Anuga foodservice Power Breakfast

The AmRest Group based in Poland is one of the most important food service companies in Europe. AmRest operates restaurants under the brands KFC, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Burger King, but also owns the brands La Tagliatella, Bacoa, Blue Forg, KABB and Sushi Shop. Up to-date, AmRest runs more than 2,100 restaurants with around 40,000 employees in the fast-food and casual dining section in 26 countries. In Germany the company currently operates 130 Starbucks subsidiaries, 75 Pizza Huts and 24 KFC restaurants.

Jerzy Tymofiejew, Chief Development Officer at AmRest Holding will talk about the challenges of such a giant in terms of expansion and organisation.

Time: 11:00 Uhr

Location: Hall 7, Stand E 080/E 100, DEHOGA Catering Marketplace

Sticks'n'Sushi is a Japanese restaurant with Danish roots. The first restaurant opened in March 1994 on Nansengade 59 in Copenhagen. The company had specialised itself in serving sushi and yakitori sticks in premises of modern design. The founders were Jens Rahbek Hansen, Thor Andersen and Kim Rahbek Hansen. Today, the group has in total twenty-one restaurants and well over 1,000 employees, distributed all over Copenhagen, London and Berlin.

Andreas Karlsson has been part of the Stick'n'Sushi team since the year 2011, he previously worked at Wagamama. In his capacity as Chief Operating Office, he has been running the operative business of the group from London since 2016.

Time: 11:00 Uhr

Location: Hall 7, Stand E 080/E 100, DEHOGA Catering Marketplace

The NPD Group has been the source of information for consumer behaviour in the out-of-home market for over 40 years. Today, the market research company operates worldwide in 16 countries and combines the core data of the food service industry with market know-how and information solutions in order to build up long-term partnerships with restaurant owners and manufacturers. The exemplary market research approaches for the food service industry, CREST® and SalesTrack® as well as analysis and modelling solutions help companies with the strategic planning and positioning, with the product and menu development, as well as with analysing the competition and the performance of products.

Jochen Pinsker is Senior Vice President Foodservice Europe of The NPD Group, and reports on the development and backgrounds of the breakfast business within the food service industry worldwide and the differences and similarities in the countries.

SSP Germany is a subsidiary of the international SSP Group, which is currently listed on the London stock exchange with a current market capitalisation of Euro 3 billion. In the DACH region, SSP operates more than 350 stores across 100 locations and has a headcount of more than 3,500 employees. As a leading food travel company, SSP operates coffee shops, food courts, lounges, bakeries, convenience stores and fine dining restaurants.

As such, the company is represented at central travel hubs such as airports, stations and motorway service stations. The SSP Group is present in 33 countries and serves on average one and a half million guests a day in around 2,600 stores.

The portfolio of SSP encompasses 500 brands and concepts. These include international and giant chains such as Burger King, Starbucks and YO!Sushi. The company's own brands include among others Upper Crust, Le Grand Comptoir and Caffè Ritazza. SSP has developed all brands to suit the special demands of highly-frequented international food travel outlets or has adapted them accordingly.

Christian Steuber, Head of Commercial F&B and Culinary Excellence, gives culinary insights into the increasingly more significant category, breakfast.

Time: 11:00 Uhr

Location: Hall 7, Stand E 080/E 100, DEHOGA Catering Marketplace