Delivery is the world’s fastest growing foodservice channel, while digital functionality has made the process of obtaining a high quality meal easier and more seamless than ever. New restaurant formats known as virtual restaurants, or delivery-only ...

Deeply affected by the unique flavour preferences among local consumers, full-service restaurants and street stalls that offer Sichuan delicacies in spicy flavours show high penetration in Chengdu. Furthermore, local residents enjoy visiting tea ...

Despite demonetisation towards the end of the year, consumer foodservice in India in 2016 registered steady growth in value terms. This growth was driven by the younger consumer base of India, who are working longer hours, staying away from home, and...

The review period was marked by a challenging economic climate, rising prices, low consumer confidence and declining disposable incomes. The latter, together with limited access to credit due to tougher credit regulations introduced by the National ...

The Japanese consumer foodservice market saw a notable improvement in current value growth in 2016 compared with the previous year, driven by the revitalised performance of fast food. Fast food benefited from McDonald’s showing signs of recovery from...

In 2016, the number of outlets continued increasing 2%, similar to the outlets growth of the review period. However, the demand for foodservice grew slower, resulting in slower growth rates in value and transaction terms compared to the review ...

This global briefing discusses the most important trends impacting global corporate strategies in consumer foodservice. Across the globe, consumer expectations for chained foodservice are changing, especially in the fastest growing international ...

The ongoing recession that plagued Greece over the review period continued in 2016, as the government introduced new increases in taxation that led to a further decline in disposable income and consumer spending. The rise in the VAT rate from 23% to ...

Consumer foodservice is progressing in line with Delhiites’ love for food. The city hosts a large number of food and drink outlets of different sizes to serve all strata of consumers. With increasing incomes and strong infrastructure, strong ...

Egypt underwent important changes in 2016, with the Egyptian pound being floated at the end of 2016 and reaching an exchange rate of EGP20 to one US dollar, versus EGP8 at the start of the year. The devaluation of the local currency took a toll on ...

Hong Kong consumer foodservice’s performance in 2016 reflects the city’s slowing economic growth and mature growth rates in consumer prices. Foodservice was impacted by the decline in the number of tourists and reduced private consumption expenditure...

Consumer foodservice in Canada continued to record steady growth in 2016. The industry’s performance was generally in line with the weak economic climate in Canada. Sales benefited from busy consumer lifestyles and a strong premiumisation trend. ...

Despite economic concerns, current value sales growth for Saudi Arabia’s consumer foodservice market in 2016 was up slightly on the previous year. Consumer spending continued to grow, albeit at a slower pace than in 2015, and was not significantly ...

Consumer foodservice recorded a stable performance in 2016, but growth was not as strong as in previous years due to the maturity of the category. Moreover, a gradual increase in food prices and a number of food poisoning scandals had a negative ...

Whilst slight improvements in economic growth and consumer confidence, along with changing lifestyles, were limited stimuli for expenditure in consumer foodservice in Austria in 2016, new legislation led to a more complete reporting of sales and tax,...

The Australian consumer foodservice industry grew by 4% in current value terms in 2016, which was one percentage point higher than over the review period. Consumer expectations about the available food offering in different locations encouraged ...

After showing signs of recovery in 2015, in 2016 Belgian consumer foodservice was negatively affected by increased public security concerns in the wake of the bloody terrorist attacks that occurred in Paris in November 2015 and Brussels in March ...

With the Dutch economy recording yet another year of solid growth and improving macroeconomic indicators, consumer foodservice sales grew solidly in 2016. After 2015, this was the second successive year that consumer foodservice registered value ...

Consumer foodservice continued to perform strongly in Norway in 2016. Although value growth rates were marginally slower than in 2014 and 2015, they remained strong and in line with average growth levels over the review period. Despite cracks ...

In 2016 New Zealand’s GDP grew by 3.5%. Surging immigration, record low borrowing costs and a housing boom stoked New Zealand’s economy, which was among the fastest growing countries in the developed world. The lowest level of unemployment since ...