Retailers, Restaurants Vie for Holiday Customers

Retail foodservice has become a major competitor to traditional restaurants, especially during the holidays. In the mid-2000s, grocery chains like Whole Foods began offering ready-to-eat options, and regional stores such as Central Market and Lunds & Byerly’s soon...

Trick or Treat? Trends Affecting Foodservice this Fall

As the weather cools, the pumpkin spice latte makes its long-awaited return and couples everywhere make their annual trek to go apple picking. Fall truly is America’s favorite season—more than twice as popular as second place summer. But ask any child what the...

Five C-Store Trends: The View From the Street

Earlier this year, we completed our latest study on capturing opportunities in c-store prepared foods. It’s robust reporting with data on operator perspectives and plans as well as consumer behavior and attitudes. (And it’s currently on sale for a limited time!) But...

Snacking: The Most Important Meal of the Day?

The next generation are grazing and snacking far more frequently than generations before it. More than half of Gen Z (some of whom are teenagers) and Millennials (none of whom are teens, and some of whom are pushing 40) eat three meals per day. But 84% of Gen Z and...