Fast Food

The global consumer foodservice industry stands at a tipping point. Surging investment in delivery and online ordering has placed the industry in a similar position to retail 3-5 years ago, with online commerce growing rapidly, but with live ...

The absorption of Circle K and Sunkus convenience stores into Family Mart involved the closure of some outlets, which had a constraining effect on the development of limited-service restaurants in 2018. Convenience stores’ foodservice is a ...

After bakery products, burger is the biggest food type in limited-service restaurants, with burgers continuing to be a favourite food type and a strong seller in Saudi Arabia, with meat generally eaten by most consumers and burgers served to meet ...

Economic recovery over the forecast period is expected to boost value growth following on from a weak economy since 2016 as consumers become better able to afford eating out. Key to growth is also continued urbanisation as urban consumers are more ...

With growing appetite in the Egyptian market for new concepts, there has been continuous growth of new players, which are offering creativity along the existing food trends. These players are harnessing the power of social media to launch new brand ...

As the economy continues to grow, albeit slowly, and the number of single-person households in South Korea increases rapidly, limited-service restaurants continued to see positive value growth in 2018. As consumer demand for simple meals offering ...

As online delivery platforms continue to offer efficient third-party delivery services, new market entrants are finding opportunity by establishing delivery kitchens, where operators only prepare meals for delivery to the orders placed through ...

Healthy food is becoming a big trend among Thai consumers. Many locals are more aware of what they eat now. Clean-food menus as well as balanced diets with less fat and less sodium are becoming more popular for people who want to lose weight or have ...

Limited-service restaurants looks set to perform well over the forecast period. While growth in outlet numbers will be tempered by increasing saturation, overall current value sales and transactions are projected to grow at faster rates than during ...

By the end of 2018 Russia was still far from Western Europe and the majority of Eastern Europe in terms of limited-service outlets per capita. This gives a spacious room for market players for further expansion. After big cities were fully packed ...

Limited-service restaurants saw the most dynamic current value growth within consumer foodservice in the Czech Republic in 2018. Growth was mainly attributable to rising purchasing power, meal price inflation, changing consumer lifestyles and ...

2018 was another solid year for limited-service restaurants, as transaction volume continued to grow and higher spend per transaction led to further value growth. In 2018, many of the leading chained limited-service players embraced digital ...

Limited-service restaurants are expected to further grow their share of sales in consumer foodservice in Italy over the forecast period. This will be down to many consumers increasingly favouring casual dining and seeking more affordable prices, with...

Portuguese consumer confidence levels are on the rise. The favourable economic and social scenario, including increasing disposable incomes and falling unemployment levels, is boosting consumers’ spending power and enabling them to look for greater ...

Vegan food was the hottest trend in limited-service restaurants in Sweden in 2018, following the long-standing consumer interest in healthy fast food alternatives that has thoroughly shaped the market. However, in 2018 restaurants clearly shifted ...

Whilst labour costs continue to rocket, limited-service restaurants, especially fast food chains, have been able to incorporate mechanisation to mitigate rising staffing costs. For instance, self-ordering kiosks in McDonald’s have proven to reduce ...

After a modest 2017 with decelerating growth and intense competition, players present in limited-service restaurants began to extend their dayparts to maintain a steady consumer flow during mid-afternoon or breakfast. Hamburguesas El Corral made ...

Sustainability is gaining increasing relevance amongst Brazilian consumers. To respond to this change in consumers’ attitudes, limited-service players are developing new initiatives such as launching biodegradable packaging or reducing the use of ...

Rising disposable incomes, increasing urbanisation and falling unemployment are some of the factors which are expected to support the further growth of limited-service restaurants over the forecast period. This will particularly benefit categories ...

After being one of the channels that suffered the most in the crisis period, limited-service pizza restaurants have once again shown themselves as a dynamic and strongly developing channel. The fundamental factors for this have been the recovery in ...