All Research articles – Page 60
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Analysis & Insight
Research shows consumers ordering fewer courses
Consumers are ordering fewer courses when eating out for dinner, with starters hardest hit, the latest Menu and Food Trends report from M&C Allegra Foodservice has shown.
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Analysis & Insight
Food trends: Adventurous, artisanal and authentic
The trends shaping the food service landscape can be broken down into adventurous, artisanal and authentic, according to M&C Allegra’s Menu and Food Trends report.
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Opinion
The route to happiness
Happy customers spend more. As an opening statement this sounds pretty obvious but at the moment most hospitality businesses – both in the UK and around the world – would struggle to prove or disprove it with any real evidence. That is about to change, according to Christian Nelson, chief operating officer and co-founder of truRating
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Analysis & Insight
Nando’s leads in social media stakes
Nando’s has come out on top in the eating-out sector when it comes to social media,according to a snapshot of by consultancy VON Marketing
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Analysis & Insight
Young leading return to urban areas
City centre living has boomed in Britain since the start of the century, with young people leading the move back into urban areas
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Analysis & Insight
Smirnoff is fastest growing alcoholic drinks brand
Smirnoff vodka is Britain’s fastest growing booze brand, according to The Grocer’s 2015 survey of Britain’s Biggest Alcohol Brands
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Analysis & Insight
Payroll costs now equal 26% of average turnover
Payroll costs for licensed retailers increased from 24.2% of turnover in 2013 to 26.4% last year, according to the latest benchmarking report from the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers.
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Analysis & Insight
Leisure's the new retail therapy
There has been much talk about the growing proportion of leisure facilities in shopping centres, says Davis Coffer Lyons’ Kate Taylor. But is this a trend that’s set to continue?
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Analysis & Insight
Report shows shift away from traditional mealtimes
A new report has shown that increasing flexibility around mealtime and advances in technology are opening up increasing opportunities for operators.
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Analysis & Insight
Hospitality has retention not recruitment problem
The hospitality sector has a problem with staff retention not recruitment according to the latest report from People1st
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Analysis & Insight
76% of customers demand ‘a proper loyalty scheme’
New research has shown that 76% of customers will not hand over their data to a business unless it has a ‘proper loyalty scheme’.
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Analysis & Insight
Alcohol not important for social lives of most young people
One in five 16-24 year olds don’t drink any alcohol at all according to a new survey, with two thirds reporting that alcohol was either not very important or not at all important to their social lives.
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Analysis & Insight
Menus: Where less is more
M&C Allegra Foodservice director of insight Steve Gotham discusses why –when it comes to menus – too much choice might just be a bad thing.
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Analysis & Insight
Restaurants lfls up 3.6% in June but wet-led pubs struggle
Branded restaurants drove growth in the Coffer Peach Business Tracker cohort in June, with wet-led pubs hit particularly hard by comparisons with the World Cup lead-in last year.
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Analysis & Insight
UK set for 12.4% rise in disposable income by 2020
Britain is set to see a 12.4% rise in disposable income between now and 2020, compared to the 2.7% increase seen over the last five years.
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Analysis & Insight
Major diet changes needed to hit new sugar levels
“Huge changes” are needed to diets if consumers are to hit new targets on sugar and fibre intake, according to the British Nutrition Foundation.
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Analysis & Insight
Eating out market dips
Britain’s eating out sector experienced an unexpected dip in June with consumers dining out less frequently and spending less money, according to Horizons’ latest report
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Analysis & Insight
Poll shows boom in dining alone
A new poll has shown a rapid rise in the number of people willing to dine alone.
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Analysis & Insight
Average hourly wage in sector is £6.75
The average hourly wage in the pub and restaurant sector is currently £6.75, according to research from Fourth Hospitality.
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Opinion
Seafood health trend on the rise
US diners are seeing fish as a healthy alternative to meat when it comes to main meals. Darren Tristano, of Technomic, reveals the differences between how young and older audiences view this shift