According to Ibis World there are over 90,500 hotels and motels in America today (with a growth of 7.3% in 2022).
Hotel chains and groups with Hotel Pantries include Hilton (including Garden Inn, Hampton Inn), Best Western, Marriott (including Courtyard and Residence Inn), IHG (including Holiday Inn and Staybridge), La Quinta and many others.
Most hotel chains (2 star to 3.5 star) have a hotel pantry area stocked with beverages, snacks, meals and sundries for their guests. They also provide a mix of grab-and-go products.
Grab-and-Go snacks including candy, energy bars, brownies, fruit snacks, beverages, dairy products, ice cream, sports nutrition products and croissants amongst others.
The Team has a long history as suppliers in the hospitality industry including in the beginning when hotel pantries were being created. As shareholder partners with one of the top suppliers of hotel pantries the Retailing Group has been involved in all facets (pantry design, pantry supply and pantry marketing).
These days we are heavily involved with the design of micro markets (unmanned convenience stores in offices, factories and others) with a vast number of locations we helped create nationwide. We have our own digital signage network relating to these as well (www.BreakRoomTV.com). We are there to help design and supply new hotel pantries as well as help with the updating of older pantries needing a facelift.
Our History With Grab-and-Go
We created the first series of grab-and-go programs in the early 1990’s and evolved into becoming distribution platform developers and operators for formats such as hotels, camp-grounds and marinas.
Our first series of snack and beverage programs (including with Best Buy, Lowe’s, Hilton and Staples) grew to an annual $500 million and evolved into new programs within the food service formats (smoothie, juice, yogurt, coffee, deli, colleges and universities, hospitals, offices and factories, stadiums and arenas, theme parks, water parks, zoos, aquariums and more).
www.GrabandGo.org
We were involved in the beginning when hotel pantries were being created to today where they are a standard offering in the industry. As a supplier partner we are showcasing the latest trends, product offerings, fixtures and promotions going forward. For Clients we can introduce them to the hospitality retail and food service formats.
Our HotelPantries.com site will feature offerings such as store planning, supply partners, fixtures offerings and more.
Food Service Providers: Companies such as Compass (Foodbuy), Sodexo, Aramark, Delaware North and many others provide a very important service in being the operators of a cafeteria, retail area and possibly vending.
Definition: A food service provider is a company who contracts with a specific institution to provide food or beverage services at any location on the premises of that institution. Common examples include colleges/universities, hospitals, government buildings, convention centers, remote sites, tourist locations, active aging facilities and others.
Help With Merchandising Programs:
The Conzumables Team is available to help with your in-store marketing needs (POS, shippers, displays, club store displays, signage, racks and fixtures, etc).
We have over 30-years with the largest companies (Nestle, Coca Cola, Pepsi/Frito-Lay) and a vast number of start-up brands (Nature’s Bakery, Perfect Bar, Coachella Farms, etc) in creating merchandising programs.
Our merchandising unit manufacturers are based in America with factories in Mexico and China.
What We Do: We help start-up and emerging brands learn how to get their new food, snack and beverage products listed with retailers and food service customers nationwide.
Product Development, Creation and Launch: The team helps with the ideas behind brand; the creation of the brand and the launch of a brand.
Example Category: Beverages
- Sodas
- Juices
- Kombuchas
- Alcohol
- Water
- Sports Beverages
- Energy Drinks
- Fountain Services
- Botanicals
- Milk Shakes
- Smoothies
- Frozen Beverages
- Milk
- Frappes
- Teas
- Coffee
- Sparkling Beverages
- Mixers
- Cocoa Products
- Powdered Drinks
- Super Foods Beverages