From Everyday to Cool and Trendy

Poultry is one of the most versatile foodstuffs and, accordingly, an indispensable aspect of regional cooking, not to mention a variety of foodservice concepts from fast food to, at least, casual dining. Inexpensive to buy, perceived as healthy and compatible with most eating trends and ideologies, chicken & co. are to be found on almost every menu. And increasingly as the star products of special concepts that are rediscovering poultry and giving it a creative boost. Part 2 of our pan- European surveys on chicken concepts.

Pre-flight Eatertainment and Food-to-Fly

The foodservice business at airports is changing: at many terminals more and more space for shops, bars, cafés and restaurants is needed because, as at train stations, the consumer behaviour displayed by travellers has altered significantly in recent years. However, since there is no universally valid recipe for how F&B at an airport should ideally be organised, Europe's major transportation hubs each are pursuing their individual well-balanced mixture of global, national and regional concepts. In any case, the diverse requirements of customers, who come from all over the world, need to be reflected in the different ranges of food, which are systematically revised and optimised. Part II of our pan-European survey.

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ZRH: Passengers

ZRH: Comm. Sales*

ADP in Figures

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The Basis: Baking Expertise

Bakery cafes: in many parts of Europe, they are a familiar sight as extensions to traditional bakers' shops. In terms of product spectrum and sales weighting, they represent a significant step forward compared to take-away sales of bakery snacks that, at best, might be coupled with a few (standing) tables for on-site consumption. Generally speaking, the bakery sector has seen considerable rationalisation over the past decade, with an increase in higher-margin foodservice activities and a switch from on-site making and baking to baking-off industrially-produced part-baked products. Today, the sale of snacks is an important source of growth for bakeries of all kinds, from individual craft operations to local chains or supra-regional brands. Bakery cafes practice - or simulate - a successful competence transfer from basic business in the direction foodservice. A pan-European survey.

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D: The Biggest Bakers

Top US Bakery Cafe Chains

Spain: Top 10 Bakery Cafes 2004

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Future-compatible

How to create foodservice concepts today that will still capture the spirit of the times tomorrow and satisfy future consumer needs and tastes? This is a key question at innumerable symposiums, congresses and market-research projects. One approach is to collect basic facts, study the parameters and evaluate trends. The other, to add intuition and inspiration. The best source of innovative impartiality: travelling, keeping your eyes open and learning. Hence our 'virtual' sightseeing tour of Europe to discover future-oriented ideas for concepts of supra-regional interest. Although the selection is subjective, the perspective is always professional. Country-by-country, we present 25 concepts - some individual, some already multiplied. The spectrum ranges from restaurants for kids to wine bars; from fast-food to a new interpretation of fine dining.

Meat-free and Healthy

Everywhere you look, sales of vegetarian meals are rocketing and not just since the BSE and foot-and-mouth crisis either. Vegetarianism has become nothing short of a mega trend amongst young female customers, who are deciding in droves to live on a meat-free diet. We analyse the concepts behind vegetarian restaurants and their evolution as well as the current status of vegetarian meals in 'normal' restaurants.

Espresso Express

Over the last two to three years, no other subject has generated so much hope of growth in the away-from-home market as the coffee bar. Starbucks, the US brand, is seen as the archetype. Coffee bars represent a big new chance for multi-concept restaurant companies, young entrepreneurs and, of course, the roasters and the coffee-machine manufacturers. All efforts are aimed at the young generation, more and more of whom prefer to go without coffee unless it goes hand-in-hand with the appropriate lifestyle setting. The (European) coffee bar strongholds are London and Barcelona.

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UK Coffee Bars - The main players -

Top 10 Coffee Bars

Evolution in Spain

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