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For this transportation-themed series, Blueprints hosted a roundtable discussion of crucial issues affecting the sector. Learn what our panel of nine experts had to say, as they offer their perspectives and weigh in on key issues and more.

For this transportation-themed series, Blueprints hosted a roundtable discussion of crucial issues affecting the sector. Learn what our panel of nine experts had to say, as they offer their perspectives and weigh in on key issues and more.

Early 2022 showcased the inequities within the foodservice recovery.

After a two-year hiatus, trade shows are back.

Acquisitions among foodservice players is an area to watch for an impact on suppliers.

Technology capabilities in foodservice were improved in myriad ways during the pandemic.

During the pandemic, restaurants and other foodservice operators were forced into new ways of doing business, especially with ordering and delivery or pickup.

All of the challenges over the past two years have led many foodservice customers to change their purchasing behaviors, upping quantities of some items while deciding to do without others.

A key concern in all the economy but especially foodservice is higher fuel prices, which has led delivery services, and almost all businesses involved in supplying produce to the foodservice channel, to add surcharges to their invoices—costs often passed along to consumers.

The foodservice industry and the vendors supplying it are facing challenges beyond continuing uncertainty related to the virus. Top among them is inflation.