"Foodservice - North America (NAFTA) Industry Guide" is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Foodservice industry in each of the North American Free Trade Agreement (United States, Canada, and Mexico) countries. The report includes easily comparable data on market value, volume, segmentation and market share, plus full five year market forecasts. It examines future problems, innovations and potential growth areas within the market.

Scope of the Report

- Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

- Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

- Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

- Compares data from the US, Canada and Mexico, alongside individual chapters on each country. .

- Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The NAFTA Foodservice market reaches a value of $273.2 billion in 2008.

The US is the leading country among the NAFTA bloc, with market revenues of $231.5 billion in 2008

Mexico was the fastest growing country, with a CAGR of 5.2% over the 2004-2008 period.


Why you should buy this report

- Spot future trends and developments

- Inform your business decisions

- Add weight to presentations and marketing materials

- Save time carrying out entry-level research

Market Definition

Foodservice is defined as the sale of food and drinks for immediate consumption either on the premises from which they were bought, or in designated eating areas shared with other foodservice operators, or in the case of takeaways transactions, freshly prepared food for immediate consumption. Datamonitor's definition excludes sales through vending machines and is restricted to sales in specific foodservice channels (please see channel definitions below). All industry values are given in Operator Buying Prices that is the amount spent by foodservice operators on the food

Chef2Chef News DeskNews at Restaurant.OrgResearch and MarketsNation's Restaurant NewsSpecialty Eatery News