Hospitality Industry Trends - Food and Beverage

Restaurant chains still consider new franchise agreements to be a main avenue for growth, says a new report from foodservice consultant Technomic. In response to the recession, many franchisors have offered their franchisees incentives like enhanced credit support, fee reductions, and temporarily reduced royalty rates. Others have worked with fr... - More

Same-store sales and customer traffic levels remained negative in July; Restaurant operators are less optimistic about growth in the months ahead - More

If you don't want fast food and you don't want an expensive full service meal, a fast casual restaurant might be just the ticket. - More

Benchmark Hospitality International, a leading US-based hospitality management company, has just released its Top Ten Beverage Trends for 2010. The beverage trends were released in response to requests following the distribution of the company’s popular annual dining trends this past June. - More

Manager weakness is one of the main concern of business owners and senior managers - the people they have in charge are often not good at leading others. - More

The Food Channel® has released its top ten snack trends, one of its regular trend reports prepared in conjunction with CultureWaves® , Mintel International, and the International Food Futurists. - More

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

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

So how are our reputations faring with two thirds of the year almost gone? - More