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CHD Expert Group and BI Worldwide starts joint venture to expand Foodservice Rewards®
Loyalty programme for foodservice caterers will be launched in Germany and France in 2009
London / Hamburg / Paris – July 03, 2008
BI and CHD Expert Group have formed a joint venture to expand the award-winning Foodservice Rewards® loyalty programme in Continental Europe. Foodservice Rewards® will be launched in Germany and France in early 2009. Now in its seventh year of operation in the U.S., Canada and the UK, the programme allows commercial or non-commercial foodservice caterers; restaurants, hotels, bars, healthcare, education, business and industry establishments etc. the opportunity to earn valuable points every time they purchase participating products from a group of world-leading foodservice manufacturers.
All About the Away-from-Home Market – New Foodservice Online Shop of CHD Expert Group Launched!
Do you need background information and analysis of the Away-from-Home market? CHD Expert Group offer a plenty of studies and reports and address packages of the Hospitality and Foodservice industry – click into the recently launched webshop!
Goals for Foodservice!
This summer we hope on good times with the European football event in Austria and Switzerland (June 7-29)! The tournament schedule you find here to download.
Save money with goals of the European tournament: For each goal your gain 0.5% deduction on all reports, studies & address packages of CHD Expert Group. (Example: UEFA football tournament 2004 – goals in total: 97 – that means 48,5% discount!)
FIND – Foodservice Industry National Database
Find your best potential clients with the world’s largest foodservice database, housing more than 4 million addresses in both North America and Europe.
Click here to download the FIND brochure.
FACTS – Foodservice Annual Category Tracking Survey
FACTS helps suppliers fully understand operators’ interests, attitudes and product usage.
Click here to download the FACTS brochure.
Fact & Figures from the Away-from-Home Market:
Losses of public restaurant chains
Net income of public restaurant chains was down sharply in the first quarter compared to year-before figures, leading to weaker margins. Net income declined by a weighted 28.1% among 70 companies reporting their financials (excluding McDonald’s).
European Study: Lowest Prices for Dining in Germany
CHD Expert Group publishes average ticket levels in Western European countries – Maximum meal rates in UK
Hamburg, Germany – June 25, 2008
Similar to the hotel rates, in Germany the price level for food and drinks in restaurants and bars is comparatively low. According to an European study of CHD Expert Group, the average ticket in full service restaurants in Germany is 14.50 Euro – 40 percent below the price level in UK. In the british restaurants the guest has to pay 23.60 Euro in average. For the study, the international market research group interviewed thousands of restaurants, bars and bistros in each country: UK, France, Spain and Germany.
Survey by tophotelprojects.com®: 40% of all new first class & luxury hotel projects have 150 to 300 rooms
More than 2,000 hotel projects worldwide scheduled to open by 2014 – The majority being luxury hotels – 60% of the largest hotel projects are located in the U.S.
Hamburg/Germany, May 06 - 2008
Most hotel projects are mid-sized: According to a study by tophotelprojects.com® 92% of all scheduled first class and luxury hotels are planned with a maximum of 500 rooms. The majority (42%) will be opened with 150 to 300 rooms. Only 2% of these projects are have more than 1,000 guest rooms and suites. At 6.500 rooms the largest hotel project is the “Asia Asia Hotel” in Dubai/UAE. Over one third of all new hotels are located in Europe, but 60% of the largest hotels (with more than 2,800 rooms) are under construction in the USA. For this study, the hotel experts from tophotelprojects.com® analyzed more than 1,800 hotel projects worldwide.
New Study of CHD Expert Group: Focus on Main Investments in German Hospitality Industry
Two out of ten hotels plan renovation of guest rooms – Strong modernization continues in foodservice industry
Hamburg/Germany, April 30 - 2008
In Germany, the focus of guest’s attention on clean and well designed hotel rooms and trendy restaurants push the investments in renovation and modernization. According to a new study of CHD Expert Group, about 20 percent of the comfort, first class and luxury hotels plan renovations within 2008. In comparison with 2007 the percentage of investment plans fall from 29 percent. The main reasons are turnover losses (3% in 2007 in the hospitality and restaurants industry) and dull sales due to the smoking ban impact on the gastronomy. But the foodservice industry continues expanding: More than 60 percent of the canteens plan investments in new kitchen equipment and FF&E for the guest areas.
Snapshot of hotel markets: U.S. still strongest expanding
Tophotelprojects.com provides project details of major new first-class and luxury hotels worldwide – 286 new hotel projects added – 584 hotel projects updated
Hamburg/Germany, April 14, 2008
Where are the fastest growing hotel markets? Tophotelprojects.com is the leading data provider for first class and luxury hotel projects being developed in all major global markets. Tophotelprojects.com tracks the development of more than 1,700 key hotel projects around the world and constantly updates each projects progress and key personnel contact details.
Ranking of the fastest expanding hotel markets
(Only first class and luxury hotel projects until 2012, sorted by number of rooms)
News Release of Technomic, Inc.:
C-store operators see foodservice opportunities in new light, says Technomic
(July 22, 2008) Higher gas prices may be hurting customers at the pump, but c-store operators are sharing their pain. With gross margins on fuel hovering around 5 percent, it’s no wonder that many c-store operators are taking a fresh look at their foodservice programs, where margins are easily over 40 percent and may exceed 60 percent.
As a percent of total c-store sales, foodservice remains small. But higher gas prices may actually help c-store operators grow their foodservice sales. “Consumers are much more interested in reducing their driving,” explains Tim Powell, Convenience Store Foodservice Program Director at Technomic. “A trip to the gas station may be unavoidable, but now consumers are more likely to also pick up a quick meal or a snack at a c-store and avoid another stop.”
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