This is the season for looking ahead to the new year, and there are a bevy of writers and experts willing to step forward and cast their predictions. Here are some of the ones we found most compelling:

• NRN’s editors forecast their trends for 2013
• NRN’s 2013 Prediction Roundup of experts from Technomic, NPD Group and others
• Restaurant Hospitality reports on Sterling-Rice Group’s trend predictions
• Mintel’s 2013 Trend Predictions
• A handy page with links to dozens of predictions