{"id":12080,"date":"2011-01-18T16:44:17","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T16:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/food-service-industries-spotlight-2011\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T18:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:47:02","slug":"industria-de-servicios-de-alimentos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/es\/industria-de-servicios-de-alimentos\/","title":{"rendered":"Enfoque de la industria de servicios alimentarios 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Por Sonja Sobota; Rueya Ceylan, analistas de investigaci\u00f3n<\/p>\n

La industria de servicios de alimentos es una de las industrias m\u00e1s grandes de los Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n

Las estad\u00edsticas de la Oficina de Trabajo de EE.UU. afirman que los sectores relacionados con la preparaci\u00f3n y el servicio de alimentos se combinan para ser el tercer mayor empleador por grupos ocupacionales en \u00e1reas metropolitanas y no metropolitanas.<\/p>\n

It is indicated that 2011 could be an excellent year for the restaurant industry.\u00a0 Sales are expected<\/a> to climb up to a four year high, according to industry analysts.\u00a0 A recently released report by research firm Technomic predicts that the total U.S food service sales will overshadow 2010\u00a0by an increase of 1.7% in sales on a nominal basis and dipping just 0.3% on a real basis, which takes inflation into menu price consideration.\u00a0 And if this forecast\u00a0is realized, it would be some of the highest growth since 2008.<\/p>\n

Specialists like David Tarantino, an analyst at financial management firm Baird, helps to confirm this trend.\u00a0 He announced in an article from Forbes via the Associated Press that due to the strong sales in 2010 among restaurant chains, he believes food<\/a> service to be in a \u201ccorrection phase,\u201d noting companies that \u201ccater to higher income customers,” such as fast-casual and chafe chains, “will see the most stabilization and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though the U.S job market is still sluggish, restaurants and other foods<\/a> service destinations\u00a0are on pace to\u00a0add over 100,000 jobs since last\u00a0summer, making them the biggest job producers in 2010, reports USA Today.<\/p>\n

Despite its good influence on the economy, the high food consumption also has a major drawback: Obesity.\u00a0 American obesity is rising in 28 states and adult obesity went up over 20 percent since 1991, reports the Trust for America\u2019s Health (TFAH).\u00a0 This is the reason why food service industries have to participate in producing healthier and more organic-based food.<\/p>\n

Food safety is also an issue. Even though America is one of the safest food suppliers in the world, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rates almost 80 million cases of food-related illness per year.\u00a0 In response to this. the House of Congress passed a law for preventative control of food import and export in December 2010.<\/p>\n

The food service industries also need to be more transparent for consumers because an increasing number of people get food allergies (such as lactose intolerance and nut allergies). The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 gives more protection to consumers. Members of the food service industry must now list all allergens and common names for ingredients in their ingredient labeling process.\u00a0 In addition, menus must show all ingredients and the caloric content. \u00a0The goal for many providers is to supply a good-tasting meal with healthier ingredients.<\/p>\n

Furthermore the food service industry has to struggle with increasing commodity prices. The United Nations is warning of another food price shock as corn and soybean prices are at their highest level in 2.5 years, and soybeans stockpiles at 30 year lows. \u00a0It could surpass the 2008 scare that triggered food riots in develping countries around the globe.\u00a0 Economist David Rosenberg is warning: \u201cWe clearly have a global food crisis on our hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seg\u00fan Wells Fargo, el precio de la carne, especialmente de cerdo y vacuno, aumentar\u00e1 el doble que el a\u00f1o pasado.<\/p>\n

In the United States food prices account for, on average, 10 percent up to 14 percent of personal income (vs. about 50 percent in the developing world). Nevertheless, they have an impact on consumer confidence and job creation, and this time looks to be no different, especially combined with the tug of higher energy prices.<\/p>\n

Sostenibilidad<\/h3>\n

There are also many opportunities for improved sustainability in the food service<\/a> industry.\u00a0\u00a0Fair Trade is one example.<\/p>\n

TransFair USA is a community that secures fair trade production, helping farmers produce the capital needed to buy the goods needed for their businesses.\u00a0 One of their biggest members is Starbucks, which only uses fair trade beans in its coffee.\u00a0\u00a0Transfair USA’s biggest job is empowering farmers to lift themselves out of poverty by investing in their farms and communities, protecting the environment, and developing the business skills necessary to compete in the global marketplace.\u00a0\u00a0Fair trade, by definition, \u00a0also includes fair prices, fair labor conditions, and environmentally sustainable efforts.<\/p>\n

By setting up green buildings, factories can produce energy-efficient products by reducing unnecessary energy or by using renewable<\/a> energy.\u00a0 This associates a reduction of CO2 emissions.\u00a0 So far, the U.S Green Building Council (USGBC), a non profit organization, counts more than 18,000 members in leading enterprises and communities implementing this green technology.<\/p>\n

Gesti\u00f3n de inventario de alimentos<\/h3>\n

Food Inventory management means calculating, checking, and minimizing costs for food.<\/p>\n

In restaurants, food costs are one of the highest controllable costs. \u00a0Dealing with food is a challenge because of its perishability.\u00a0 As a fact, almost every ingredient has a limited shelf life, much of it less than a week.\u00a0 There are large quantities of people and instruments that directly handle food inventory.\u00a0 Regardless of size, even small restaurants need more than dozens of employees to produce, prepare, and finally serve the food to the consumer.\u00a0\u00a0To manage profitability, restaurants turn to food inventory management within the organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Food inventory systems are\u00a0complicated to\u00a0control and are\u00a0hard to\u00a0administer at the store level.\u00a0 Older store-based technologies usually struggle because they often require desktop soluciones<\/a> that are up to date.<\/p>\n

For restaurant chains, centralized browser-based food<\/a> management modules are considered by some to be a robust alternative.\u00a0 Other advantages may include centralized ingredient and recipe management, managed inventory by an unlimited number of ingredients and count frequencies, computed real-time product variance, generative warning messages, established user audit trails, transferred product between locations<\/a>, and record waste.<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>Por Sonya Sobato; Rueya Ceil\u00e1n, analistas de investigaci\u00f3n<\/p>\n

La industria de servicios de alimentos es una de las industrias m\u00e1s grandes de los Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n

Las estad\u00edsticas de la Oficina de Trabajo de EE.UU. afirman que los sectores relacionados con la preparaci\u00f3n y el servicio de alimentos se combinan para ser el tercer mayor empleador por grupos ocupacionales en \u00e1reas metropolitanas y no metropolitanas.<\/p>\n

Se indica que 2011 podr\u00eda ser un excelente a\u00f1o para la industria restaurantera. Se espera que las ventas alcancen un m\u00e1ximo de cuatro a\u00f1os, seg\u00fan analistas de la industria. Un informe publicado recientemente por la firma de investigaci\u00f3n Technomic predice que las ventas totales de servicios de alimentos en EE. UU. eclipsar\u00e1n a 2010 con un aumento de 1,71 TP3T en las ventas en t\u00e9rminos nominales y una ca\u00edda de s\u00f3lo 0,31 TP3T en t\u00e9rminos reales, lo que tiene en cuenta la inflaci\u00f3n en los precios del men\u00fa. Y si este pron\u00f3stico se cumple, ser\u00eda uno de los mayores crecimientos desde 2008.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[287],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-spotlight","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12080"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81560,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12080\/revisions\/81560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}