The Five Truisms of Retail Foodservice

Supermarket News recently reported that 2020 was a record-setting year in sales in the grocery industry due to the pandemic — including periods of stock-up shopping, the increase in meals at home and the expansion of online services and curbside pickup/delivery....

Wall Street Interest in Restaurants Proves Its Resilience

  Many of us at Foodservice IP have been involved in the “final mile” of due diligence for private equity (PE) firms looking to acquire restaurant concepts. Our consultants have assisted with the “soft analysis” – or patron general likes and dislikes...

Five Ideas for Strategic Planning in 2021

The foodservice industry ― and the greater economy for that matter ―  continues to reel in uncertainty since March 2020. In spite of an alarming array of surrounding factors, such as a global pandemic, skyrocketing unemployment, dismal wage growth, plummeting consumer...