Tag: David Hopkins
Rising food costs contribute to industry pain points
By Danielle Schalk
The Challenge
The costs of goods has been a moving target in recent years and this is contributing to industry pain points —...
The foodservice industry struggles to meet its labour needs
By Danielle Schalk
The Challenge
It’s not new, nor is it a secret that the foodservice industry faces challenges when it comes to meeting its labour...
ORHMA Conference Shines Spotlight on Technology
By Amy Bostock and Nicole Di Tomasso
TORONTO — The Ontario Restaurant Hotel Motel Association (ORHMA) recently hosted its second annual Ontario Hospitality Conference at...
ORHMA Hosts Second-Annual Ontario Hospitality Conference
By Amy Bostock and Nicole Di Tomasso
TORONTO — Last week, the Ontario Restaurant Hotel Motel Association (ORHMA) hosted its second annual Ontario Hospitality Conference...
A shift in thinking is needed to address the labour crisis
By Laura Pratt
Labour issues and the restaurant industry have been uncomfortable bedfellows since time immemorial, the relationship became particularly strained during the pandemic, when...
Hospitality Market Report
Shrouded in pandemic from tip to tail, 2021 — which nonetheless played host to some remarkable successes for Canada’s restaurant industry — challenges anyone...
E42. Elevating the Guest Experience
In this episode of Table Talk, Rosanna Caira, editor and publisher of Foodservice and Hospitality magazine, speaks with David Hopkins, president of The Fifteen...
The 2019 Hospitality Market Report
The foodservice industry is reaching a pivot point. After a decade of healthy growth, 2018 numbers show the party may be over for the...
Mixed Bag: Looking Back at How Foodservice Operators Fared in 2018
Following two years of solid sales growth across all sectors, sales in Canada’s foodservice industry slowed slightly to 5.2-per-cent growth in 2018 — down...
Data Analytics is About More Than Just The Numbers
Data has become the lifeblood of today’s foodservice operations. From pulling sales numbers from POS systems to sophisticated analytics apps and cloud-based analytics services,...