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Technomic's top
2020 foodservice
trends
Healthy and ﬂavorful
ingredients, sustainability and value are among
the top trends set to
shape the food service
industry next year, according to a new report
from Technomic.
Restaurant operators
increasingly will look to
new natural resources
for menu innovation.
This includes previously overlooked parts of
familiar plants like beet
greens, sweet potato
leaves and avocado
blossom, which can be
positioned as waste-reducing and environmentally conscious.
Seaweed and sea beans
also will become more
popular, as will new
oat, fruit and vegetable milks.
New or overlooked
plants also will drive a
shift away from warm
color foods like yellow
turmeric, orange wine
and red chile.
New greens, including broccoli rabe,
celtuce, kale hybrids
and komatsuna top
Technomic's list of
trending ingredients for
2020. Interest in blue
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plants like spirulina
and butterﬂy pea is
expected to grow, along
with purple variations
of common vegetables
and herbs like corn,
broccoli, snap peas,
basil and potatoes.
Demand for interesting, healthy ingredients
is fueled by a growing
consumer appetite for
plant-based offerings
and adventurous ﬂavors. Concerns about
the environment also
play a role.
Technomic anticipates an even greater
emphasis on reusable
cups, portion control,
strawless lids, smaller
napkins, wood-ﬁber
utensils, traceable
sourcing and compostable packaging
next year.
Rather than waiting
for trends, Technomic
said restaurants -
including large chains
- will seek to capitalize
on fast-moving fads.

Sobeys testing
smart carts
Canadian retailer
Sobeys is piloting the
Smart Cart, an innovative technology-enhanced shopping cart
that gives shoppers a

easier. The carts will
also give our in-store
teammates more
time to interact with
customers and answer
questions about food
and new products."
The carts are
equipped with AI and
machine learning and
feature an easy-to-read
screen that will eventually help shoppers
navigate the store to

successfully implement
a major cross-company
initiative and human
resources (HR)-based
technology initiative.
Part of the Workday
Implementation
project, Moovila's
award-winning project
management platform
delivers improved
accountability, process
consistency, risk
mitigation and better

Sobeys is testing the Smart Cart at a location in Oakville, Ontario.

the need to wait in line
for checkout.
"While products
and customer eating
habits have evolved,
the in-store grocery
shopping experience
has remained relatively static for the
last 100 years." says
Mathieu Lacoursiere,
vice president of retail
support at Sobeys. "This
is a unique way for us
to test innovative new
technologies aimed at
enhancing the customer shopping experience
and learn how best
to make it faster and
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complete a shopping
list, the company says.
It includes multiple
high-resolution cameras that capture 120
images per second as
product is placed in
the cart, which allows
the cart to learn how to
identify each item.

Meijer invests
in autonomous
work software
Midwestern retail
chain Meijer has
joined forces with a
software specialist in
autonomous work and
project management to

resource allocation - all
contributing to an ontime, on-budget rollout
of the new technology.
The project encompasses every department within Meijer and
involved employees,
external consultants and vendors.
The retailer selected
Moovila, named one
of CIOReview's 2018
10 Most Promising
Collaboration
Solution Providers,
for its technology and
approach to collaboration in work and
project management.

SOBEYS

the

highly engaging, fast
way to shop.
The carts - which
were put into use this
week at a location in
Oakville, Ontario -
feature technology
that scans and weighs
products as shoppers
place them inside. A
running tally of purchases is displayed, and
shoppers can pay on
the spot, which negates
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