Fast Food

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 ...

The end of the review period saw increased interest in burgers, with a focus on quality. Premium burger-focused concepts include domestic mini chains, Friends & Brgrs, Naughty Brgr, and Social Burgerjoint, and a number of independent outlets. The ...

Some operators – notably ones branded to a particular ethnic kitchen – add meals from other kitchens to their menus. First, popular Hungarian meals were listed, but other easy-to-prepare meals such as burgers or Mexican or Middle Eastern meals have ...

Demand for fast food continues to grow strongly in Peru, with competition in the area intensifying. Leading business groups have expanded their operations, with the opening of numerous stores, along with new shopping centres throughout the country. ...

Limited-service restaurants posted the best performance in consumer foodservice in 2018, with the strongest current value increase amongst all channels. This was supported by stronger expansion in outlet numbers compared with other channels. Consumer...

The majority of players in limited-service restaurants in 2018 were independent operators. Independent limited-service restaurants recorded only modest current value growth in 2018 as they faced both increasingly tight legislation and competition ...

Limited-service restaurants continued to register the best overall value growth within consumer foodservice in Switzerland in 2018. Demand is mainly driven by consumers’ increasingly busy lifestyles and their search for easy dinner solutions. The ...

Due to high outlet rental and labour costs, the number of outlets and sales revenue for 100% takeaway and delivery restaurants grew quickly during the review period. These stores specialise in offering a very limited menu and target busy working ...