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Jan 18, 2023 14 likes •137 views

Waterloo Region ... Where to Eat? What to Eat (and drink)? Who's cooking it? Some Industry Background Canadian foodservice industry: 1 million+ employees $60 billion annual sales $1 spent at a restaurant=$1.85 in

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Waterloo Region ...

Where to Eat?
What to Eat (and drink)?
Who's cooking it?

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Some Industry Background

Canadian foodservice industry:

– 1 million+ employees – $60 billion annual sales

$1 spent at a restaurant=$1.85 in rest of economy

– (Statscan and Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association)

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Unique geography

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Waterloo Region Food Culture

The character of Waterloo Region

– "Waterloo County fare" – Field-to-table / rural-urban connections – Great farmers’ market – Tech sector – Cultural diversity

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Local restaurant groups

Charcoal Group / Cerny Group
Fat Sparrow
Grand Trunk / Grand Surf
Lanc companies
Ignite Group
B Hospitality

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Tier 1: You don't need to eat at chains

King Street Trio
Red House Uptown
Public Kitchen & Bar
Bhima's Warung / Loloan
Rich Uncle / Graffiti Market

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Tier 2: You don't need to eat at chains

Ken Sushi / Kinkaku Izakaya / Izna
Pho rules! Pho Tran, Pho K&W
Universities / biz model: bao, hand-pulled

noodles, poke, Thai

Wooden Boat Food Co. ("ghost kitchen")

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Beverages: Coffee

Huge growth in indie coffee shops
Compare downtown TO per capita
Matter of Taste
Monigram
Eco Coffee >>> many more

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Beverages: Alcohol

16 breweries
3 distillers
Waterloo (Brick), TWB, Abe Erb, Red

Circle, Innocente, Block 3, Barncat Ales

Willibald, Murphy's Law, (Dixon's)

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SWO-Threats

Labour issues / Rising food costs
Customer expectations of “cheap”
Third-party delivery apps
Changing diets / health concerns
Drinking-driving laws

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