Foodservice Catering Trends in U.S.

Published Jan 1, 2011 | 120 Pages | Pub ID: LA2848313

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Catering revenues in the United States are on the rise, rebounding from a difficult year in 2009. Estimates from Packaged Foods portray an industry in recovery, with a 9% increase to $14.2 billion in 2010. This report predicts that this recovery will continue, with increased sales of 9.1% in 2011 and 6.5% in 2012. Much of this growth is contributed to by the expansion of restaurants into the in-home entertaining industry, increasing budgets for business special event spending, and increasing consumer confidence. Weddings, personal entertaining, and private special events also contribute to the growth of the catering sector both by traditional catering companies, as well as hotels and food retailers.

This report provides knowledge of this burgeoning industry that enables market participants to base strategies on sound analysis. Aspects covered in this report include growth factors, market size and forecast, health trends, key trends in institutional food service, sustainability concerns and technology. You will also gain insight on the catering consumer, as well as the analysis of opportunities for expanding catering services to new life and social events.

This Packaged Facts report provides the insight and analysis market participants need to plan their catering and foodservice strategies. Key coverage includes the following:

A market size and forecast for the catering industry, including caterers; full-service restaurants; limited-service restaurants; snack and non-alcoholic beverage establishments; foodservice contractors; and hotels.
Key factors to catering growth: travel, hotels and accommodations, and holiday party spending
Trended consumer catering expenditures by demographic.
Catering trends within the institutional foodservice category, with a focus on hospitals and colleges and universities.
Restaurant catering operation tracking
Catering macro-trend analysis, including the economy; sustainability and environmental concerns; technology; food & celebrity chef familiarity; and health trends.
Insight on the “catered meals” consumer, including stand-alone analysis as well as restaurant, institutional foodservice and food retail context.
Catering operations analysis of a mixture of restaurant, food retail, foodservice contractor, and caterer companies, such as Panera Bread, Whole Foods Market, Compass Group, and Blue Plate Catering.
Catering “opportunity analysis” of significant life events (such as births, weddings, and funerals) as well as significant social events (such as the Super Bowl).

Chapter 1: Executive Summary: Scope and Methodology; Share of Stomach: Catering Market Size and Forecast; Travel, Hotels & Holiday Party Catering Trends; Institutional Foodservice Catering Trends; Restaurant Catering Trends; Catering to Life Events; The Catered Meal Consumer; Catering Company Analyses
Chapter 2: Share of Stomach: Catering Market Size and Forecast: Introduction; Packaged Facts catering market size and forecast; Food Service and Drinking Places market size and forecast; Catering procurement & service location; Caterer analysis; Consumer catering expenditures
Chapter 3: Travel, Hotels & Holiday Party Catering Trends: Overview; Travel industry shows signs of life; Hotels and accommodations dig out of recession; Corporate holiday spending not a bad word; 2010 holiday catering season better than 2009? Yes!; Gauging the spectrum: some bad, but mostly pretty good; Table 3-5: 2010 Challenger Holiday Party Survey; Graph 3-1: Corporate Holiday Party Location, 2009 v 2010; Checking in locally
Chapter 4: Institutional Foodservice Catering Trends: Overview; Institutional foodservice is big business; Hospital catering; College catering
Chapter 5: Restaurant Catering Trends: An avalanche of limitedservice restaurant movement; Casual and upscale
Chapter 6: Catering to Life Events: The cycle of life offers a wealth of catering opportunities; Birth!; Graduations; Marriage!; Death; Everything in between!
Chapter 7: Catering Trend Watch: Economy; Sustainability and environmental concern; Technology helps spur efficiency and build clients; Food & celebrity chef familiarity builds client expectations; Health trends
Chapter 8: The Catered Meal Consumer: Overview
Chapter 9: Catering Company Analyses: Retail Foodservice Catering Operations; Einstein Noah Restaurant Group; Panera Bread Co; Subway (Doctor’s Associates Inc); Grocery Retail; Publix; Safeway; Whole Foods Market; Foodservice Contractors; Compass Group; Catering Establishments; Blue Plate Catering; Centerplate; Delaware North Companies

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