Wages will increase. Menu prices will rise. No-tipping formats will materialize. Robots will streamline kitchen operations. Star chefs will gravitate away from long-term leases into more flexible pop-ups.
Trend forecasters predict changes in restaurants and flexitarian diets Many trend forecasters are focusing on the big picture. December 30, 2020 9:19am Text size Copy shortlink: It seems absurd to wonder if kalettes will be next year s hit vegetable.
After 2020 s endless tribulations, truer words were never spoken, at least when it comes to the year-end sport that is food-trend forecasting.
Rather than engaging in a trite rhapsody on the virtues of kale sprouts, Baum + Whiteman takes its 2021 report in a deeper direction. This year, the New York City-based food and restaurant consulting firm has opted to focus on big-picture issues, even choosing to end with a solemn and much-appreciated pledge: We promise not to use the words New Normal.