Research & Insights

11.10.20 – Access all session recordings, presentations, resources, and exclusive content directly on the IFMA Presidents Conference event platform. Please note all registered conference attendees must sign-in to access resources. Access now >>

10.19.20 - Watch this IFMA webinar with Greg Pritchard, Vice President Quality Management at Nestlé USA along with Dr Fabien Robert, Director of the Nestlé Quality Assurance Centers, on how Nestlé’s brands generate trust through safety by design. They describe the process for product testing to assure delivery on consumer trust in a post-Covid world and highlight how they are coping with new realities.

09.23.20 - If you could take a blank sheet of paper and design the perfect restaurant for our evolving New Normal, what would it look like? Watch this IFMA and Kinetic12 webinar that outlines the 8 areas of a restaurant’s design and operation that have changed and will continue to evolve; and the 4 areas of a restaurant that are part of the DNA and will not change.

08.19.20 - Watch this live conversation with Voni Woods, Vice President of Deli and Prepared Foods at Giant Eagle, and Paul Servais, Retail Food Service Director at Kwik Trip.

08.18.20 - Watch this IFMA conversation with Brad Nelson, Vice President of Food & Beverage at Marriott International, and Don Falgoust, Vice President of Food & Beverage at Remington Hotels.

08.07.20 - We have seen the largest channel shift of our lifetime in 2020 from foodservice to retail. Watch this IFMA and Acosta Foodservice webinar to gain new consumer insights and industry trends as food away from home, food on the go, and food at home continue to converge.

08.06.20 – How should manufacturers adapt to the evolution of off-premise, dine-in and simplification? IFMA’s latest whitepaper, written by Kinetic12 Consulting, offers 10 key focus areas to the Restaurant of the Future Model, including flexibility, portability, technology, footprint, sanitation, staffing and other key components. Read now.

08.06.20 - This collection of whitepapers addresses the challenges and opportunities Chain Operators face during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the findings of Kinetic12 Consulting.

08.05.20 - Watch this IFMA and Tibersoft webinar to learn what is different about our new landscape, what manufacturers are doing differently to recover, understand what recovery targeting is and how you can implement it in your Sales organization today. For foodservice manufacturers, the time to start planning for recovery is now.