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2024 What’s Hot Culinary Forecast
More than 1,500 culinary professionals ranked the hottest trends out of 120 items in 7 categories—dishes, ingredients, flavors, condiments, beverages, alcohol beverages, macro trends—to forecast menu stars for the coming year.
2023 State of the Restaurant Industry
What’s ahead for operators, consumers, and the restaurant industry this year?
On the Menu: Trends in On- and Off-Premises Beverage Alcohol
In this report, learn what’s selling, who’s buying, how it’s purchased, and read up on nearly 30 on- and off-premises wine, beer and cocktail offers customers say they’d like to try.
DEI Survey & ELEVATE: DEI Framework for the Restaurant Industry
To drive positive change in DEI initiatives that are proven to improve retention, the Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance created ELEVATE: DEI Framework for the Restaurant Industry – a framework for building successful DEI programs and cultural fluency within the restaurant industry.
The framework was developed in response to landmark research recently released by the Association in collaboration with the Educational Foundation, MFHA and Cornell University.
Restaurant Industry 2030
Find out where the restaurant industry is headed over the next decade.
Technology & the Off-Premises Market
In an on-demand world, off-premises capabilities are more important than ever to keep restaurants aligned with consumers' wants and needs.