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CUSTOMER REFERENCE (return to top)
** SPECIAL PRICING FOR IFMA MEMBERS **
Top 100 Fast Casual Chain Restaurant Report |
As today’s fastest-growing foodservice segment, Fast Casual is quickly becoming a driving force in the industry. This brand new resource, compiled by Technomic, Inc., provides rankings, analysis and profiles of the leading Fast Casual chain restaurants and gives manufacturers a handle on the evolving trends in this important segment. The Top 100 also features an in-depth industry overview, a segment performance review and update on emerging chains, a chain performance report, review of key trends, and comprehensive individual profiles and sales rankings. Detailed segment and menu category comparisons are included in this valuable report as well.
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Member $850 Non-Member $1,700
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Top 50 Universities Foodservice Report |
Suppliers can use this 400+-page report to identify sales and marketing opportunities, qualify leads and develop new products. Providing key trends, rankings, analysis and profiles of the leading university foodservice programs, this recently published, comprehensive report by Technomic, Inc. helps manufacturers understand emerging trends and players in this dynamic segment. A comprehensive executive summary is included in the report as well as detailed profiles with contact information, meal plan summaries, program characteristics and all foodservice concepts, including menu positioning and hours of operation.
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Member $850 Non-Member $1,700
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Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report |
As a group, the top 500 chain restaurants account for well over 60% of all restaurant industry sales. Providing a comprehensive ranking, analysis and overview of the U.S. chain restaurant industry, the Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report helps readers develop sales and marketing strategies, identify growth opportunities and monitor segment and menu category performance. This must-have report features an in-depth industry overview, segment performance reviews and updates on emerging chains, analyzes leading chain performance, lists the top 100 restaurant companies including historical performance perspectives and looks at implications and the outlook for the future. All data is compiled for U.S. operations and adjusted to calendar-year basis, making it an accurate and easy-to-use resource.
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Member $850 Non-Member $1,700
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Technomic Restaurant Information Services for Executives (RISE) - Two Important Chain and
Menu Tracking Reports |
Chain Information Service (CIS) - With profiles of more than 250 restaurant chains and companies, this comprehensive, 600-page quarterly report by Technomic, Inc., is all you need to stay current on chain restaurants. Each profile includes descriptive overviews of the concept and its menu positioning, system characteristics (address,
phone, fax and web address; system-wide sales & units; and average sales per unit). Plus, each CIS profile includes information on expansion plans, menu development, franchise activity and key personnel, as well as pertinent news.
Menu Information Service (MIS) - This semi-annual report contains current menus from the top 250 U.S. chain restaurants. With over 1,000 pages in each volume, use MIS to gather competitive menu intelligence in different segments and menu categories; enhance and develop new products; identify flavor, ingredient and preparation trends; view product descriptions and more. Encompassing all menu categories and all day parts, including all-day, breakfast, kids’, senior and healthy menus, MIS is user friendly and comprehensive. Each profile also provides classification information on segment and cuisine as well as the location of the company’s headquarters.
Save $200 by ordering both books through IFMA!
Member $895 Each Non-Member $1,790 (Both Member Only Rate $1,595)
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FOODSERVICE HANDBOOKS (return to top)
This must-have library of handbooks published by Technomic Information Services
includes several definitive guides to planning in today’s foodservice market. These
how-to resources offer step-by-step models with actionable recommendations for a
range of critical business initiatives. They also provide practical and insightful
assistance with the most pressing and complex areas of a supplier’s business.
Industry Guide to Redistribution |
The new Industry Guide to Redistribution provides essential information and guidance for all foodservice manufacturers who are currently using, or considering, redistributors as part of their supply chain strategy. Written by noted redistribution expert Dave DeWalt of Franklin Foodservice Solutions, the guide provides the tools manufacturers need to develop successful
redistribution programs.
Member $495 Non-Member $990
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Selling to Sysco: A How-To Guide |
This easy-to-follow guide serves as a road map to developing a selling and support team with the skills and resources they need to sell to the industry-leading distributor Sysco. Find out about: how Sysco works, developing your business plan, creating your Sysco sales strategies, the seven rules for success with Sysco and more.
Member $495 Non-Member $990
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Understanding the Foodservice Operator |
This resource gives operators the microphone and invites suppliers to listen. Loaded with feedback and insights from operators on the front lines, this handbook can help you grasp the issues that are important to operators so you can cultivate more successful relationships and drive business. You’ll learn about: communication imperatives, how to discover more about your customers, the key secrets of success and much more.
Member $495 Non-Member $990
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Managing the Foodservice Broker |
Based on years of industry research, Managing the Foodservice Broker presents an approach that will help manufacturers achieve increased sales and margins from their brokers. Combining consulting experience and industry best practices, the handbook clearly explains the management components necessary for successful direction and collaboration with a broker network. It provides an outline of the outsourcing framework and an examination of all broker challenges that need to be addressed and managed by manufacturers.
Member $495 Non-Member $990
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Foodservice 101 Handbook |
An ideal reference for anyone who wants to understand the complexities of the foodservice industry, this handbook provides a detailed industry overview in a question-andanswer format. Updated annually, it includes an executive summary, acronyms, a glossary of terms and frequently asked questions. Foodservice 101 is a must-have resource for both new industry executives and foodservice veterans who want a refresher course.
Member $495 Non-Member $990
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Conducting Strategic Planning |
Now in its second edition, Conducting Strategic Planning provides a step-by-step methodology for formulating and implementing an effective strategic plan. Utilizing an A-to-Z approach, the handbook incorporates the unique issues impacting each stage of the foodservice manufacturer’s distribution channel, from the direct sales force to brokers to distributors, operators and ultimately the consumer. Specific case studies exemplify how other manufacturers have dealt with key steps in the process.
Member $495 Non-Member $990
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Developing Successful New Products for Foodservice Markets |
This practical, actionable handbook on new product development offers sound advice on the critical success factors confronting new product managers. This edition includes up-to-date information on new products and practices and an expanded section on market research.
Member $495 Non-Member $990
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Key Account Management |
Key Account Management is an invaluable guide designed to help manufacturers reap the numerous longterm benefits of crucial key account relationships. The handbook serves as an overview of the account management process and a detailed guide of actionable tips for implementing and maintaining a key account strategy.
Member $495 Non-Member $990
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INDUSTRY RESOURCES (return to top)
** SPECIAL PRICING FOR SEMINAR ATTENDEES **
2009 Forecast & Outlook Seminar Proceedings |
IFMA’s Foodservice Forecast & Outlook Proceedings provides you and your company with the detailed information you need to develop a profitable business plan. The book contains extensive data presented at the Forecast & Outlook Seminar, which is presented for IFMA by Technomic, Inc. each September and examines the current state of foodservice as well as what’s expected for the coming year. The Proceedings contains a quick-read Management Summary and all the slides from the conference including pertinent information on the current economy and foodservice today, distributor issues, the changing consumer, operator segment status and operator trends. Plus, you’ll receive the 200-plus page “Data Digest,” a comprehensive and handy reference that also includes a wealth of time series data, foodservice acronyms and glossary that you’ll reference throughout the year.
Member $895 Non-Member $1,790(09 Seminar Attendee $195)
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EFR PUBLICATIONS (return to top)
The Efficient Foodservice Response initiative (EFR) was established in the
late 1990s through the cooperation of five sponsoring industry groups. These included the
International Foodservice Distributors Association, International Foodservice Manufacturers
Association, National Restaurant Association, Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors, and
the GS1 US (formerly the Uniform Code Council). When the initial EFR report was published in
January 1997, electronic commerce and bar coding were identified as major opportunities that
provide significant efficiencies to the foodservice industry.
Foodservice Category Management: A Systematic Approach to Balancing Product Variety & Duplication in the Supply Chain |
Provides a step-by-step guide for the implementation of category management and articulates a systematic approach to fulfilling customer needs while managing a varied product assortment.
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A Roadmap for Success: Activity Based Management for Foodservice Professionals |
Encourages distributors to explore activity-based management (ABM) on an ongoing basis for strategic and tactical decisions.
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The Role of Bar Codes in Food Safety |
Examines the relationship between food safety and bar codes and outlines how bar coding can help the foodservice industry in the event of a food-safety crisis.
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Standard Product ID and Bar Coding:
Foodservice Case Studies
& Practical Application |
Profiles leading manufacturers, distributors and operators
who are using bar coding and defines opportunities for
each segment of the supply chain to implement standard
product identification and bar coding.
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Enabling Profitable Growth in the Food- Prepared-Away-From-Home Industries |
Gives you the complete EFR story – how it works, the five core strategies and how-to steps for implementation, as well as what this initiative will mean to you and your company.
Member $100 Non-Member $395
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Logistics Optimization: Profile of an Industry |
Explores the logistical aspects of EFR and outlines
successful logistics practices for companies both inside
and outside the foodservice industry.
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Assessing Pallet Cost in Foodservice |
Offers detailed insights from companies directly involved in the investigation and management of pallet costs.
Member $40 Non-Member $95
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Standard Product Identification and Bar Codes: The Cornerstones of EFR |
Outlines which product identification numbers and bar codes should be used at each packaging level.
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Getting Started in Electronic Commerce: Item, Price & Promotion Transactions |
Outlines the first step of electronic commerce: synchronization of item, price and promotion databases among trading partners.
Member $40 Non-Member $95
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Electronic Commerce II: Revenue Cycle Transactions |
Recommends voluntary standards for EDI revenue cycle transactions and provides a recommended path for companies to move to an invoiceless environment.
Member $40 Non-Member $95
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Activity Based Management for Foodservice: Getting Started |
Provides companies with a blueprint for implementing activity-based costing.
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EFR Road Map for Small and Medium Foodservice Businesses |
Provides a phased, step-by-step approach to EFR implementation for smaller companies.
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