During Euromonitor International’s annual consumer foodservice industry research, analysts on the ground in 54 countries are asked to find the most innovative new foodservice concepts launched in their home markets that year. Collectively, these concepts offer an important glimpse of emerging local and regional trends, and often indicate the start of broader global shifts.

This year was exceptional. Amidst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, analysts were given the difficult task of finding innovative concepts that succeeded despite the obvious challenges of the global crisis. In some cases, new restaurants, services and digital platforms found new or niche opportunities during lockdown. In other cases, concepts that already existed made adaptations to remain relevant. In addition to serving as an invaluable research tool, an internal contest is conducted – now it its sixth annual edition – and the winners, chosen by vote from Euromonitor employees across the organisation, are shown below.

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