B&I

Operations

2007 Portability Study: Portability on the menu

By the numbers, portability continues to be a driving force in noncommercial foodservice—and operators’ actions back the statistics. Read the results of FoodService Director's 2007 Portability Study and see how the statistics play out in cafeterias and retail operations.

Operations

2007 Menu Development study: Footloose and trans fat-free

Trans fat, ethnic, organic and local are the hot buttons for operators, but much work remains, according to the FSD's 2007 Menu Development study.

Average salaries decreased during 2007, and the majority of operators expected to be in the their current roles in 2012, according to FSD's 2007 Compensation Study.

Salaries increased 1.9% for FSDs last year. Did yours? According to FSD's annual Compensation Study, salaries rose just 1.9% last year across the board. But not many in the business think they'll be in their current position five years from now.

Catering can reap substantial rewards for non-commercial operators, especially those pursuing on- and off-premise customers for revenue.

Most non-commercial operators provide customers with a variety of portable meal options. For some, grab-and-go is, or is becoming, a way of life, according to FSD's 2006 Portability Study.

With revenues flat, B&I market's top challenge is to create value-driven meals, according to FSD's 2006 B&I census report.

Portable menus and display cooking will grow in 2006, according to FSD research, while new ethnic cuisines vie for the top spot.

Non-commercial menus today exceed their forebears with regard to health and nutritional benefit, not to mention taste and convenience. But a host of business issues make menu development more challenging than ever.

Students at the University of North Colorado, in Greeley, started clamoring for lunches-to-go in the early 1990s, just as the trend for portable meals started to heat up.

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