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Posted on May 16, 2013 at 6:06am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Fast Casual the Rush To The Middle Driving Non-Traditional Meal Occasions
By Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru, at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® and John Gordon
Restaurant Customer Migration Expanding
Five years from now chain restaurant leaders will be attending the National Restaurant Show in Chicago networking, learning and…
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The restaurant space will be interesting in 2013. Sales issues, cost issues, expansion issues, franchisee issues. There are still too many restaurants in the US and x-US markets sales increases have slowed. The two industry leaders, McDonald’s (MCD) and Darden (DRI), are both somewhat in the penalty box and under pressure. Here are our thoughts on 2013 issues and opportunities.
Comps Cliff Coming: In looking at 2013, its likely restaurants will get off to a bad start. In Q4…
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Restaurant sector challenges of negative same store sales comparables, consumer unease, rising food commodity costs and some magnitude of increased heath care costs emanating from Obama Care appeared in 2012. The same issues will be present in 2013.
But all is not lost. There are initiatives that can offset the negatives. Here are thoughts of what restaurants, both chain operators and independents, of all stripes, simply have to fix in 2013 operationally to meet these…
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It’s happened again: McDonald’s (MCD) weak same store sales results for October announced today threatened to take down the entire restaurant space stock platform.
To be sure, McDonalds was weak (minus 1.8% worldwide). Weaker than most expected. Wendy’s (WEN) same day reported plus 2.7% system same store sales and Burger King Carrols (TAST) reported a strong plus 6.2%, and an ‘OK trend’ thus far in October. What was of greater concern were the MCD sales components: with some…
ContinuePosted on September 13, 2012 at 8:00am 1 Comment 0 Likes
Looking into 2013, there is no doubt that rising food commodity costs will have an effect on restaurants. The effect of the US drought, global economic, currency, weather and supply/demand conditions will have negative margin effects. All of the proteins will be difficult, especially beef and chicken. Coffee and vegetable oil are among the few food groups lower.
The cost effect will be felt in 2013, and beyond. This comes on top of an up/down/up cycle…
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