By Gregory Furgala If you live in a major city in Canada, you might’ve noticed that, a few years ago, new A&W restaurants started popping up downtown. They looked polished. Tall refrigerators chilled and displayed A&W’s iconic glass root beer mug; messaging on the walls spoke to A&W Canada’s new ingredients guarantee, which promised hormone […]
By Divakar Raju While we tend to assume foodies are Instagramming Millennials, there are other important players leading the charge in the evolution of food culture. Boomers are huge influencers, and they lend their clout to different areas as they retire. According to StatCan, 5,000 Canadian Boomers are retiring each week. A boom that once represented […]
Press release According to the NPD Group, a leading global information company, it’s been a particularly challenging few years for Full Service Restaurants (FSRs) in Canada. Overall, traffic at FSRs has declined year over year, down 141 million visits compared to 2012. Dollars are also down on the year and have been relatively flat since […]
