Positive news from the 8,000 company restaurants in Germany: after the coronavirus low, the number of guests who visited company-owned catering establishments in 2023 rose by 36.6 per cent compared to the previous year. Growth continued in 2024. Overall, the figures for communal catering are impressive: "With a turnover of 16.8 billion euros in 2024, it is an 'underestimated giant' in the out-of-home catering sector", according to the new study by the Denkfabrik Zukunft der Gastwelt (DZG for short) and the German Institute for Communal Catering (DIG). Communal catering accounts for around 20 per cent of total turnover in the AHV market. It serves 17 million guests every day across the board - whether in company restaurants, canteens, care facilities, schools or nurseries. A clear trend: vegetarian and vegan dishes are becoming increasingly important. 90 per cent of all caterers now offer a vegetarian lunch every day. This is an exciting development that we are following with interest and actively helping to shape - for example with our diverse Adria products. They are ideal for uncomplicated use in (plant-based) commercial kitchens.

Further information on the study is available here.