QSR, Restaurant and Food Service Trends

March 05, 2014

Burger King makes Satisfries the standard fries in its Kids meals

Burger King Worldwide, Inc. announces that it is making SATISFRIES™ French fries the standard fry in the BURGER KING® Kid’s Meal.

February 26, 2014

Lamb Weston Introduces Sweet 'n Savour Fries range

Lamb Weston has introduced a new Sweet Potato Fries range: Sweet ‘n Savour. With this new range Lamb Weston continues to bring restaurant owners innovative and profitable solutions that fulfill the growing consumer demand trend for Sweet Potato products across markets.

February 25, 2014

Aviko Diner opens for Business at Casual Dining Show

The ‘Aviko Diner’ will be open for business at the UK’s first Casual Dining Show – visitors are encouraged to head down to the 50s inspired stand (U121) to sample the potato expert’s wide range of premium fries.

February 24, 2014

McCain to exhibit two New premium chip products at Casual Dining Show

McCain Foods is exhibiting two latest additions to their premium Signatures product range at the Casual Dining Show: the new Gastro Thick Cut Chip and Skin-on Fry

February 19, 2014

Lamb Weston goes for Gold in Sochi

Wondering who made the french fries for Sochi - fried to a nice GOLDEN colour - the colour most craved for by all athletes and their supporters?

Top 10 Canadian Foodservice Chains (MAFSI)

February 10, 2014

Canada's Foodservice Equipment and Supply sector forecasts 5.5% growth in 2014

Canadian foodservice equipment and supplies sales are expected to increase 5.5 per cent, which is the best growth rate in North America where overall growth is expected to reach 4.9 per cent

February 05, 2014

United Kingdom: Is your Chip Shop ready for Chip Week?

Supporting the chipping sector is high on the agenda for Potato Council all year round, but with Chip Week (17 – 23 February) just around the corner, the team is more focused than ever on helping chips shops improve the quality of their chips and drive sales as a result.

January 23, 2014

Ten restaurant food trends to watch in 2014

It's the New Year, and everyone is hunkered down with their crystal ball attempting to divine what the food trends will be in 2014. Here are 10 trends to keep in mind as we move through the year.

The Potato Burger is the highest-grossing menu item For McDonald's India

January 20, 2014

A Growing Taste for U.S. Fast Food in India

India has long had a reputation as being unfriendly to foreign businesses, but when it comes to fast food, international chains are being warmly welcomed by a young, upwardly mobile population.

December 17, 2013

NRA releases 'What's hot in 2014 culinary forecast'

The National Restaurant Association’s annual What’s Hot culinary forecast predicts menu trends for the coming year. For 2014, the NRA surveyed nearly 1,300 professional chefs to find out what the hottest menu trends will be.

December 17, 2013

Will McDonald's Have New and Healthy GMO French Fries?

McDonald's is being sucked into the vortex of bickering and conspiracy theories that has, unfortunately, become the debate over genetically engineered food products.

Top appetizers with potatoes source Technomic

November 30, 2013

Potatoes stand the test of time on Canadian restaurant menus

No matter how you slice it, dice it or cook it, the humble potato has an almost revered place on Canadian restaurant menus.

November 18, 2013

Pizza Hut to test a pizza with potato topping in India

India Times reports that Pizza Hut is to introduce a potato topping at an outlet in the city Vadodara after extensive market research.

November 13, 2013

FDA releases the 2013 Food Code

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the 2013 edition of the FDA Food Code on November 13, 2013.

November 05, 2013

SONIC Gives Fries a Makeover - Introduces New, Natural-Cut Fries

SONIC® Drive-In announced the launch of its new Natural-Cut Fries. Made from whole russet potatoes, the new natural-cut, ‘skin-on' fry offers guests a higher quality fry with a crispy crunch to delight the senses.

November 03, 2013

Interesting new fast food packaging design

One frosty night last February, designer Seul Bi Kim was walking home from McDonald’s with one hand frozen from holding her oversized soda and the and the other clutching a burger and fries that were getting soggier by the second.

McCain Foods South Africa Foodservice website

October 30, 2013

McCain Foods South Africa launches new website to serve the Food Service industry

In response to the need in the South African foodservice industry for a source of online business information that is convenient, credible, reliable and on-trend, McCain Foods (SA) Foodservice Division has launched a brand new website.

October 28, 2013

McDonald's is dumping Heinz Ketchup

McDonald's this week confirmed that it has started the process of moving to other vendors, following the appointment of former Burger King Worldwide CEO Bernardo Hees to run Pittsburgh-based H.J. Heinz Co.