New fast food styles based on pita bread, tortillas, croissants and other materials, compete with more traditionally held fast food preparations. The newest and most exciting addition to the healthy trend in fast food is the "Crepe".
We are all going crêpe crazy, consumers are looking for a delicious, yet healthy option when they are on the go. A hand-held crêpe fits this niche nicely!!
Vending Crepe is the next-generation food concepts in today's fast changing marketplace, more and more, entrepreneurs and F&B business specialist alike are promoting Crepes retail franchise system.
Crêpe concept offers a healthy, new alternative in gourmet fast food, Crêpes seem likely to be the next big thing in the fast food industry to follow pasta, smoothie and sandwich in the trend of mega-popular fast food chain.
FAST FOOD, DID YOU KNOW?
- At many fast-food restaurants, a single meal gives a disproportionate share—sometimes more than 100% of the recommended daily intake of fat, cholesterol, salt, and sugar.
- In the United States, an estimated 65 percent of adults are overweight or obese, leading to an annual loss of 300,000 lives and to at least $117 billion in health care costs in 1999.
- A recent study showed that children who drink sodas and other sugar-sweetened drinks are more often obese and that this risk increases another 60 percent with each additional beverage consumed.
- McDonald's, which operates 30,000 restaurants in 119 countries and serves 46 million customers each day, earned $15.4 billion in revenues in 2002. On opening day in Kuwait City, the line for the McDonald's drive-thru was more than 10 kilometers long.
- India's fast-food industry is growing by 40 percent a year and is expected to generate over a billion dollars in sales by 2005. Meanwhile, a quarter of India's population remains under-nourished—a number virtually unchanged over the past decade.
- China is now home to 800 KFCs and 100 Pizza Huts.
- Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, the world's two largest soft drink companies, are the thirteenth and twentieth largest advertisers in the world; together, they spent $2.4 billion on ads in 2001.
- Coca-Cola sells more than 300 drink brands in over 200 countries and employs 60,000 people in Africa alone. Its net revenues reached $19.6 billion in 2002—with more than 70 percent of its income originating outside of the United States.
