Tag: Circana
Media Preview Offers Glimpse Inside RC Show 2024
TORONTO — Members of the media gathered recently at and/ore Restaurant in Toronto for the RC Show 2024 Media Preview event, which offered a...
Circana Launches SalesTrack for Canadian Restaurants
TORONTO — Circana, an advisor on the complexity of consumer behaviour, has announced the launch of SalesTrack, a dynamic tool designed to track brand...
Operators need to control their digital-ordering experience
By Vince Sgabellone
Has digital ordering in foodservice peaked? Ever since the end of restaurant restrictions in the spring of 2022, digital share of occasions...
Robert Carter Inducted into the OHI Hall of Fame
TORONTO — Robert Carter, managing director at The StratonHunter Group, has been inducted into the OHI Hall of Fame. This recognition is presented annually...
New opportunities flourish in the coffee-and-tea segment
By Morag McKenzie
As restaurants opened to full capacity and the tourism industry rebounded, total year-over-year (YOY) coffee and tea consumption grew 11 per cent...
Ghost kitchens offer new opportunities for brick-and-mortar operators
By Laura Pratt
The Challenge
Let’s say you’re a restaurant that’s sometimes packed and sometimes not. And let’s say you’ve abandoned your off-premises services, rejecting takeout...
Unit-growth trends reveal challenges and opportunities in today’s restaurant environment
By Vince Sgebellone
“Restaurants seem to be busier than ever.” This is a comment I hear frequently and as a consumer of foodservice meals, I...
Shifting Behaviours are Growth Drivers for Canada’s Foodservice Industry
TORONTO — Canada’s foodservice industry continued its robust recovery from pandemic losses in the first quarter of 2023 as it crossed the final round of...
The poultry sector faces growing challenges
Poultry is the crowd-pleaser protein and has long been featured among value offerings, but this dependable stalwart has suddenly faced growing challenges recently.
“Poultry used...
Consumers are reacting to economic conditions by shifting spending habits
Food inflation continues to influence consumer behaviours. Even though the overall Consumer Price Index in Canada has trended lower in recent months, the inflation...
