What’s trending?
Action stations are growing in popularity
- Allows for easy customization
- Encourages mingling and creates a fun environment for guests
Buffets are still a popular choice
- Create more of a casual feel
- Relatively easy to execute due to offering standard options
- Allows for longer breaks
Boxed meals creating catering ease
- Easy to execute
- Allow for on-the-go portability
- Inexpensive
- Allows guests to take their meals anywhere
What are guests looking for?
- Social media is driving requests for unique and interesting foods that make eating more of an experience— want it to look “insta-worthy”1
- Foods that meet different dietary requests (ex: gluten-free, vegan, etc.)
- Foods that taste good but meet the needs of a specific occasion (ex: lighter lunches for work meetings to keep productivity levels up)
- Global foods are becoming increasingly common in catered events
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1Technomic AFH Bakery Products Study 12/2016