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It’s no secret that foodservice operators are counting on the millennial generation, or Generation Y, to help the industry recover from the recession. As the largest demographic wave since the baby boomers, millennials also are a group that tends to rely on foodservice more often than previous generations. The challenge for foodservice operators is that […]

As expected, healthy dining has already been in the media spotlight for much of 2012. Even with Menu Labeling in limbo pending the Supreme Court’s ruling on Health Care legislation, restaurants have been moving ahead with calorie disclosure and other healthful improvements to menus. In addition to Michele Obama’s efforts to keep the battle against […]

With a month of 2012 already under our belts, we’ve all had some time to reflect on the flurry of trend predictions that closed 2011. Economic factors like high unemployment and low disposable income are still weighing heavily on the foodservice industry, even though it has been a rare bright spot in the recovery. In […]

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Marketing Executives GroupTM: May 20 in Chicago, IL National Restaurant Association Show (NRA) Booth #4054: May 21-24 in Chicago, IL Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF) National Conference: June 5-9 in Phoenix, AZ Tastes of the World Chef Culinary Conference at University of Massachusetts: June 12-17 in Amherst, MA Technomic Trends & Directions: June 22 in […]

Trending Now: Healthy Menu Choices in the Spotlight The recent release of the FDA’s proposed guidelines for menu labeling has taken the foodservice industry one step closer to the required posting of calorie and nutritional information. With final regulations expected by the end of 2011, and compliance 6 months to a year after that, operators […]

As 2011 gets underway, we’ll be watching to see how – and if – the experts’ predictions for trends in the New Year begin to take shape. Mintel’s 2011 trend forecast listed Menu Transparency, Healthy by Association, Exemptions to the Rule, Indigenous Ingredients and Automated Menus as their top 5 trends. (for the full forecast, […]

Kids menus have long been a forgotten part of the foodservice landscape, a place where obligatory, standard items reign, and little if any innovation takes place. But as demographics shift and competition for scarce consumer spending at restaurants heats up, change is coming. In pure demographic terms, there were 49.6 million kids age 0-11 in […]

Barilla on Tour: Barilla supports various groups in the foodservice industry. Here’s where you might see Barilla in Q3 2011. Market Vision: October 18-20 in Orlando, FL Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF) Executive Women’s Summit: September 11-13 in Las Vegas, NV International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC): November 7-10 in Washington D.C.   […]