Restaurant Industry Trends - Food and Beverage

If the media ring, what will you do? A journalist wants your comment on food or staff trends. A TV story is being done on your area - how can you use it? After watching two local businessses recently miss golden opportunities, let's have you 'media smart' and grabbing every opportunity - More

Citing a positive sales trend from restaurants and bars, Technomic has revised its forecast for sales of beverage alcohol sold away from home upward. Technomic now expects beverage alcohol sold in bars, restaurants and other on-premise establishments to grow by 1.1 percent this year, up from the decline of 2.5 percent forecasted at the end of 2009. - More

Restaurants fail left and right, especially in the first year – but some careful planning and thoughtful consideration can turn things around. - More

Update from Restaurantchains.net on growing and emerging restaurant concepts - More

Supply costs keep going up, and up, and up... - More

After a 13% dip from 2007 to 2008, pastry chefs salaries rose 5.7% in 2009, with an average salary of $48,861. Executive chef salaries similarly rebounded by 6.1% from last year's figures. - More

Restaurant operators remain optimistic about sales growth and the economy in the months ahead, though same-store sales and traffic levels softened in May - More

Convenience stores have been strengthening their foodservice programs and it appears their efforts are paying off. A new report by foodservice consultant Technomic finds that this segment nominally grew by 1.5 percent in 2009. The leaders by U.S. total convenience store count were 7-Eleven, Circle K and APlus Mini-Mart. - More

Update from Restaurantchains.net on growing and emerging restaurant concepts - More

Social Media and Mobile Marketing, Organics and Prepared Foods Get Thumbs Down - More