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title: "Fast Casual: New Report Forecasts Road Ahead for Food Service Market"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/3969e08a-8670-441c-ad0c-5c9f19f7475f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-new-report-forecasts-road-ahead-for-food-service-market-5251
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
published: 2016-07-19T14:09:10.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T12:24:32.287Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/3f70f8c89406a4e51f1df6f25418a9ee3518160719091808.jpg
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# Fast Casual: New Report Forecasts Road Ahead for Food Service Market

**TL;DR:** The food service industry in the U.S. is expected to grow at a rate of almost 3.5 percent over the next four years, driven by the fast casual restaurant sector. Technavio's analysts forecast a compound annual growth rate of 3.33 percent between now and 2020.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-07-19. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-new-report-forecasts-road-ahead-for-food-service-market-5251).*

## Story

A new analysis of the food service industry by Technavio shows that over the next four years the food service industry will grow almost 3.5 percent overall largely due to a whole lot of action in the market around the fast casual restaurant sector, according to a news release.

The new report does a deep dive into the data about today's food service operations in two categories: Retail food service, like quick-serve and fast casual restaurants, as well as a second analysis of the non-commercial or largely institutional food service sector that serves organizations like hospitals and educational institutions.

Overall, Technavio's analysts forecast that food service in the U.S. will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.33 percent between now and 2020. The market's size is calculated in the research by revenue generated from the sales of food and beverages.

The news release said that the company used a number of industry experts to analyze the market landscape and determine growth prospects over the next four years. A discussion of key market vendors is also included in the report, as well as a look at each brand's key strengths and weaknesses. The key vendors discussed, include:

Aramark; Compass Group North America; Domino's; McDonald's; Restaurant Brands International; Starbucks; Subway; and Yum! Brands.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- McDonald's (company)
- Starbucks (company)
- Domino's (company)
- Subway (company)
- Yum Brands (company)
- Restaurant Brands International (company)
- foodservice industry (topic)
- Aramark (company)
- fast casual growth (topic)
- Technavio (company)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-new-report-forecasts-road-ahead-for-food-service-market-5251). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/3969e08a-8670-441c-ad0c-5c9f19f7475f).