Innovative restaurant brands and executives shaping the fast casual segment Oracle Food and Beverage One Integrated Cloud for: • Point of Sale • Reporting • Labor • Inventory • Loyalty • Kiosk • Mobile • Data Science oracle.com/food-beverage or call 1.866.287.4736 Copyright © 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. 2019 Executive Summary Wow Bao is this year’s Fast Casual Top 100 Mover & Shaker, and the fact that a concept focused on healthy cuisine topped the list is proof that customers are embracing more healthful food options. In fact, 17 of the Top 25 brands on this year’s list fall into the healthy category, which often includes Asian and Mediterranean concepts. In its 2018 Healthy Eating Consumer Trend Report, Technomic Tom Harper found that consumers were making food and beverage choices CEO based on their personal definition of health. The report found that
[email protected] Cherryh Cansler 66% of consumers looked for calorie counts on restaurant menus Editorial director, Networld Media Group Kathy Doyle at least some of the time, and 34% said they’d be likely to order President & publisher
[email protected] dishes made with vegetables. “The foodservice landscape will become more competitive when it comes to tastier, more Cherryh Cansler Editorial director innovative healthy menu offerings,” said Maia Chang, senior research analyst at Technomic.
[email protected] “This means that more brands will face additional pressure to differentiate through transparency and preparation techniques, as well as brand and sourcing stories.” Brittany Warren Director of content marketing
[email protected] Choosing the Top 100 Although nearly half the brands on this year’s list fell into the healthy category, a variety of cuisine types, including pizza, burgers, barbecue and Mexican cuisine, still found a place.