It is worth following the changes fast food restaurants have gone through recently. What is most striking is that they are rapidly adapting to changing trends and consumer habits. Consumer expectations do not concern restaurant types but the services they provide, which trend leads to some kind of convergence in...
Some restaurant trends are easy to embrace: lower prices, bigger portions, free refills, you get the idea. But other, more recent trends are bordering on the absurd. In fact, some of them are just downright annoying, according to Zagat.com. 1. Communal Tables 2. “The Civil War” Look 3. Chalkboard Menus...
Here is the list of the most annoying restaurant trends according to Zagat: 1. Dogs in Cafes/Outdoor Restaurants 2. Tables Ridiculously Close Together 3. Overzealous Wine Pouring 4. Designer Ice 5. Enormous Wine Glasses 6. Ketchup Snobbery 7. Sparkling, Flat or Filtered Tap? 8. Unisex Restrooms 9. Excessive Punctuation/Lower-Case Letters...
French hotel group Accor said on Wednesday it was withdrawing its offer to sell its 49 percent in Lucien Barriere after the initial public offering did not attract enough interest from investors. Weak investor appetite forced casino and luxury hotel operator Lucien Barriere to cancel what would have been one...
The Competitiveness Index (VEX) decreased in Romania, in the second quarter, compared to the previous, while in the other countries increased, with the most in Poland. The business environment index improved significantly in Hungary. Among the Vex factors, the value of the macroeconomic performance index in Poland increased by 4.5...
The interviewed analysts explain the small retail sales growth of this July, with the increase of VAT last year. The volume of retail sales in July rose for the first time since March 2007, the calendary effect adjusted data rose by 1.7 percent compared to the same month of last...
Economic recession hit praline sales rather late, in last October-November. Data by Nielsen indicate that average prices grew significantly and small packaging units strengthened their position, while private labels also did a few percent better in 2010 than last year. According to Anikó Okos, Bonbonetti Kft.’s brand manager well-known brands...
Although coffee is still one of the most popular products, in the recent period the market contracted significantly. Despite this trend Beatrix Pálvölgyi, Sara Lee Hungary Zrt.’s PR manager is convinced that coffee is still an integral part of people’s lives. Because of the recession people drink coffee less frequently,...
Coffee retail sales decreased by 5 percent in value and by 9 percent in volume in the December 2009-May 2010 period. The six-month coffee market neared HUF 24 billion. However, coffee stood firm in the 401-2,500 m² channel: turnover did not change in value and it only diminished by 2...
Nielsen Growthreporter, a trend report published quarterly, states that in FMCG retail the second quarter brought disappointment. Basically, Western Europe is still stronger than Eastern Europe. In the 21 developed countries, nominal FMCG value sales only grew by 0.9 percent in the second quarter. This indicator went below 1 percent...
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