Our events range from intimate meetings to epic trade shows (hello, National Restaurant Association Show!). Our media products are award winning, with more than 100 awards in journalism alone. And our research and advisory services have long delivered the industry benchmarks our consumers rely on.

Specialists across our areas of business weigh in on what makes Informa Connect Foodservice unique, highlighting our unmatched ability to integrate research, events, and media to deliver 360 degrees of comprehensive industry insights and connections any way you want.

In what ways is the Connect Foodservice group innovating and driving growth and value for the industries you serve?

Aharon Shamash, Group President and Managing Director

Through our recent combination with Winsight, we now have the largest audience of foodservice and retail operators, and SME across foodservice, convenience and retail. We continue to innovate and provide new products and services, including tradeshows, conferences, digital and print media, as well as research and data to help our audiences and customers navigate the Foodservice landscape. Our offerings include focused events in key growth areas, including FS technology, emerging restaurant operator community, and elevating women in convenience to name a few.

Tom Cindric, President of Exhibitions

Over the years, we have undergone significant evolution, continually adapting to meet the changing needs of the foodservice industry. While the core focus remains on showcasing the latest products and trends, The National Restaurant Show in particular now also features expanded educational programs, interactive culinary experiences, and specialized pavilions catering to specific interests such as technology, sustainability, and global cuisine. Overall, our evolution mirrors the dynamic nature of the foodservice industry, ensuring it remains a relevant and essential resource for industry professionals seeking to stay ahead of the curve.

Pat Noone, President of Technomic

We can provide data and insights across 25 countries to understand how foodservice is developing and what our clients should be thinking about as they look for growth on a global scale. We are enhancing our global research with more interactive research dashboards to provide clients the views they need to understand size and top operators in each country. From a local market level, we have extended our reach into providing market dynamics across nearly 400 metro areas showing the units, sales and forecast by segment. By market, we provide identification of an additional 1,000 emerging chains, address level detail for over 1 million foodservice locations along and are adding on franchise identifying information. We’re always innovating.

In what ways does Informa Foodservice group Connect Foodservice foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among its audience and stakeholders?

Chris Keating, EVP of Conferences, M&E

Let’s take a chain…say, Five Guys. Technomic knows everything there is to know about Five Guys. How many units, their menu, their historic growth, what states they are in. Restaurant Business knows what is happening in their business now, but also can help marketers connect to concepts like Five Guys. And at RLC or FSTEC you can meet…the people from Five Guys. That connection of information and people is unparalleled anywhere else.

AS: All our offerings are designed to do this, as content is at the heart of what we do. We focus on providing better data and experiences for our customers and solutions for our customers to network, learn, source, collaborate and exchange ideas. This is a key focus of our Foodservice tradeshows, conferences, digital and print media and our Technomic research offerings. And our events are second to none.

We’re also part of Informa, a business that runs hundreds of tradeshows and conferences each year across the world and operates across a multitude of B2B industries. Through various initiatives and our shared service teams, we can capture the best practices and ideas across all facets of B2B events, media and data, and bring those things we’ve learned to our customers as well as our colleagues.

TC: By hosting the largest showcase of its kind, The National Restaurant Association Show is instrumental in driving growth, fostering innovation, and shaping the future of the foodservice industry. It's where trends are born, partnerships are formed, and ideas are transformed into reality. The Show is the premier event in the foodservice industry, attracting professionals from across the globe. From restaurateurs and chefs to retailers and suppliers, it brings together key players to explore the latest trends, innovations, and opportunities shaping the culinary landscape.

What does The Power of Us mean to you and how does that approach help the Foodservice group best serve our audiences?

AS: Through our recent combination, our reach is unparalleled, and we are now poised to work together, both as one business within Informa, and more widely serving as a true partner to our customers and audiences in the foodservice industry. Over time, we will leverage our audience data, subject matter expertise and international capabilities to gain behavioral insights and use what we know to help advance the Foodservice industry across the globe—‘Us’ in the broadest sense of the word.

Joe Donnelly, President of Media and Events

The Power of Us is not just a statement, it’s how we must operate as a collective business unit. If we do not open silos and work smarter together, we are not fulfilling our promises to the industry. The Power of Us is only true when we work together to drive two specific goals. First, to create far greater ROI for our customers due to our wider strengths, and second, provide more value and experience for our operator community.