Trends & Insights

The world of cookies, muffins, cakes, doughnuts, and other baked sweets allows for almost limitless variation and experimentation. It’s always a delight to see the creativity of bakers and dessert chefs run wild. With so many new ideas, this part of the food industry is never at risk of becoming stale. If you’re looking for some new sweet baked goods to add to your menu this year, this article is for you! Let’s take a look at 10 delicious sweet bakery trends you can leverage in your café menu.

It’s a new year, which means it’s time to think about new approaches to your café or restaurant menu. Instead of coming up with ideas out of thin air, it’s helpful to look at what trends are permeating the foodservice industry to keep your offering in line with what consumers expect. Let’s dive into the top 10 food and coffee trends to watch in 2022.

Serving food and drinks to your customers does more than simply satisfy their hunger and thirst - it provides sensory experiences that create emotional connections like joy and comfort. With emotional wellbeing becoming an increasing priority for consumers, there’s an opportunity for foodservice operators to develop rituals around food and drink that create feelings of peace, calm, clarity, and more.

Food delivery services have continued to grow rapidly throughout New Zealand and the world. COVID-19 lockdowns accelerated the growth of these platforms as they became a necessity for many foodservice operators to stay in business. Dark kitchens have also grown significantly to match the growing demand for home-delivered meals. With younger Kiwis engaging with these platforms more frequently than any other age bracket, it’s safe to assume that food delivery platforms will become even more ubiquitous in the future.

Some venues in the hospitality sector have had trouble recruiting skilled staff. Luckily, there are innovative recruiting platforms like Barcats and other solutions that foodservice operators can use to help address their staffing issues and get back to doing what they do best – satisfying their customers!

Leveraging new technology is essential for maintaining your competitive edge in any industry, and this is no different when it comes to cafés and restaurants. Whether it’s a new POS system, updated table booking software, or a food ordering app for restaurants with no delivery service, there’s plenty of emerging technologies that offer significant benefits for your business.

People's obsession with coffee is always evolving, and cold brewing is one of the latest trends being rapidly adopted by cafés and restaurants. Learn about the different types of cold brewed coffee, how they're made, and why you should add them to your menu to offer customers more choice and increase profits.

TikTok is the latest and greatest social media platform, and you’ve no doubt heard about it from friends, family, and colleagues. If you’re anything like most business owners, then you’ve probably thought about leveraging TikTok in your marketing efforts.

We recently dived into the world of cold brew coffee, exploring its popularity and history around the world. Now let's focus on one of very popular applications: the unique up and rising revolution of Nitro Cold Brew coffee!

Could you be unwittingly sabotaging the success of your restaurant, café, bakery or hotel by falling into the trap of one of these blunders? Read on as we list eight of the most common problems food businesses face and how to overcome them.

While a lot of us have changed our current work environment, a huge part of our daily routine that a lot of us are missing is a daily fresh coffee. From big frothy cappuccino’s or long blacks, we can all agree that coffee is a non-negotiable. People always find a way - and there's a huge trend on the internet right now on Instant Coffee.

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