• 75% of the workforce is back in the workplace, with Mondays and Friday's being the quietest and Tuesdays to Thursday's the busiest
  • Clients are re-shaping the offer to best suit new work programs
  • In cities Dining is almost at pre Cov-19 levels due to a growing appreciation for cooked meals and more appealing dining environments
  • Rise in the use of technology and expectation for all services providers to increase their use of the technology 
  • Increase in the use of non meat food options, now becoming the norm 
  • Catering seen as an incentive to encourage workers back to the office with such things as free breakfasts, free food days, etc.
  • A growing emphasis on wellbeing, sustainability and Customer Service Relationships
  • A shortage of hospitality staff
  • Continuing Inflating wages
  • Inflating food costs
  • Impacts from the Ukranian war- Supply Chain issues
  • Global supply challenges
  • Sharp increases in freight and transportation costs
  • A focus on increased profit drivers for suppliers

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2. Corporate Behaviour

3. Key Challenges-2023

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