Tag: NPD Group
CRIS+CROS Summit Tackles Restaurant Industry Issues
TORONTO — Restaurant operators and investors gathered Wednesday at the Hilton Toronto Downtown for CRIS+CROS, an event that brought together the Canadian Restaurant Operators...
Habitual Lunch Consumers Help Operators Boost Their Bottom Lines
In recent years, the lunch daypart has struggled in Canada, experiencing consistent traffic declines since 2011 as consumers continue to spend less per capita...
Snacks and Breakfast Drive Global Foodservice Growth
TORONTO — According to The NPD Group, foodservice spending and visits grew in the summer of 2015 in several countries tracked by the global...
NPD Seminar Highlights Importance of Engaging Diners to Drive Traffic
TORONTO — Foodservice insiders have been hearing about it and seeing it play out in their restaurants for months, but news that commercial foodservice...
QSR Segment Leads Industry in Traffic
TORONTO — Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are attracting more visits from out-of-home diners across the country in comparison to full-service restaurants (FSR), and millennials are...
CRIS Conference Highlights Importance of Customer Engagement
TORONTO — It was a day of networking, industry analysis and conversation yesterday as nearly 200 foodservice executives and media gathered at the Hilton...
NPD’s Healthtrack Survey Reveals Eating Habits of Canadians
TORONTO — As a country with a vast landscape and geography, it’s not surprising that the eating habits of Canadians vary from coast to...
How to Increase Full-Service Dining Visits
Canada’s 2009 economic downturn hit the full-service restaurant (FSR) segment hard. But, now there are positive signs that increases in visits to this large...
Canadian Foodservice Trends and Tips for Success
TORONTO — Foodservice traffic is showing a two-per-cent growth, but all dining segments are contributing to last quarter’s zero-per-cent traffic increase, according to NPD...
Chefs Return To Italian Roots
When Carmelo Rago opened Edmonton’s first Sorrentino’s restaurant in 1979, customers asked for ketchup with their egg-based spaghetti carbonara and rebelled when his Italian...
