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The Top 10 companies in the Power 50 ranking continued to grow market share in 2017, adding another percentage point of sales share and now accounting for 90.5% of the Power 50's total sales volume of $128 billion, according to “Power 50 U.S. Broadline Distributor Report,” a report published by Technomic, Chicago.
The Hershey Co.’s foodservice team conducted custom research through The Center for Generational Kinetics, Austin, Texas, to understand perceptions, influence and loyalty of branded products with Millennial and Gen Z decision-makers in foodservice operations.
Diners who have visited a casual dining chain in the last 6 months would be likelier to return if the chains served fresher food, according to the 2018 Food Service Industry Report from TrendSource, San Diego, Calif.
Across the United States, 85% of diners decide what to eat for dinner the same day the meal occurs, so it may not come as a surprise that compared to 2015, convenient meal solutions grew across almost every category and generation, according to research released by Acosta, Jacksonville, Fla., and Technomic, Chicago.
Beef alternatives make up 44% of the plant-based categories being shipped to independent and micro-chain restaurant operators and are the primary contributor to the total category’s growth.
Higher demand for plant-based proteins is evidenced by the 19% growth in cases shipped of these proteins from broadline foodservice distributors to independent (1-2 units) and micro-chain (3-19 units) restaurant operators in the year ending March compared to same period one year ago, according to The NPD Group, Chicago.
Eating out, social gatherings and travel are the Top 3 areas impacted by gluten-free and allergy friendly lifestyles, according to a survey conducted by Gluten Free Media Group, Downers Grove, Ill.
The fast-casual segment has rebounded since 2016, but experienced a consecutive year of single-digit sales growth performance in 2017, according to findings released by Technomic, Chicago.