September 16, 2020 From wearable tech to robot baristas, technological innovation is stirring things up in the beverages sector By Mike Kostyo New technologies have a way of seeming futuristic, even ridiculous, one day and indispensable the next. Looking back to just a decade ago, it’s hard to believe we had yet to meet Amazon’s Alexa or gotten our hands ... Read more about this post
September 15, 2020 A new nationwide survey shows that Canadians are wasting less food while COVID-19 public health measures have been in place. Love Food Hate Waste Canada, delivered by the National Zero Waste Council in conjunction with its campaign partners, worked with the Mustel Group to understand how food purchasing, storage, consumption and food waste behaviours have ... Read more about this post
August 21, 2020 By Doug Radkey Adapt & Pivot. Two words we have recently become accustomed
to. As a restaurateur, you’ve likely had to do both, to some extent, to
maintain consistent levels of sustainability or to just flat-out survive. On the consumer side, households across Canada and much of the
world have also faced an incredible amount of change in many ... Read more about this post
June 25, 2020 Harnessing the power of customer data will be imperative for the restaurant industry to rebound post-pandemic, according to Sean Keith of Eagle Eye. Read more about this post
May 22, 2020 Nearly half of respondents in a worldwide Mastercard survey reported that they have swapped their most-used payment card for one that offers contactless. Read more about this post
March 18, 2020 By Sara Burnside Menuck Amid sweeping new measures aimed at containing the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada, the foodservice industry is seeing unprecedented impacts. From Canadians being recommended to self-isolate, avoiding public spaces and gatherings of more than 50, and restaurants and bars being ordered to close dining rooms, offering delivery, takeout and drive-thru only, it’s a ... Read more about this post
February 13, 2020 By Julie Istead Thanks
to heightened attention from consumers to the quality of food, the ‘Better For
You’ dining category is growing faster than the foodservice industry can keep
up. Consumers
drive the food and beverage markets, and the demand for products starts to increase
well before they hit the mainstream. Take, for example, the current growth of
keto and the quick movement ... Read more about this post
February 3, 2020 By Asad Amin One of the biggest casualties of time-crunched contemporary life is breakfast, which has become one of the most-skipped meals in Canada. However, for the savvy foodservice operator, the first meal of the day offers fresh opportunities Modern-Day Breakfast “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a
prince and dinner like a pauper,” or so the saying ... Read more about this post
November 19, 2019 By Scott Stewart Looking ahead to 2020, Canadian menu trends will continue to follow the trajectory of recent years. Specifically, demand for global flavours will further evolve on restaurant menus. Not only are they an increasingly important part of the overall food market, but restaurants are the tip of the spear when it comes to trial: ... Read more about this post
October 15, 2019 Canada’s Muslim population is growing, and reaching them requires halal options. Fortunately, meeting that demand is easier than you think By Salima Jivraj Here’s a term that might be new to you: Census Metropolitan Area or CMA. That’s what Statistics Canada calls a major urban centre and its surrounding area. Amongst the largest CMAs are Calgary, Edmonton, ... Read more about this post
September 17, 2019 By Vince Sgabellone Few questions are as enduring or universal as “what’s for dinner?” For the last several decades, the answer typically fell into one of two categories: stay in or eat out. As technology continues to disrupt the way we eat, however, we now have more options than ever before when it comes to accessing ... Read more about this post
June 19, 2019 By Sophie Mir Yes, plant-based eating is incredibly popular now, and yes, consumers are more concerned with their health than perhaps ever before. But that doesn’t mean people have given up indulging altogether. As it turns out, some produce is amenable to the same deep-fried, sauce-slathered treatment that plenty of meat gets, and Nanaimo bars are ... Read more about this post
June 12, 2019 By Liesbet Vandepoel From H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine to Back to the Future, people have long dreamed of seeing what the months and years to come will bring before they get here. Can you imagine the edge a sneak peek of the road ahead could give your business? In a way, that’s what Puratos’ Taste ... Read more about this post
May 23, 2019 By Sophie Mir
Non-alcoholic drinks remain a top mealpart at Canadian restaurants. Per Technomic’s Ignite menu data, almost all Canadian operators (99.4 per cent) menu non-alcoholic beverages. (If not menued, then they’re almost certainly available.) According to Technomic’s 2018 Canadian Beverage Consumer Trend Report, beverage consumption from foodservice has remained steady over the past two years, ... Read more about this post
May 21, 2019 By Asad Amin
Formal meal times are giving way to low key, all-day grazing. Over the past five years alone, trends observed by the Ipsos Food and Beverage Group indicate that snacking is becoming an increasingly ingrained consumption behaviour amongst Canadians. Reported snack occasions across all venues, in-home and out-of-home, currently account for 67 per cent ... Read more about this post
