Industry Insights A roundup of noteworthy Canadian foodservice findings for the week of Aug. 9, 2021
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Industry Insights A roundup of noteworthy Canadian foodservice findings for the week of Aug. 9, 2021
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I G N I TE C O M PAN Y
TIM HORTONS SAME-STORE SALES
YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE (%)
Tim Hortons Shows Q2 2019 0.7%
Signs of Rebound Q3 2019 -1.2%
Q4 2019 -4.6%
Tim Hortons wrapped up the second Louisiana Kitchen. Burger King’s global
quarter of 2021 with Canadian same-store sales grew by more than
systemwide sales up by nearly 30% 18% in the second quarter, while Q1 2020 -10.8%
from the year prior. Despite an uptick in Popeyes’ global numbers declined by
sales, its total location count in Canada 0.3%.
shrank slightly from this time last year, Q2 2020 -29.9%
falling from 3,997 to 3,938 stores.
The bump in total system sales was
Q3 2020 -13.7%
largely due to a 27% increase in same-
store sales over the year prior. This
marks the first term of positive
comparable sales growth since mid- Q4 2020 -11.9%
2019.
Restaurant Brands International, the Q1 2021 -3.3%
parent company of Tim Hortons, also
owns Burger King and Popeyes
Q2 2021 27.4%
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Key Takeaways From Canadian menu item counts are
down 9% comparing pre-pandemic
menus to today. However, in Q2
Comfort is still key, as craveable
classic ingredients such as cavatelli
(+64%) and chicken thighs (+57%)
the Q2 2021 Ignite
2021, we saw the first uptick in show increases.
average number of items on
operator menus in a quarter Value and variety continue to be
since the year prior, a sign that major traffic drivers, with value
Menu Data
operators are building their menus meals (+12%) and build-your-own
back up. value meals (+700%) growing
significantly over the course of the
Health halo items, especially plant- pandemic.
Technomic’s recently published findings in the Q2 2021 data can help based food and beverage, are
Canadian Food & Beverage Takeaways illuminate the impact of COVID-19 on trending extensively, including oat
summarized crucial trends from Q2 menus and how operators can best milk (+133%) and plant-based beef
2021 Ignite Menu data. The pandemic move forward to make a strong (+65%).
has proved difficult for operators, but comeback.
growing ingredients and gradual
Please check out the whitepaper,
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Although we usually showcase year- information on how to access it.
over-year changes in data, because this
past year has been anything but usual,
the current view compares Q1 2020
data to our current quarter of Q2 2021,
allowing us to contrast pre-pandemic
menu data compared to today.
Although we still have a long way to go
on the road to recovery, our key
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© 2021 Technomic, Inc. 4I G N I TE C O N S U M E R ANTICIPATED CHANGE IN BURGER CONSUMPTION AFTER
Burger Consumption
THE PANDEMIC SUBSIDES
49%
My burger consumption will not
33%
Changes Post-
change
55%
I will order burgers while dining at 18%
restaurants instead of ordering 20%
Pandemic
takeout 17%
I will order burgers while dining at 15%
restaurants instead of ordering 21%
Nearly half of consumers expect their again, but online burger ordering will delivery 13%
burger consumption will change after continue to be a big part of consumers’
COVID-19 subsides. This means that lives after seeing how convenient it has 11%
I will order burgers from different
not all behaviour formed during the been during the pandemic. 17% Overall
restaurants than I am now
pandemic is permanent, as many 8%
18-34
expect to be dining out more often.
10% 35+
However, the other half of consumers I will order burgers for different types
15%
say their consumption will remain of meals/occasions than I am now
8%
unchanged, proving to some extent that
habits of ordering takeout and delivery 9%
may stick. I will order burgers with different
13%
groups of people than I am now
There will be a return to dine-in service 7%
as restrictions are lifted and consumers
7%
look to go out with friends and family I will order different types of burgers
12%
than I am now
5%
Base: 1,000 consumers who eat burgers 15%
Q: Looking ahead, how do you expect your burger consumption from restaurants and other foodservice locations will Not sure 15%
change once the pandemic subsides (i.e., population reaches herd immunity and all COVID-19-related restrictions are
lifted)? Select all that apply. 15%
Source: Technomic Ignite Consumer featuring the 2021 Canadian Burger Consumer Trend Report
© 2021 Technomic, Inc. 5G L O B AL F O O D S E RV I C E N AV I G ATO R
Immunity Boosts
Functional Ingredient
Trend
A year and a half into the pandemic and Restaurant Toks
immunity remains a popular callouts on
Mexico’s No. 2 FSR introduced a new
restaurant menus. Recent examples:
Immunity Juice billed as an immune-
Black Canyon Coffee defense juice made with apple, beet,
orange and carrot.
Thailand’s No. 8 restaurant chain rolled
out a menu of food and drinks featuring Yoshinoya
finger root and ginger—touting them as
In Japan, where states of emergency
immunity boosters.
may soon increase, the venerable beef
Macao Imperial Tea bowl brand is touting protein, barley,
okra and tororo (a grated yam
The beverage specialist’s new
preparation) in its new Beef & Barley
Malunggay Series of tea drinks in the
Rice as immunity boosters.
Philippines features immunity-boosting
ingredients such as malunggay, ginger Technomic is the global menu trend
and okra. leader, tracking 800+ chain menus
globally each month for new products
and innovations.
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