Currently, a lot of catering companies have been popping up left and right, thus making competition within the catering industry more difficult as it is. Therefore, you should make your events as memorable as possible to leave and imprint with your customers. Your aim is to stand out from the sea of catering companies everywhere. You should know what everyone is talking and excited about right now in the catering industry. Here are some of the best popular trends this year.

Locale Specialized Menus

There is another trend that goes together with catering to food, and that's travel. The generation of today’s millennials love to go out there and experience the world first-hand. While in a completely different place or destination, they would want to indulge in the more local cuisine to fully grasp the feel of the place they’re in. It easily impresses tourist, but be creative also how to put a twist to your menus for your local customers too.

Superfoods to The Rescue

As the advancement of health and medicine has been progressing so drastically, people are becoming more and more conscious with what they put in their mouths especially in an age of easy data access. People also want more bang for their buck especially when they know it can affect their overall well-being. This is why superfoods have become such a highly requested menu item. What most people consider as superfood is delicious food that can help produce energy to push through an event or keep you on the go for a longer time.

Food-on-Go Meals

We know we have those rushed moments where we're late for a meeting or have errands to do, and we really can’t possibly spare the time to sit down for a full-service lunch. It’s hard especially when we really need to hustle to land that business merger. This where ready-made meals and/or on-the-go lunch bags play an important part. You might not get that full course meal but at the least you get that quick pick me up meal to help you weather through the day. The best part is that it’s extremely customizable and very affordable.

Holiday Special Menus

With how people have become so busy and engrossed with so many things in life, a lot of people and mostly families are considering more to cater holiday feasts or dinners like Thanksgiving to reduce the hassle and stress of preparing everything themselves. This is also true for companies during their own company holiday events when they opt to lessen and save expenses from off-site event to more budget-friendly office parties.

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Social-event Catering

It also becoming a trend for a lot of business meetings or large event gatherings to have mingle-friendly finger foods. People have noticed that sitting down to full-course meal is more of hassle than it’s worth. The objective of the event is not for people to gorge on buffet food but to mingle and socialize with their peers.

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