Market Trends

NPD research finds that when consumers eat out, they would rather cut down on an order than choose a healthier alternative....More

Technomic says it forecasts college/university, hospital, senior living, lodging and supermarket foodservice to outperform restaurants and bars this year and in 2014....More

A new study of preschool-aged children finds that low-fat milk was associated with higher weight across all demographic sections....More

  The elderly woman—evidently a visitor, not a patient—sat in her wheelchair in the Call Center at Medical City Hospital Dallas. When asked if she needed help, she simply beamed and said, “No,” explaining that she’d just stopped by to visit “her girls” who’d made her recent stay so pleasant… “That’s what it’s all about,” says FSD Mary Ann Moser....More

More people are consuming meals at their desks and work stations these days, often without realizing there can be health risks associated with doing so....More