In November 2019, the Nourish Marketing team put together a consumer trend report to highlight the growing movements, thoughts, habits, and tastes of consumers as it pertained to the foodservice industry. In just...
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This article was originally written in February 2020 to be published in the March/April 2020 issue of MENU Mag. As restaurants reopen and staff comes back to work, rebuilding a team that is...
READ MORERestaurants are facing an uncertain future amid COVID-19. Hundreds of thousands of food service jobs have been lost since the breakout, and about one in ten restaurants have permanently shut down (1). The...
READ MOREAll photos by @liannesnowphoto and @only1andywright As restaurants across Canada begin to contemplate their reopening and recovery, a new challenge is taking the spotlight: staffing and labour. As restaurants closed their doors and...
READ MOREBy Joe Baker and Kristin Straney Centennial College, School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts If Canada’s foodservice labour shortage wasn’t challenging enough for operators before the COVID-19 pandemic, hiring in our “next”...
READ MOREAs we begin to think about what the future of foodservice looks like, and what the dining experience of the future will feel like, we’re left with many possibilities and questions. While we...
READ MOREIt’s no surprise that restaurants are fighting an uphill battle right now in the midst of COVID-19. And while there are new supports in place for them, such as government loans and wage...
READ MOREMy last week of dining out was a good one. It started on Sunday, in Toronto, with an inspired omakase at the bar at Skippa, where itamae Ian Robinson was pushing the envelope,...
READ MORETo say these are unprecedented times for the Canadian foodservice industry feels like an understatement. Just a few months ago, it was expected that the foodservice industry would grow to nearly $100 billion...
READ MOREProvinces across Canada have begun to turn their attention to reopening. While we don’t have exact dates and we still can’t be sure about what the future holds, the general consensus is that...
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