Futures
The future insights to stay ahead of change
The away from home market is constantly evolving, shaped by shifting consumer behaviours, economic pressures, and emerging trends. Explore expert forecasts, future-focused insights, and strategic intelligence to understand what's next and uncover opportunities for growth.
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Explore our predictions for the UK's Away From Home market and its nine sectors over the next five years.
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Away From Home Trends Pubs and bars Away from home market sectors Futures Quick service restaurants Consumer insight Restaurants Food-to-go market sectors
GLP-1: the changing appetite for away from home
The role of GLP-1 in changing habits out of home and how the industry needs to adapt.
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Away From Home Food to go and away from home Small-stores-and-other Forecasts Food-to-go market sectors Five year forecasts Food-to-go specialists Futures Large-stores
UK food to go forecast 2026-2031
Five year forecasts for the food to go market and its five sectors. Understand what's driving growth and where the opportunities lie. Don't have a subscription?...
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The most recent innovative concepts from away from home operators across the world
Latest Futures Insights
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Away From Home Denmark Food to go and away from home Small-stores-and-other Quick service restaurants Away from home market sectors Convenience Food-to-go market sectors
Making more of breakfast on the go: inspiration from Denmark
Danish operators show how convenience, choice and portability can help businesses make more of the breakfast occasion.
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Away From Home Food to go and away from home Coffee/drinks specialists Food-to-go market sectors Fast food specialists Consumer insight Food-to-go specialists Large-stores Small-stores-and-other
Food to go: consumers looked for ways to stay cool
Our latest update on the behaviours and habits of food to go consumers over the past quarter
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Insights from the Booker Foodservice Show to help suppliers add value beyond the product and build stronger partnerships with their foodservice customers.
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Stay ahead this Golden Quarter with IGD's latest Christmas retail trends, shopper insights and consumer behaviour analysis for Christmas 2026.
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Discover some of the best innovations in product and format in food to go from food to go channels across the world.
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Competition for consumer spend is intensifying, creating new opportunities for suppliers to help operators stand out and drive demand.
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UK Away From Home market growth is expected to remain below inflation in 2026, as cautious consumer spending and rising operating costs create a polarised outlo...
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A report covering how the AFH market performed in the first half of 2026, how this stacks up against our forecast and what this means for the full year.
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Denmark’s coffee shops show how focused, occasion-led food offers can grow spend without adding unnecessary complexity.
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Improve your AFH marketing and promotions with inspiration from best-in-class global activations.
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Away From Home Channels Away from home market sectors Food to go and away from home Food-to-go market sectors
How suppliers can evolve retail food to go beyond price
Retail food to go is benefiting from cautious consumer spending, but future growth will require more than affordability.
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How suppliers can turn operator marketing challenges into stronger activations, closer partnerships and new growth opportunities.
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