QSR, Restaurant and Food Service Trends

Burger King Canada
September 28, 2011

Burger King® Canada Expands Poutine Offering

BURGER KING® Restaurants of Canada, Inc. is on a mission to become the nation's #1 destination for all things poutine by expanding their Classic Poutine offering: For a limited time, you can try the new ANGRY POUTINE™ and POUTINE WITH BACON.
McDonald's Canada invests 1 billion in brand transformation
September 07, 2011

McDonald's Canada invests 1 billion in brand transformation

McDonald's Canada today announced it is investing approximately $1 billion to undertake its biggest store-by-store brand transformation in the company's 44-year Canadian history.
 NPD Group
April 25, 2011

NPD: Canadians more likely to visit restaurant for breakfast than for supper

The Canadian restaurant industry is slowly improving to pre-recession levels but long-term growth will depend on more product innovation, quality, customer service, and convenience.
April 19, 2011

Cavendish Farms: Recession still hitting french fry market

The Irving-owned Cavendish Farms has reduced the number of potatoes it's buying this year on P.E.I. for processing by 10 to 15 per cent. President Robert Irving told CBC News Monday the market for french fries has still not shown signs of recovery.
 Canada
December 15, 2010

Canadian foodservice industry outpaces U.S.

Canada's foodservice industry is growing in terms of both unit counts and menu offerings. After a 1.2 percent decline in 2009, estimates indicate that Canadian foodservice has achieved a higher growth rate in 2010 than its U.S. counterpart.
 Technomic
December 15, 2010

Technomic: 2011 trends driving growth of Canadian Foodservice industy

Technomic, the leading North American foodservice research and consulting firm, examines the future for Canadian restaurants
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Canada
November 09, 2010

Trends in Canada's restaurant and foodservice industry (2010 USDA Gain report)

Canada's restaurant and food service industry plays a key role in Canada's economy.
 Canada
October 04, 2010

QSR segment leads Q2 growth of Canadian restaurant industry

 Cavendish Farms
September 06, 2010

Cavendish Farms buys breeding rights 'Prospect', an eco-friendly potato variety

Cavendish Farms has purchased the breeding rights for "Prospect", a potato variety it says is suitable for French fries and good for the environment.It's the first time the Prince Edward Island company has bought the rights to an entire vari...
 Technomic
June 18, 2010

Technomic: Canadian restaurant chains grew in spite of sluggish economy

The Top 200 Canadian restaurant chains managed to grow sales by 1.0 percent and increase overall units by a slightly higher 1.3 percent last year, even as the economy just started easing out of the recession. With total sales of C$23.9 billion, the Top...
NPD Group
June 09, 2010

Canadian Foodservice Industry Shows Signs of Recovery in First Quarter, Reports NPD

After four quarters of weakness, Canadian restaurant traffic grew modestly in the first quarter of 2010, up 2.3 per cent versus the same period one year ago, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. At the same time, consumer spen...
May 31, 2010

Would you like Burgers with those fries?

After successfully founding Cultures Fresh Food Restaurants and New York Fries, Toronto entrepreneur Jay Gould ventured into premium burgers in 2005 with the opening South Street Burger Co. in Toronto. He opened his 12th store this year -- all them in ...
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May 25, 2010

Spin fryer sheds oil, reduces calorie content

Entire fast-food empires have been built around the french fry. But companies still continue to pursue perfection -- as in, a better-for-you fry. The immodestly named Perfect Fry company, out of Calgary, claims to have nailed it. At the National Res...
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March 15, 2010

Demand for potatoes drops as Americans eat fewer fries

A delicate global balance in potato trading, and the changes tastes of fry-shy boomers, are hammering the Maritimes potato patch, industry experts say. “U.S. people are eating out less these days,” McCain’s Canada spokesperson Calla Farn told the Sta...
March 04, 2010

Canadian Top Menu Trends for 2010 (first-ever Canadian chef survey!)

Local, sustainable and organic food choices top the list of what’s hot in Canada’s restaurant kitchens.  The trends are revealed in a new survey of professional chefs conducted for the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) by independ...
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December 21, 2009

Twenty five years of New York Fries (by Thomas Hagey)

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July 23, 2009

WASH study: Foods in Canada contain more salt than elswhere

A study by the British-based World Action on Salt and Health, or WASH, compared the salt content of 260 food products under global brands such as KFC, McDonald's, Kellogg, Nestlé, Burger King and Subway. Not a single product surveyed had the same sal...
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March 25, 2009

McDonald's Canada to turn off lights in support of Earth Hour

As part of its ongoing efforts to implement energy-saving practices, McDonald's Canada will be actively supporting Earth Hour. By cutting lights for one hour on March 28 the chain could save more than 10,000 kWh in electricity usage, the same amount of...

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