social catering.1
Topics: Technology, Merchandising, Restaurant Operations, Trends
Plant-based meat replacements are growing in popularity, and investors are sinking their teeth into their market potential. With consumers hungry for better-for-you meat alternatives that address their moral concerns about animal welfare and the environmental impact of meat consumption, it’s no wonder that plant-based protein has become fertile ground for capital funding.
Topics: Millennials, Restaurant Operations, Trends, Recipe
Restaurant sales figures for Q1 served up a mere morsel of success, whetting operators' appetites for more as industry same-store sales inched up 1.9%—a 0.5% increase over the fourth quarter of last year.1
Topics: Technology, Millennials, Restaurant Operations, Trends
Millennials continue to flex their muscle in the foodservice marketplace. The prevalence of flexitarianism—the trend toward consuming less meat and diversifying food intake with more meat alternatives—is a case in point.
Topics: Millennials, Restaurant Operations, Trends, Recipe
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