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Bakery-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…
read nowAttendee, exhibitor growth at this year's NRA Show
May 24, 2013
The 94th annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show and 6th annual International Wine, Spirits & Beer Event (IWSB), recently held…
read nowRestaurants to add 448,000 summer jobs
May 23, 2013
Restaurants are expected to add 448,000 jobs this summer season, a 4.5-percent increase over the March 2013 employment level, according to National Restaurant…
read nowFranchise business index shows consumer spending higher than expected
May 23, 2013
The Franchise Business Index (FBI), an index of the economic health of the franchising industry, increased by 0.2 percent in April, boosted by improvements in…
read nowTechnomic: Better foodservice growth expected in 2014
May 22, 2013
At a special session for its Foodservice Planning Program clients this week, Technomic shared its latest expectations for foodservice industry performance, by…
read nowData shows an increase in beer prices at restaurants
May 16, 2013
New research from Restaurant Sciences LLC, an independent firm that tracks food and beverage product sales in North America, shows that high-volume and…
read nowBreakfast sandwich offerings on the rise
May 15, 2013
According to market research firm Technomic, breakfast sandwich appearances on chain restaurant menus increased 8.1 percent during the early part of the year…
read nowRestaurant job seekers turning to mobile devices
May 14, 2013
New data from Snagajob, an hourly employment marketplace, shows that mobile job searches have increased by 95 percent in the past year.
read nowReport: Consumers want clean restaurants with menu variety
May 9, 2013
According to a new report from Mintel; cleanliness (96 percent), menu selection and variety (94 percent) and comfortable seating (91 percent) are the most…
read nowSurvey: Internal promotion popular in hourly marketplace
May 7, 2013
According to an online survey from Snagajob, an hourly employment marketplace for job seekers and employers, 80 percent of companies surveyed have a policy to…
read now80 million Americans expected to dine out for Mother's Day
May 6, 2013
New research from the National Restaurant Association shows that more than 25 percent of American adults will celebrate Mother's Day by dining out, and nearly…
read nowReport: Many restaurant diners loyal without promotions
May 1, 2013
More than 40 percent of consumers say they are loyal to their favorite restaurants and will go there whether or not it has a promotion, reports The NPD Group.
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