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HX: The Hotel Experience Announces 2015 Foodservice Pioneering Concept Winners
A wine and tapas venue and a pop-up café reliant on sous vide won first and second place in this year’s edition of the HX: The Hotel Experience—Rooms to Restaurants show’s (formerly the International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show) Foodservice Pioneering Concept competition. Top honors went to Bienvenu, a collaboration between Robert Simmons, Principal, Bruner/Cott,…
How Does Europe’s Foodservice Market Compare To The U.S.?
We’ve known for a long time that the foodservice market in the Europe is significantly smaller than in the United States. New research from Peter Backman, principal at Horizons, the London-based research firm, details just how much smaller. Backman toted up the populations and foodservice markets of the U.S. and the five largest sub-markets of…
Technomic Boosts 2015 Forecast Of U.S. Operator Sales
After years of sluggish growth, the U.S. foodservice market has finally broken out of the doldrums. Strong jobs growth and the dramatic drop in energy prices in the second half of 2014 has helped push consumer confidence to post-recession levels. One benefit has been strong growth in sales and traffic in the U.S. foodservice market.…
Yo! Sushi Readies Stateside Expansion
Is the U.S. primed for fast-casual sushi? London-based Yo! Sushi thinks so and is counting on filling the need for fast-casual sushi that other chains have missed. The 87-unit chain is in the early stages of expanding its footprint in the U.S. It’s opened two successfully received locations in New Jersey and Florida, has another…
QSRs Establish Footprint In Myanmar
Five years after Myanmar’s military government opened the country to the world, at least two QSR chains have set up business there. In April 2013, South Korean burger chain Lotteria opened in Yangon, the country’s most commercially important city, and announced plans to open 24 more Burmese sites by 2016. Now KFC has become the…
Nando’s Peri-Peri Spreads Its Wings
Nando’s Peri-Peri, the South African-Portuguese restaurant chain, has hatched its first major expansion since moving to the U.S. seven years ago. Nando’s has opened two of three units planned for Chicago. The chain, which operates spicy, flame-grilled chicken restaurants in 23 countries, first moved to the U.S. in 2008. It set up shop in Washington,…
Jordan-Based Eat Plans 25-Unit Regional Expansion
April’s opening of a flagship store for Azkadenya in Dubai marks the first step in an aggressive regional expansion drive by Jordan’s Eat Restaurant Group. The new Azkadenya outlet, located in a shopping mall in the city’s high-end Jumeirah district, is part of Eat’s plan to open 25 new regional outlets of the Arabic casual-dining…
Thai Energy Firm Dives Into Fried-Chicken Business
With crude-oil prices continuing to weaken, Thailand’s largest energy firm is diversifying and diving into the American QSR business. PTT Plc. has signed a franchise deal with U.S.-based Texas Chicken. PTT plans to invest 1.5 billion baht (US$44.2 million) to open at least 70 Texas Chicken branches over the next five years. The first restaurant…
Equipotel 2015 In São Paulo Offers 160+ Hours Of Programming
Equipotel 2015 is more than just a products and service expo. Latin America’s biggest hospitality show, Sept. 14-17 in São Paulo, Brazil, offers a wide range of content, including workshops, presentations and installations. Attendees will learn about good market practices in addition to viewing the 1,500 brands and 80 new companies that will be at the…
September Brings HOSFAIR Guangdong 2015
It makes sense that the most populous country in the world also is host to the largest hospitality supplies fair in the world. HOSFAIR, the 13th China (Guangdong) Int’l. Hospitality Supplies Fair, will be held Sept. 10-12 in the city’s China Import & Export Fair Complex. Visitors to HOSFAIR Guangdong 2015 can explore exhibits and attend…
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