Tag: The NPD Group
The Full-Service Facts
With the holiday season fast approaching, your calendar will likely start to fill up with invites for dinners, lunches, holiday parties and...
Opportunities Presented by Cannabis Legalization
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 12 months, you’ve likely found yourself in the middle of the debate...
E-Commerce is Reshaping Foodservice
According to a recent survey by The NPD Group, 82 per cent of Canadians have made an online purchase in the past...
Breakfast Growth Continues In Canada
Let’s face it — Canadians are a busy bunch. From early-morning work meetings to after-school activities for the kids, gym classes to...
Operators Should be Focusing Marketing Efforts on Life Stages, Not Generational...
There was a time when millennials were considered one big generational group. At the time, their behaviours were attributed to their generation instead of...
Canadians are Hungry For Meal-Kit Delivery Services
If there’s one thing Canadians have in common, it’s the daily dilemma of figuring out what’s for dinner. Now, more than ever, time-starved Canadians...
How Premium-Casual Restaurants Are Defying Canada’s No-Growth Reality
In 2017, sales at full-service restaurants (FSR) slipped two per cent to a total of $21 billion — another decline in an industry that...
Ontario Restaurants Brace For Minimum-Wage Increase Fallout
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past six months, you’re likely well aware of Ontario’s recent minimum-wage hike and the impact...
The 2017 Hospitality Market Report
While Canadian foodservice operators should expect a modestly healthy 2017 in terms of growth, increasing competition and a changing consumer-spending landscape are going to...
Using Data to Understand Today’s Customers
The term ‘millennial’ has become synonymous with success in today’s foodservice landscape. While most of us think of this cohort as being a function...
