Restaurant Industry Analysis Say Wings and Pizza Super Bowl #1 Choice
Posted by Dennis Gemberling on Sun, Feb 05, 2012 @ 02:38 PM
Super Bowl Sunday would not be complete without some restaurant industry analysis and predictions on what folks will eat while watching the Big Game. In case you need some last minute thoughts on what to run on the menu specials board, wings and pizza will clearly be the best sellers.
According to these excerpts from the SmartBlog on Restaurants by Janet Forgrieve:
- “About 63% of consumers planning Super Bowl parties plan to serve wings, and, despite record-high prices, Americans will consume about 1.25 billion wings — enough to circle the earth twice, with some left over, according to the National Chicken Council.”
- “About 61% of football fans plan to serve pizza, and Domino’s expects to sell about 11 million slices during the Super Bowl, according to Pizza Marketplace, which ran a roundup of national chains’ game-day specials.” Read more here on what other chains and chefs will do as part of this restaurant industry analysis.
Need a story to tell about the history to go along with your chicken wings promotion? The dish began in the Northeast U.S. according to this New Jersey Star-Ledger writer and restaurant expert:
- “The invention of Buffalo wings is generally credited to Teressa and Frank Bellissimo, owners of the Anchor Bar on Main Street in, of course, Buffalo, N.Y., in 1964.”
This is also the same city where just over a week ago, Super Bowl bound Tom Brady with the New England Patriots created a stir on his comments about the local hotels. Maybe, he should have quoted an authority on the restaurant industry about those wings instead.
Have some interesting restaurant industry analysis and history to share about other popular Super Bowl foods? Please post your comments below. Go Buffalo!
About the Author: Dennis Gemberling is President of Perry Group International with over 35 years of lodging and foodservice industry expertise. He is also an experienced Hotel Asset Manager, Court Appointed Receiver, Interim Property Manager, Restaurant Consultant and Hospitality Expert specializing in hotels, resorts, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, casinos, gaming and mixed-use real estate. Mr. Gemberling can be reached at dpg@perrygroup.com and by phone at 1.800.580.3950 ext 1 or learn more about the firm at www.perrygroup.com.