Technomic published three whitepapers forecasting 2022 foodservice industry trends
CHICAGO, Dec. 10, 2021—Technomic released three whitepapers uncovering 2022 foodservice predictions for the U.S., Canada and global markets. Navigating labor constraints, supply chain challenges and shifting consumer behaviors, operators will focus on adapting strategies and finding new innovative solutions.
Overall, Technomic predicts that industry recovery will continue in 2022, forecasting that the U.S. will surpass its 2019 sales level and Canada will be just 3% shy of pre-pandemic sales levels. From menu restructuring to rethinking the guest experience, operators across regions will reconsider priorities aligned with new consumer and market dynamics.
U.S. highlights:
- Expanding menus without adding new SKUs
- Leveraging salt as the trend of comfort-plus expands
Canadian highlights:
- Attention to butter grows as comfort food continues to trend
- Investments into more compact models that support delivery and takeout
Global highlights:
- Eggs appearing more on all-day sandwiches and handheld offerings
- Expansion of functional concepts across food and beverages
Read each whitepaper on Technomic’s website:
- https://www.technomic.com/newsroom/2022-year-climb
- https://www.technomic.com/newsroom/canadian-trends-looking-ahead-2022
- https://www.technomic.com/newsroom/2022-global-restaurant-trends-forecast
Contact: Pat Noone, (312) 506-3852, pnoone@technomic.com
About Technomic
Technomic Inc., a Winsight company, was founded as a management consulting firm in 1966. Since then, Technomic’s services have grown to encompass cloud-based B2B research tools, consumer and menu trend tracking and other leading strategic research and analytic capabilities, to prioritize and size business opportunities. Our clients include food manufacturers and distributors, restaurants, retailers and multiple other business verticals aligned with the food industry that are looking to make informed decisions to support their business growth. Visit Technomic at www.technomic.com.
About Winsight
Winsight LLC is a business-to-business information company serving the restaurant and noncommercial foodservice, convenience and petroleum retailing and grocery industries. Winsight provides research and analytics, branding solutions, face-to-face opportunities, lead generation initiatives, and content marketing services through products including subscription data products, reports, research tools, research programs, fully custom studies, conferences, custom marketing services, meetings, print and digital trade media. To learn more, visit winsightmedia.com