Trends + Concepts

Chicago / IL. (mi) If you don´t want fast food and you don´t want an expensive full service meal, a fast casual restaurant might be just the ticket. According to Mintel, the fast casual restaurant category accounted for estimated sales of 23 billion USD in 2010 ...

Chicago / IL. (npd) Visits to U.S. restaurants are forecasted to grow less than one percent a year over the next decade, slower than the 1,1 percent a year growth in the country´s population, according to recently released foodservice market research by the NPD Group.

London / UK. (hg) The EU has approved funding for the United Kingdom´s first generic promotional campaign to increase awareness of the benefits of organic food and farming, giving a boost of two million GBP to the organic industry in the UK over the next three years.

Chicago / IL. (npd) Moms often say «breakfast is the most important meal of the day», and now restaurants in the United States are taking Mom´s advice and paying more attention to breakfast.

Chicago / IL. (tni) Convenience stores have been strengthening their foodservice programs and it appears their efforts are paying off. A new report by foodservice consultant Technomic finds that this segment nominally grew by 1,5 percent in 2009.

Chicago / IL. (tni) Based on a model developed in the 1960s by researcher Everett Rogers, foodservice industry consultant Technomic has found that consumers who are first to buy the latest technologies are also avid restaurant patrons.

Chicago / IL. (tni) A new study by foodservice industry consultant Technomic finds that 2009 sales for the Top 100 fast-casual chains reached 17,5 billion USD; a 4,5 percent increase over 2008 and units grew by 4,3 percent to 14'777 locations.

Chicago / IL. (npd) Sandwiches burgers and wraps were the only broad food category to post servings growth at both quick service restaurants and full service restaurants in 2009, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company.

Chicago / IL. (tni) Retail food outlets in a variety of segments have stepped up their efforts to provide new, appealing, and competitively priced meal solutions to consumers, putting themselves in an excellent position to compete head-on with restaurants.

Bonn / DE. (flo) In one of the most difficult economic years on record, consumers spent an estimated 3,4 billion EUR on Fairtrade products in 2009 - a 15 percent increase over the previous year.