Research & Insights

4.13.22 - Watch the February 2022 series of conversations with industry leaders from the Foodservice Leadership Councils, including K-12, College and University, Business and Industry, Healthcare, and Restaurant Chains to hear the important issues they face and what they expect near and long-term.

03.24.22 - According to IFMA Scope, over a third of all restaurant occasions are Lunch occasions, making it critical to understand consumer attitudes toward this valuable daypart as the effects of COVID slowly begin to recede and The Great Emergence continues. Will the consumer go back to eating outside the home after over a year of eating lunch in-home? What does convenience mean to the lunch consumer now? Is health still...

03.21.22 - Each meal occasion, no matter how insignificant, has the possibility of being disrupted. Although disrupting a consumer’s decision making is not easy, it can reap rewards for a brand if done correctly. This whitepaper focuses how IFMA Consumer Food Journey™ offers the food and beverage marketer the opportunity to better disrupt consumers’ decision-making process through consumer segmentation.

3.02.22 - Much of our foodservice case volume relies on the warehouses and trucks of broadline distributors. IFMA does a deep dive into the quarterly results published by the three largest broadline foodservice distributors, Sysco, US Foods, and Performance Food Group.

2.22.22 - COVID-19 has deeply impacted the foodservice industry, and understanding the shape and timing of the recovery is critical as you develop your long-term plans. Join IFMA as we share our revised 2022 industry growth rates and present segment projections for 2023. Learn about the key drivers shaping each segment based on input from the Foodservice Leadership Councils and data collected by Datassential.

2.4.22 - Watch this live conversation with Clayton Chanf from Ladle & Leaf, Peter Boylan from Ballard Brands, and Richard Pineda from Pieology.

2.3.22 - Watch this live conversation with Tina Banning from Kettering Health, Amanda Goldman, Industry Expert, and Michael Vetro from St Jude Children's Hospital.

2.2.22 - Watch this live conversation with Damian Monticello from GuideWell Hospitality Services Program, Bernice Radiadeh from Bank of America, and Tim Scardina from Horizon Therapeutics.

2.1.22 - Watch this live conversation with Pat Bando from Boston College; Peter Testory from University of Wisconsin; and Ted Faulkner from Virginia Tech University.