In Focus

Mac ‘n’ cheese remains popular among the British as it clocks growth of over 550% on restaurant menus since 2010, according to a new survey by eating out analysts Horizons.

Greene King released its Leisure Spend Tracker Report for January, which revealed that average British leisure spending rose 1% compared to last year, despite declining on a month by month basis following the festive period.

The foodservice market has seen a steady drop in visits since the beginning of the recession. The industry has lost 500 mill visits to date, with adult-only parties driving the loss.

The coffee and baked goods chain announced that it has opened 55 net new restaurants with its franchisees across the region. With the new restaurants opened over the past year, Dunkin’ Donuts now has more than 220 locations across Europe.

Even as Chinese restaurants continue to thrive in the UK as they have been for more than 100 years, the Oriental food market is rarely researched in detail. It is for that reason that Wing Yip commissioned the Oriental Food Report consumer research, conducted by Populus and augmented by 19 expert interviews with key players.

Almost a year on from Big Fernand's UK debut, we sat down with the Mathieu Durand to explore what lessons they've learned and how they've carved out a niche in what is a very competitive burger market.

Following Carluccio’s announcement of the opening of their new concept Via Carluccio’s, we spoke with Chief Executive Neil Wickers about what’s ahead for the grab and go concept.

Filled with vibrant colours, incredible patterns and interesting mixes of old and new, this new design is the first change to the brand in ten years.

The NPD Group has revealed how Casual Dining contributes to an increasing proportion of Foodservice traffic - accounting now for 4% of all visits. Although still quite small, their traffic has grown by 29% since 2009. Casual Dining now equates to 441 million visits in the year ending September 2015. Fiscally, Casual Dining generates 4.4 billion pounds to the Foodservice Industry. This channel has a much higher average ticket (£9.92) than QSR (£3.63).

The NPD Group has identified five key foodservice industry trends to watch out for in 2016, and what the winners will be doing to stay ahead of the pack.

QSR Media's Year in Review takes a look at some of the themes we have seen this year. Here is our summary of some of the significant trends of 2015.

Whether they be industry stalwarts or newer, start-up concepts, we take a look at some of Australia’s top QSR concepts, and what sets them apart.

The NPD Group has revealed how Breakfast contributes to an increasing proportion of QSR traffic - accounting now for 11% of all visits. Although still small, it has been growing its traffic by almost a third in the last 5 years. In real terms, breakfast now equates to 640 million visits in the year ending September 2015. Fiscally, breakfast generates 2 billion pounds to the QSR channel.

Tackling waste is coming under renewed focus by QSRs, most recently with KFC's announcement of their plans to reduce their food waste to just 1.6% by 2017. QSR Media spoke with Janet Cox, Head of Health, Safety and Environment at KFC UK & Ireland to learn more about how they are going about it.

It has been a busy year for Abokado, with four stores being opened since March and plans to bring their total number of outlets to 30 by March- all without moving out of central London. We caught up with Founder Mark Lilley to find out how they do it, what is next in store for the healthy food chain and their take on the major issues affecting the industry.

Signalling their intent with a new grab and go offering, we spoke to Muffin Break General Manager Lisa Brook about what is in store for the Group.