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Six 2022 FM Top 50 companies to watch

Here are half a dozen 2022 FM Top 50 companies to keep an eye on as they position themselves for a post-pandemic operating environment.

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

March 30, 2022

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With the COVID pandemic and its various offshoots hopefully receding, the contract foodservice industry looks to return to some form of normal operating procedure (and profitability) following the financial devastation brought on by closures, restrictions, customer hesitancy and other aftereffects of the crisis. Of course, how normal that “normal” will be remains to be seen given the long-term effects of the past two years’ experience in areas like the expansion remote and hybrid work schedules and the growth of telehealth services and online classes, all of which threaten to reduce available customers for traditional onsite dining services.

Encouragingly, however, the industry does seem to be getting back on its feet. While only nine Top 50 companies posted revenue gains in 2020 —which in itself seems remarkable given the conditions that year—three times that many saw increases in 2021, with nine alone posting growth rates of at least 20%.

In the following gallery, we list six firms that we are keeping an eye on in 2022 as kind of bellwethers for the industry as a whole.

About the Author

Mike Buzalka

Executive Features Editor, Food Management

Mike Buzalka is executive features editor for Food Management and contributing editor to Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News. On Food Management, Mike has lead responsibility for compiling the annual Top 50 Contract Management Companies as well as the K-12, College, Hospital and Senior Dining Power Players listings. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from John Carroll University. Before joining Food Management in 1998, he served as for eight years as assistant editor and then editor of Foodservice Distributor magazine. Mike’s personal interests range from local sports such as the Cleveland Indians and Browns to classic and modern literature, history and politics.

Mike Buzalka’s areas of expertise include operations, innovation and technology topics in onsite foodservice industry markets like K-12 Schools, Higher Education, Healthcare and Business & Industry.

Mike Buzalka’s experience:

Executive Features Editor, Food Management magazine (2010-present)

Contributing Editor, Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News (2016-present)

Associate Editor, Food Management magazine (1998-2010)

Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1997-1998)

Assistant Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1989-1997)

 

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