GRAPEVINE, Texas – In a recent review of where the restaurant and foodservice industries stand, Abbie Westra, director of the retail content group of Winsight Media, and Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of research and knowledge group for the National Restaurant Association, offered highlights and challenges facing food sellers.
Here are five key attributes presented June 21 during Winsight’s FARE 2016 conference held at the Gaylord Texan outside Dallas. Many of these insights are based on an exclusive Technomic survey of more than 700 retailers across multiple food-selling channels.