Tag: Robert Carter
NPD Conference Offers Insight into Canadian Eating Patterns and HMR
TORONTO — Canadian eating patterns and home-meal replacement (HMR) was the talk of the morning yesterday at the Sheraton Toronto Airport conference centre, where...
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...
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...
From Sourcing to Purchasing, How Is Seafood Measuring Up?
There’s a problem with fish — it’s fishy. “They want it because it’s healthy, but most of my retail customers ask for something that...
Think Locally, Expand Globally
The world we know today is not the same one that existed 20 years ago. The invention of the Internet and the pervasiveness of...
NPD Reports Strong Winter Quarter
TORONTO — The mild Canadian winter may have inspired more restaurant visits, according to The NPD Group, which reports that Winter 2012 — December,...
NDP Introduces Private Members Nutritional Labelling Bill
TORONTO — The push for increased nutritional labelling continues as NDP health critic France Gélinas introduced another private members bill to force chain restaurants...
NPD: Canadian Foodservice Visits Increase
CHICAGO — Canadians made more than 6.6-billion visits to restaurants and other foodservice establishments in 2011, a three-per-cent increase year over year, according to...
NPD: Restaurant Visits to Increase
TORONTO – Foodservice operators can look forward to more restaurant traffic in the next few years, according to a NPD Group study. “A Look...