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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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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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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How suppliers can turn operator marketing challenges into stronger activations, closer partnerships and new growth opportunities.
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Away From Home Trends Quick service restaurants Futures Innovation Restaurants Away from home market sectors
Winning in an AI-enabled away from home market
How suppliers can remain visible, valuable and operationally relevant as the influence of AI grows
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Away From Home Food to go and away from home Large-stores Food-to-go market sectors Small-stores-and-other
The retail food to go sector report 2026
Discover some of the best innovations in product and format in food-to-go from retail channels across the world.
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Away From Home Contract catering Education Away from home market sectors Workplace Futures Healthcare
Building healthier, greener, more resilient foodservice
Future winners will solve health, sustainability and commercial challenges at the same time, creating businesses designed for long-term success.
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Away From Home Quick service restaurants Away from home market sectors Accommodation Futures Workplace
Finding new growth within existing operations
Innovation is increasingly focused on making operations, assets and customer data work harder to create sustainable growth.
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Major events, like the 2026 World Cup, can create significant demand, but the opportunity is not equal across every sector, audience or occasion. Suppliers need...
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