Airport Experience® News - Conference 2023

DATA CHECK

ONES TO WATCH 1. Globally inspired sandwiches (Chinese Rou Jia Mo or jianbing, Argentine choripan, etc.)

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1. Pickle pizza

2. Breakfast salads

2. New sandwich carriers (paratha, roti, pastry buns, crepes, etc.)

3. Fried lasagna

3. Amazake (Japanese drink made from fermented rice)

4. Balsamic cocktails

4. Alfajor (sweet of almond paste, nuts, breadcrumbs & honey)

5. Fruit-flavored coffee (e.g., banana, etc.)

5. Balkan (Croatian, Bulgarian, Turkish, etc.)

6. Pickled French fries

6. Raki (Turkish alcohol made of twice-distilled grapes & anise)

7. Ranch water

7. Automation technology (monitoring volume, temperature & time)

8. Upscale pigs-in-a-blanket

8. Hawaiian haupia (coconut pudding)

9. Name-brand snacks (i.e., retail brands incorporated into restaurant recipes)

9. Huacatay (Peruvian black mint sauce)

10. Elevated breakfast bowls (breakfast rice bowls, breakfast pasta bowls, etc.)

10. Crudité platters

Source: 2023 What’s Hot Culinary Forecast, National Restaurant Association.

Source: 2023 What’s Hot Culinary Forecast, National Restaurant Association.

A separateNational Restaurant Association report showed that consumers are still spending in restaurants despite the ongoing financial upheaval. Eating and drinking places registered total sales of $90.4 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis in November. That represented the fourth consecutivemonthwith a sales increase of at least 0.9%. The research

attributed the gains to excess household savings and increased use of credit cards. Finally, theWhat’s Hot study also identified emerging trends that it anticipates could portend future hot trends. These include everything from globally inspired sandwiches such as Chinese Rou Jia Mo or jianbing, or Argentine choripan; to Hawaiian haupia

(coconut pudding) to elevated breakfast bowls that could include pasta or rice. “Global influences play a strong role in many of these potential up-and-comers,” the study noted. “Diners, especially Gen Zs who are starting into their earning years, like to sample – and post about – breakthrough foods and flavors.”

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