News on QSR, Restaurant and Food Service Trends

Getting a foothold in India's processed foods market, estimated to be worth $90 billion, requires persistence and a willingness to adapt products to suit culinary and cultural preferences, experts say.Rising incomes, more working women, modern stores a...

De Belgische restaurantketens die onder de koepel van beroepsvereniging Bemora vallen, hebben hun vergelijkbare omzet vorig jaar met 4,7 procent zien toenemen, maar kregen bijna een procent minder klanten over de vloer.De gemiddelde ticketbesteding (zo...

De gemeente Utrecht gaat de komende maanden horecaondernemers in de binnenstad controleren op het bezit van een vetafscheider. Deze is verplicht, maar niet alle horecazaken in de Utrechtse binnenstad hebben er één, weet de gemeente.   Volgens de Wet M...

More than 50 consumer groups have launched a worldwide campaign to reduce the marketing of unhealthy food to children. Among other things, the new voluntary code calls for tight restrictions on both television and Internet advertising, prohibits the ma...

The foodservice industry’s share of the total food dollar dipped to 39.4% in 2007 from 39.7% in 2006 due to weakness in Central and Atlantic Canada.   Since 2000, the foodservice industry’s market share has slowly eroded from 40.5% – the result of slo...

Boston has joined others cities in banning artery-clogging trans fats from food served in restaurants and grocery stores. Businesses, as well as schools and hospitals, will have to stop using oils and spreads that contain trans fats. Prepackaged foods...

Restaurants, which have been slumping for two years because of a slew of short-term factors, are waking up to a worrisome long-term trend: The number of harried working moms isn't growing the way it was. For decades, the steady increase of working wom...

De Franse aardappelsector heeft in de maanden augustus tot en met december vorig jaar 635.900 ton aardappelen uitgevoerd. Dat is 60.000 ton ofwel bijna 9% minder dan een jaar eerder. De grootste afnemer, Spanje, nam met 203.100 ton bijna 20% minder Fr...

Yum! Brands, Inc today announced that Sam Su, 55, has been appointed to the Board of Directors as Vice Chairman, maintaining his position as President of the China Division. He will continue to reside in Shanghai in this capacity for the long-term

McDonald's België heeft in 2007 voor het tweede jaar op rij winst gemaakt. De winst is ook gestegen, net zoals het marktaandeel van de Amerikaanse fastfoodketen in ons land. Dat maakte kersvers algemeen directeur Stephan De Brouwer dinsdag bekend op ee...

Monsanto Co. and Cargill Inc. are trying to persuade farmers in Iowa and elsewhere to grow the Vistive soybean variety. The two companies began the recruiting effort Tuesday, offering 50 to 60 cents more a bushel for Monsanto's Vistive-brand low lino...

La cadena estadounidense de restauración McDonald's incrementó un 8,6% interanual sus ventas comparables en febrero, mientras que en términos mensuales el aumento fue del 11,7%, debido a la favorable situación del cambio de divisas y por los efectos de...

Thirty-seven boys and girls at the newly-opened Kolkata outlet have been trained to lip-read the customers' requests. In a first of its kind initiative and available only in Kolkata, global fast food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has set up its f...

McDonald's Corp. said Monday that February sales at restaurants open more than a year jumped a better-than-expected 11.7 percent, boosted by growth in Europe, the weak dollar and the benefit of an extra selling day this year. Two straight months of so...

Abu Dhabi/Dubai: Fast food chains in the UAE have significantly hiked their prices with some meals going up as much as 30 per cent. Across the board, there has been an average increase of 14 per cent within the last two months, Gulf News has learnt.KF...

Burger King announced it will open its first location in Curacao in the first half of 2008, partnering with franchisee group JDA Foods B.V. Curacao's first Burger King will be located in the capital city of Willemstad. The chain plans to open additiona...

Its salads were a novel addition copied by its biggest competitor. Its baked potatoes and chili remain unique fixtures on its menu. Its value menu has indisputably become an industry staple. But Wendy's International Inc.'s history of innovation is ...

After rising steadily for much of 2007, shares of McDonald’s Corp. have fallen off roughly 8% so far this year on weakening trends in the fast food industry. But the stock may soon get a lift now that those trends appear to have improved in February,...