GF Strategies Food and Beverage Consultants

With the 2017 Festival season behind us, here are a few things we expect to see at the festivals this year: VIP will continue to grow, with more of the overall ticket mix being sold to VIP Patrons. EDM only festivals will continue to grow. However, more emerging names will appear, rather than the big […]

Latest trend in arena design is to create gathering places in the concourses, nightclubs for post event revenues, pregame popup food spots. All are being put in place to create more than just the two hours of game time experience. (more…)

GF Strategies attended the Fancy Food Show. GF Strategies cited five major trends that are going to be on the shelves this coming year..Anything hot, hotter and Hotter..GF Strategies also noted the trend towards craft cocktails, and anythingthat can easily be added to them, gluten free, and vitamin enhanced, nutrition enhanced and nutraceuticals. GF Strategies […]

This article details Discover card and  their efforts to grow mobile payments. All of the major card companies are working to get customers to adopt these payment methods. Click to view full article.

Check out this new article from MPT.   Click here for full article.

This article details GF Strategies work with Intellitix at major festivals and events. The cashless  era continues to grow in North America led by our partnership. cashless article  

Here is an interesting article about stadium food service. SEATWI14_Kloke

GF Strategies is tracking the proposed merger between INBev and SABMiller. The merger would combine the two giants under the InBev ownership. GF Strategies is concerned with the impact this will have on distribution of the craft beer brands. With this merger, the Big winner could be INBev that could control what brands are carried […]

A recent Fortune article on First Data had an article detailing how the new EMV chip cards will require all retailers to gear up and have the new readers. GF STrategies #gfstrategies is following this and its impact on events and venues. http://www.fortune.com 

Greg Flakus of GF Strategies speaks Saturday at the WAsington State Fairs convention on payment systems. Flakus will cover the history of payment systems from the old knuckle cruncher credit card units to the most recent move to cashless wristbands at events. ” Credit and its acceptance at events is taking cash out of the […]