the magazine for the frozen food industry November/December 2020 - volume 32 issue 6 > Frozen Food Convenience Market > Ready to Bake > Burgers, Grilled & Party Products > Quick Service Restaurants THE CATEGORY THAT NEVER THE UPPER PLANT-BASED LEANING TOWARDS A GOES OUT OF STYLE CRUST IS TAKING OVER HEALTHIER APPROACH Content REGULARS 06 COMMENT COVID-19 Knocked the Foodservice Sector Down 07 NEWS News from Around the World 54 FAIR PREVIEW – GULFOOD DUBAI 2021 The First International F&B Event to Kick-Start 2021 56 PRODUCT UPDATES Latest Innovations within the Industry NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2020 VOLUME 32 ISSUE 6 FEATURES 10 FROZEN FOOD 32 TECHNOLOGY – FREEZING CONVENIENCE AND CHILLING EQUIPMENT MARKET Equipment That Locks In The Nutrients The Category that Never Goes Out of Style 38 CATERING AND FOODSERVICE Hope on the Horizon 42 QUICK SERVICE 16 READY RESTAURANTS TO BAKE Leaning Towards A AND PRE-BAKED Healthier Approach FOODS The Upper Crust 46 NUTRITION AND INGREDIENTS 22 BURGERS, Start Cleaning GRILLED Your Labels & PARTY PRODUCTS Plant-based Is 48 FROZEN Taking Over FOOD IN SCANDINAVIA Ready Meals and 28 FOOD Ice Cream Are the MANAGEMENT Main Drivers SYSTEMS What About Big Data in the Out-of- 50 RETAIL MARKET Home Market? Adapting to Business Disruptions 4 November/December 2020 Comment By Dan Orehov, Managing Editor Managing Editor: DAN OREHOV [email protected] Advertising Sales Manager: ALEXANDRU JINGA [email protected] Web & Digital Editor: BOGDAN ANGHELUTA [email protected] Production Manager: COVID-19 MARIAN CILIBEANU [email protected] KNOCKED THE Circulation Manager: SIMONA DUMITRESCU [email protected] FOODSERVICE Worldwide contributors: EUROMONITOR INTERNATIONAL SECTOR DOWN LEATHERHEAD FOOD RESEARCH MINTEL GROUP LTD he latest research from Mintel, the expert in what consumers want and JONATHAN THOMAS why, shows that after several years of growth, the foodservice industry MARKETS AND MARKETS is expected to decline by up to 30% from 2019-2020, following IGD nationwide dine-in bans/restrictions, restaurant closures, job losses, and DIETER MAILÄNDER (Germany) lowered consumer confidence. ANN MARIE FOLEY (Ireland) TLooking ahead though, Mintel predicts total market sales to rebound to pre- Printing: pandemic levels by 2023, with limited-service restaurants (LSRs) including fast food Sothis and fast casual restaurants, bouncing back more quickly and representing a notably larger share of the market. Published by: While sales declines will be felt across While sales declines Trade Media Solutions both LSRs and full-service restaurants will be felt across (FSRs), the majority of these declines will ” both LSRs and full- be driven by the FSR segment which has Executive Director: been hit the hardest by pandemic-related service restaurants RALUCA MIHAELA CANESCU closures and restrictions. During 2020, (FSRs), the majority of [email protected] FSRs are predicted to see a 39-42% these declines will be Managing Director: decline by, while LSRs are expected to driven by the FSR NICOLETA MARASESCU [email protected] decline 13-18%. According to Mintel, two segment which has been in five consumers (40%) are looking hit the hardest by forward to going to a restaurant once pandemic-related Publishing office: social distancing measures are relaxed, closures and restrictions. 1 G-ral. David Praporgescu St., however, there is still concern about doing 2nd floor, sector 2, Bucharest, so. Consumers will demand operators continue to take safety and sanitation Romania seriously, as 42% of diners want to hear about these issues from restaurants. Tel./fax: +40 21 315 90 31 E-mail: [email protected] Meanwhile, value will be top of mind for thrifty diners, as 68% of US diners say that Web: www.frozenfoodeurope.com they are constantly searching for good restaurant deals. Even before the pandemic, a sizable percentage (22%) of consumers were Distribution: Frozen Food Europe is a interested in the so-called “ghost restaurants” — restaurants without a physical dine-in bi-monthly controlled circulation magazine, mailed to major frozen food location — and now these concepts have even greater relevance. Curbside pickup buyers who operate in the retail, and walk-up windows are also well positioned to alleviate food safety and foodservice, catering and private label areas, and also major further processing contamination concerns. Almost four in 10 (37%) fast-food diners are interested in buyers and institutional buyers around walk-up windows at fast food restaurants and over a quarter (27%) of fast-food Europe. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any diners are interested in a secure pickup cubby for their food (where they type a form or by any means, electronic or code, then grab food and go). mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information, storage or How seriously has your business as a foodservice supplier been affected? Feel free to retrieval system, without the publisher’s write your thoughts at [email protected]. written permission. ISSN 1473-3382 Enjoy your holidays and let’s hope for a better 2021! n 6 November/December 2020 News GERMANY Germany MESSE DÜSSELDORF FI EUROPE CONNECT STARTS CANCELS INTERPACK SUCCESSFULLY Messe Düsseldorf The Fi Europe CONNECT platform is has decided to seeing intense activity, as more than cancel both 8,500 active participants have already interpack and taken part in the virtual event. The components 2021, agenda featured topics like scheduled to take “Regulatory”, “Taste & Texture”, and place from February “Sustainability”. According to organizer 25 to March 3, due Informa Markets, more than 300 to restrictions exhibitors are already showcasing their related to the new products to attendees, who also COVID-19 pandemic. The decision Düsseldorf said. “On November 25, have access to insightful live and on- was taken in agreement with Messe the Federal Government and the demand content sessions until Düsseldorf’s partners in associations German states decided to implement December 4. So far, over 10,000 and the industry, and with the trade stricter measures in Germany, and to meeting requests were recorded. fair advisory committee. possibly even extend these measures US “We have done everything we can to into the new year. This, unfortunately, do justice to interpack’s tremendous does not give cause for hope that the FROZEN POTATO importance for the processing and situation will improve significantly IMPORTS UP BY 20% packaging industry, even during this over the course of the coming For the first quarter of the July 2020 pandemic — above all because we months. This will affect all Messe — July 2021 marketing year, US have received encouragement from Düsseldorf events in the first quarter. frozen potato imports were up by the industry in support of a face-to- We are now focussing on the next 20%, according to farmers’ marketing face event and have a hygiene edition of interpack, which will take association Potatoes USA. They add concept that has been tried and place in May 2023 according to plan, the total potato imports has seen a tested in practice in place to protect and which we will supplement with 19% increase, including a 28% everyone involved. Ultimately, extended online offers.” increase in fresh potato imports however, feedback from our Messe Düsseldorf had offered from Canada, which were mainly for exhibitors has shown that the registered exhibitors special the retail market on the US East uncertainty is too great, and we are conditions for their participation and Coast. The frozen potato imports thus unable to host an interpack at the same time granted them an were also mostly from Canada, event that would meet the standards extraordinary right of termination for though the imports of frozen of a leading international trade fair,” those companies that were unable or potatoes from Europe also rose. Wolfram N. Diener, CEO of Messe unwilling to take part. www.frozenfoodeurope.com 7 News The Netherlands SINGAPORE PLMA’S “WORLD EAT JUST INC RECEIVES OF PRIVATE LABEL” DEBUTS ONLINE APPROVAL FOR CULTURED Under the theme of “Life is Good in MEAT Private Label,” PLMA’s Online “World of Private Label” International Trade Show Eat Just, Inc. has is the largest virtual trade event of its announced that its kind. From December 1 to 4, PLMA cultured chicken has showed a series of dedicated, category- been approved for specific trade shows, wherein buyers and sale in Singapore as suppliers meet and do business across a an ingredient in singular, secure and proprietary PLMA chicken bites. The digital platform. Earlier this year, PLMA company has had taken the decision to postpone the developed other event from May to December and cultured chicken formats that will be production runs in 1,200-liter switch to an online format. an extension to this product line, bioreactors. No antibiotics are used in according to a press statement. The this proprietary process. Safety and Germany first-in-the-world regulatory allowance quality validations demonstrated that of real, high-quality meat created harvested cultured chicken met the INTERNORGA directly from animal cells for safe standards of poultry meat, with IS CANCELED human consumption paves the way extremely low and significantly Rapidly increasing coronavirus for a forthcoming small-scale cleaner microbiological content than infection numbers and a second commercial launch in Singapore of conventional chicken. The analysis lockdown are causing major Eat Just’s new GOOD Meat brand, also demonstrated that cultured destabilization to the catering details for which will be disclosed at a chicken contains a high protein industry and events sector for the later date. This breakthrough for the content, diversified amino acid second time in just a few months. global food industry builds on composition, high relative content in The unpredictable nature of future Singapore’s reputation as a world healthy monounsaturated fats and is a developments makes professional, leader in business, technology and rich source of minerals.