As the food industry moves into 2023, Pentallect partners, like others, are examining how the year may unfold. While we lack the proverbial crystal ball, we have identified several anticipated...
Despite industry-wide restaurant traffic declines, some trading down and ongoing (but moderating) cost pressures, the “Big 3” foodservice distributors’ third calendar quarter results for 2022 met or...
Driven by supply chain issues, tighter operator menu management and internal inventory management initiatives, distributors are reportedly reducing the number of SKU’s they carry. We believe the...
The Big 3 foodservice distributor results for the second quarter of 2022 reflect success in passing along record-high product cost inflation (averaging 16.4%), the impact of recent acquisitions,...
Happy 5th Anniversary! Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017. At that time speculation was rampant as to how Amazon would further enter and disrupt the retail food, foodservice &...
We have long been vocal and active proponents of foodservice category management and have closely followed its adoption and developments. Prior to the pandemic, the potential benefits of category...
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