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The foodservice industry continues to move on from its COVID-19 ways, but a variety of macroeconomic influences continue to slow that progress.

Sales among the top 100 foodservice equipment and supplies dealers totaled $11.72 billion in 2021, up from $9.4 billion in 2020, according to the FE&S 2022 Distribution Giants study. In 2021 sales increased for 85% of the dealers within the top 100, compared with 16% last year. That means 15% saw a decline in revenues in 2021, which is an indicator of how much the industry has fluctuated from ...

Sales among the top 100 foodservice equipment and supplies dealers totaled $11.72 billion in 2021, up from $9.4 billion in 2020, according to the FE&S 2022 Distribution Giants study. In 2021 sales increased for 85% of the dealers within the top 100, compared with 16% last year. That means 15% saw a decline in revenues in 2021, which is an indicator of how much the industry has fluctuated from one year to the next.

Sales among the top 100 foodservice equipment and supplies dealers totaled $9.4 billion in 2020, down 14.37% from 2019’s total of $10.92 billion, according to the FE&S 2021 Distribution Giants study. In 2020 sales increased for only 16% of the dealers within the top 100, compared with 70% last year. That means 84% saw a decline in revenues in 2020, which should come as a surprise to nobody. This represents the first time since 2008 that total sales among the top 100 foodservice equipment a...

The foodservice industry continues to move on from its COVID-19 ways, but a variety of macroeconomic influences continue to slow that progress.

How is the industry faring in 2021? And, what’s in store for 2022?

FE&S’ subscribing operators share how they purchase foodservice equipment and supplies, their expectations and more.

FE&S’ subscribing foodservice operators explore how their most pressing business challenges impact the way they purchase foodservice equipment and supplies, their product expectations and more.