What’s happening with FreeFrom on menus? Emma Read Director of marketing & business development 19 September 2013
Some context The Foodservice market and trends Consumer evidence What FreeFrom is available on menus Frequency Descriptions What are operators doing to change? What’s happening with FreeFrom on menus?
Some context
The Foodservice market 2012 Food & drink sales to consumers£43.4 bn Excludes drink not served with food Food sales to consumers£32.2 bn Food sales to operators/ operator purchases£10.2 bn Meals served 7.8 bn Source: Horizons Market Structure and Trends 2012
Diverse and with variable trends
Plenty of outlets to communicate messages Market Structure by Number of Outlets Market Structure by Food and Beverage Sales Source: Horizons Market Structure and Trends 2012
What about consumers? Environmental factors Life stage Time of day, day of week Available spend Health conscious Ethically aware 24/7 culture High expectations Used to reward Technologically savvy Used to choice
Penetration of people eating out Source: Horizons QuickBite July 2013
Where consumers are eating out Source: Horizons QuickBite July 2013
And when - Day parts are changing Source: Horizons Market Structure and Trends 2012
What FreeFrom is available on menus?
What menus? Source: Horizons Menurama Summer 2013
Changing from... Source: Horizons Managed Pub Context Report March 2013 to this...this...
Ethical Sourcing, Responsible Production and Quality Assurance Source: Horizons Menurama
Healthy Eating
Brands with Gluten Free menu options Source: Horizons Menurama 27% brands in Menurama now have gluten free options Up from 21% in Summer % increase in 3 years
‘All of the pasta dishes above can be made with our gluten-free (NG) fusilli pasta’ ‘NG’ logo The small print: ‘NG – no gluten containing agents in this dish… Unfortunately it is not possible to guarantee our busy kitchens are not 100% allergen free. Please inform waiting staff before ordering so we can take extra care preparing your dish.’ Gluten Free menu examples
Good menu examples
Good GF menu examples
Not so good GF menu example ‘All our food is prepared in a kitchen where nuts, gluten & other allergens are present & our menu descriptions do not include all ingredients – if you have a food allergy, please let us know before ordering. Full allergen information is available.’
What are Operators doing to change?
Changing from: To: Why? It’s a marketing message It’s what consumers want (& expect)
Brands where healthy eating is their ethos - evolving to FF
Brands where healthy eating is their ethos – evolving to FF
Foodservice is big, diverse and with plenty of opportunities Eating out is here to stay Consumers needs are changing, and operators are starting to respond FreeFrom has evolved from e.g. Low Saturated fat, to e.g. Gluten free. Others will follow More still needs to be done: Communicating about FreeFrom On Menus On Point Of Sale On Websites Product development In summary
Thank you!