Our industry experts in Australia and New Zealand provide analysi...
Our industry experts in Australia and New Zealand provide analysis, specialist knowledge and essential market data unavailable elsewhere, to build the most accurate understanding of current trends and future prospects.
Most types of consumer foodservice saw sales decline in 2023 and this is also apparent in the street stalls/kiosks channel. The majority of this category is made up with mobile café trucks and the various hybrid work arrangements has meant consumers…
Street stalls/kiosks was among the hardest hit foodservice channels by pandemic-related lockdowns, due to prolonged home seclusion and social distancing measures. 2022 witnessed a marginal improvement but this not sufficient, with operators in the…
Self-service cafeterias, as a channel, has reached saturation in New Zealand with low single digit growth in 2023. The category mainly includes buffet style businesses which are not popular in New Zealand. While buffets can offer good value to…
Ikea Restaurant remained the only chained self-service cafeteria operating in Australia in 2023, with 10 outlets throughout the country. With only 13 independent self-service cafeterias in operation in Australia, it is unsurprising to see Ikea…
2023 brought new challenges for the consumer foodservice industry and businesses were forced to deal with higher costs and interest rates. Despite the rise in costs and consumers cutting back on spending, most categories of limited-service…