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We Connect Brands with the $1.5T Restaurant & Food Industry

Unsurpassed reach and engagement with decision-makers in the restaurant, foodservice, convenience, grocery, catering & events, and overall food industry.

Reach the Foodservice, Convenience, Grocery, and Catering & Events Industry


1.0M+

Unique Website Users (monthly avg.)

-24K+

Magazine Recipients

100K+

Unique Flagship eNewsletter Subscribers

100K+

Social Media Followers

88K

Multimedia Engagements (Audio + Video)

-40K+

Event Attendees (Live & Virtual)

Sources: Google Analytics (Jan-Sep 2024); Publisher Data (Sep 2024); Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/LinkedIn/Pinterest (Oct 2024)

Our Brands


The Informa Connect Foodservice Group consists of premier brands that connect the entire food and foodservice ecosystem of operators, chefs, retailers, caterers, event planners, manufacturers, vendors, and solutions providers via print and digital media, digital and hybrid content experiences, conferences, and more.

Nation's Restaurant News (NRN)

Dynamic, high-volume foodservice industry coverage that specializes in restaurant insights and trends.

C-suite executives and other decision-makers across restaurant technology, operations, marketing and more.

Multi-unit restaurants + emerging, regional and large restaurant chains.

Restaurant Business (RB)

Breaking news, in-depth foodservice coverage, trusted opinions and analysis on everything important happening in the restaurant industry.

Reaching restaurant leaders across segments including restaurant finance, operations, marketing, culinary and more.

From large restaurant chains to intendent restaurants as well as restaurant franchising and more.

Restaurant Hospitality (RH)

The voice of independents restaurants, including multi-concept, high sales volume restaurant operators.

Reaching restaurant owners, proprietors, partners as well as culinary and chefs driving innovation in restaurant menus.

FoodService Director (FSD)

The premier source for news and information for the high-volume noncommercial foodservice industry.

Reaching key segments including foodservice in healthcare, K-12 schools, Colleges & Universities, Business & Industry as well as other nontraditional foodservice.

Foodservice directors, noncommercial chefs, nutritionists and more make up our decision-making audience in onsite foodservice.

Convenience Stores (CSP)

Breaking news, expert insights, and educational content for the convenience retailing industry, reaching decision-makers at chains with the most convenience store locations.

CSP covers the key categories including convenience technology, foodservice, beverage, snacks, merchandising, fuels, operations and more.

Supermarket News (SN)

Breaking retail news, exclusive analysis, and industry data for the nation’s leading grocers.

Reaching C-suite executives and other supermarket decision-makers across purchasing, technology, marketing, food and more.

From the largest grocery chains to regional and independent grocers, SN supports the entire grocery industry.

Catersource (CS)

The nation’s leading resource dedicated to catering professionals.

Reaching market segments that include members of national and international associations such as NACE, ICA, ILEA, plus colleges, universities, restaurants, convention centers, banquet facilities, arenas, casinos, event venues, healthcare, and more.

Special Events (SE)

The premier destination for news, insights, inspiration and resources for professionals in the special events industry.

Reaching event professionals worldwide who plan or manage special events in hotels, resorts, clubs, banquet facilities, conference and convention centers, and other event sites.

What We Do


Driving measurable business results

for customers through collaboration on marketing program development and energize those programs with the use of relevant, informative and timely content to engage audiences.

Leveraging deep demographic data

and behavioral insights to target and guide prospective buyers smoothly from discovery, to consideration, to purchase.

Marketing Solutions


Advertising & Branding

Reach a large or hyper-targeted audience via display ads, newsletters, custom content, print and programmatic advertising.

Content Marketing

Fuel native marketing strategies with visual storytelling, content creation services and lead generation programs.

Direct Marketing

Apply first-party data and insights to build a targeted audience and reach them with display, social, e-mail advertising and more.

Industry Intelligence

Leverage our audiences for custom surveys that we can turn into lead generation programs and insights.

Lead Generation

Fill your sales funnel and drive leads with your content or partner with us on developing qualified leads.

Live Engagement

Let our leading conferences, trade shows, and forums connect you and your team to industry professionals across different segments and titles.

Our Experts


Joe Donnelly

President, Media & Events

Joe has 15+ years of leadership experience in B2B media and research. He has expert knowledge in the advertising, digital media, live events, research and publishing industries.

Peter Loibl

VP, Media Sales - NRN, RB, RH, FSD

Peter Loibl has 25+ years of B2B media experience and leads the sales, product solutions and customer success strategy for the foodservice brands.

Amanda Buehner

SVP, Events & Media - CSP, SN

Amanda leads the C-Store & Grocery group, overseeing 2 media brands, including 2 monthly print magazines, 12 events, and multiple websites. She strives to drive industry advancement through innovation in the media space.

Grow your business in the restaurant & food retail industries.