Month: June 2015

Vie de France, the nation’s premier manufacturer of authentic, European-inspired bakery products, has introduced two new products that will enhance operators’ offerings across all dayparts. Vie de France Gourmet Burger Buns and Pre-Portioned Scones will be distinctive additions to any menu. …

Allset is a lunch reservation app. It lets restaurants accept pre-orders for dine-in. This is the first service to offer a hybrid “table booking+food pre-ordering” approach with focusing on dine-in option. With Allset, restaurants sell in advance and take better care of busy diners. …

It's time for our mid-year summary of 2015's most important dining-out trends. We've divided this report into: Two "Big Issues" that may disrupt how restaurants do business … and four here-and-now trends that are affecting menus and consumer ordering decisions. …

There's little room for error in today's rapidly evolving foodservice consumer culture. Operators need to know who their customers are and what drives them to dine out. To help industry stakeholders get ahead of consumer expectation, Technomic's Consumer4Sight™established the 7 Eater Archetype (EAT) segments that compose the foodservice consumer landscape. From Functional Eaters to Affluent Socializers to Habitual Matures, these profiles go beyond demographics to understand the behaviors, attitudes and dining occasion drivers of today's consumers. …

Breakfast remains the industry’s fastest growing daypart, with Mintel expecting the market to grow by more than $10 billion in the next five years.1 Increasing competition for consumer food-away-from-home dollars is driving the need for more patron-pleasing breakfast choices …