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Franchising sales, growth up 10 percent in 2012
July 1, 2013
Because of more available credit and numerous acquisition opportunities, the largest restaurant franchisees in the U.S. grew in size and scope in 2012…
read nowReport: Global dairy prices 'exceptionally high'
July 1, 2013
Rabobank has published a new report on the global dairy industry, which includes a look at supply, demand, pricing and forecasting. In the report, published by…
read nowRestaurant industry performance hits a 14-month high
June 28, 2013
Buoyed by stronger same-store sales and customer traffic levels, the National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Performance Index hit a 14-month high in May.
read nowWFF gearing up for annual event
June 27, 2013
Women's Foodservice Forum will host its annual Executive Summit July 29-31 in Chicago. The gathering of restaurant and foodservice industry executives will…
read nowRestaurant operators needed to weigh in on state of industry
June 25, 2013
FastCasual.com is gathering data for its annual Sate of the Industry report and is now calling fast casual restaurant operators to take a survey polling them…
read nowBakery chains ruling fast casual industry
June 24, 2013
Despite a surge from Mexican concepts last year, bakery cafés are still the sales leader of the fast casual restaurant segment, according to Technomic.
read nowNPD: Customers want fresh ingredients, choice
June 24, 2013
Consumers want fresh ingredients and choice when they visit restaurants, according to market research by The NPD Group, a global information company. Although…
read nowSurvey: Treating employees well outweighs philanthropy, sustainability efforts
June 21, 2013
According to Restaurant DemandTracker, a recent survey of restaurant customers in the U.S., treating employees well is more important than giving back to the…
read nowU.S. Hispanics influencing more at-home lunch dining
June 18, 2013
Following a Hispanic cultural tradition, U.S. Hispanics have their largest meal of the day at lunch and consume more of these meals in the home than…
read nowChina's restaurant traffic, ticket growth slows
June 12, 2013
Australia, Canada, and China rang in 2013 with an increase in foodservice consumer visits as other countries across the globe experienced weak traffic growth…
read nowRestaurants challenged with finding healthy-indulgent balance
June 11, 2013
Consumers' first line of defense in healthy consumption when they eat out is cutting an item out or cutting down on an order, which is not the best news for…
read nowBakery-café category underrepresented in Canada
June 7, 2013
Technomic has developed a Canadian Bakery & Coffee Cafe Consumer Trend Report, which shows that bakery-cafes in the country experience relatively low…
read nowReport: Dinner daypart making a comeback
June 7, 2013
The restaurant supper occasion has lost more than 650 million consumer visits since 2006, but is expected to gain about 795 million visits throughout the next…
read nowRestaurant Sciences, Technomic team up for joint foodservice analysis
June 6, 2013
Technomic Inc. and Restaurant Sciences LLC have partnered to deliver a comprehensive suite of food and beverage tracking services.
read nowFranchise growth expected to be flat for remainder of 2013
June 6, 2013
The franchise sector will continue to outperform the economy as a whole and grow at a slightly faster rate than other businesses, but the rate of growth…
read nowReport shows rising median age of QSR employees
June 3, 2013
According to a new report from People Report and Black Box Intelligence, the restaurant industry experienced job growth and increased starting salaries for…
read nowRestaurant chains expected to raise prices later this year
May 31, 2013
A new study conducted by supply chain cooperative SpenDifference shows that chain restaurants are planning to raise menu prices later this year.
read nowReport predicts increasingly polarized value and premium food categories
May 30, 2013
Rabobank has published a new report identifying a new type of food consumer, the "hybrid consumer," which the bank says will polarize the food retail spectrum…
read nowReport: Restaurant spending in Q1 increases
May 28, 2013
Visits to U.S. restaurants were stable in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the traffic gains encouraged by mild winter weather in the first quarter last…
read nowBoneless chicken wings take flight on restaurant menus
May 28, 2013
According to recently released data from GuestMetrics, based on its POS database, boneless chicken wings continued to make significant inroads in the chicken…
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