By reps. For the industry.

The pulse of the North American foodservice market. Quarter after quarter, year after year.

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Foodservice intel from the sales and marketing experts--MAFSI reps.

The MAFSI Business Barometer is the leading economic indicator for the 15-billion-dollar foodservice industry.

For 20 years the foodservice industry has relied on the MAFSI Business Barometer for reporting on past performance, current conditions, and future forecasts to help make the most informed business decisions.

Make your decisions on data.

The Barometer breaks down the market both nationally and regionally, into fourteen product categories and equipment sub-categories.

Q4 2023 MAFSI Barometer Overall Graph

 

Main Product Categories

  • Equipment
  • Supplies
  • Tabletop
  • Furniture

Product Sub-Categories

  • Primary Cooking Equipment
  • Refrigeration & Ice Machines
  • Storage & Handling Equipment
  • Serving & Holding Equipment
  • Food Preparation Equipment
  • Warewashing & Waste Handling
    Equipment
  • Ventilation
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Easily Complete the Business Barometer with MAFSI's New Excel Tool

This tool is just like it sounds, it is an Excel spreadsheet that has been formatted to calculate the percentages needed for your Quarterly Barometer Survey.

Read the blog by MAFSI Board Member, Mike Colligon, High Sabatino Associates

2024 Barometer Release Dates

Q1/2024

4/15/2024 - Survey opens to rep firms
5/20/2024 - Survey released to industry

Q2/2024

7/15/2024 - Survey opens to rep firms
8/19/2024 - Survey released to industry

Q3/2024

10/14/2024 - Survey opens to rep firms
11/18/2024 - Survey released to industry

Q4/2024

01/13/2025 - Survey opens to rep firms
02/17/2024 - Survey released to industry

Are you a Rep Firm and need to complete your barometer survey, but didn't receive your email?

Email us at info@mafsi.org.

Huge thanks to the MAFSI Rep Firms that participated in the Q4 2023 Business Barometer

4 Star Reps, Inc.
AFS Anderson Foodservice Solutions
Agences Hamilton Agencies
Allied Technologies Food Equipment
Beacon Sales Group LLC
Bob Waite & Associates
Celco Inc.
CMA Foodservice Solutions
Collis Group, Inc.
Copperfield Agencies Limited
Daly & DeRoma Group
Dedicated Foodservice Solutions LLC
DJ Marketing & Associates
DMM Enterprises, Inc.
E. Ruff & Associates, Inc.
Equipment Preference, Inc. (E.P.I.)
Equipment Solutions, Inc.
Ettinger-Rosini / Waypoint
Florida Agents, Inc.
Food Equipment Representatives
Food Service Solutions Inc.

Gabriel Group LLC
Greenwald Sales & Marketing, LLC
Hanna-Young & Associates - Region 18
Hollander Company
HRI, Inc.
Johnson Pike & Associates, Inc.
Kain McArthur
KBC Specialty Products, Inc.
KLH Marketing, Inc.
Limelight Foodservice & Hospitality
Link2 Hospitality Solutions
LRM Rep Group
MAC Sales & Marketing LTD.
Mid-West Associates
Midwest Professional Reps, Inc.
Mirk Group
ONE SOURCE REPS
P3Reps-NNY/Lake Effect
PB & J Commercial Agents
PBAC & Associates LTD
Pecinka Ferri Associates

Permul Ltd.        
Premier Foodservice Solutions        
Pro Reps West - Southern CA Office        
Professional Manufacturers Representatives, Inc. (PMR)        
Pro-Quip Foodservice Equipment & Supplies Incorporated     
R. Henry & Associates        
Raleigh W. Johnson & Company        
Schmid-Dewland Associates        
Schmid-Wilson Group        
stage KOLSTAD associates        
The Pantano and Pinilla Agency, Inc.        
Thormann Associates        
Total Source Equipment & Supply        
Total Tabletop Plus        
Vader & Landgraf, Inc.        
Viola Group        
W. D. Colledge Co., Ltd.        
Wyllie Marketing        
YBR Marketing, Inc.        
Zink Foodservice

MAFSI Quarterly Business Barometer Reports

2023 -2014

Click on the tiles below to access the MAFSI Business Barometer Reports.

 

 

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Q3 2014 MAFSI Business Barometer Report

2013-2002 MAFSI Business Barometer Reports

Click + sign next to year to see prior year MAFSI Business Barometer reports.

2013 MAFSI Business Barometer

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2012 MAFSI Business Barometer

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2011 MAFSI Business Barometer

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2010 MAFSI Business Barometer

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2009 MAFSI Business Barometer

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2008 MAFSI Business Barometer

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2007 MAFSI Business Barometer

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2006 MAFSI Business Barometer

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2005 MAFSI Business Barometer

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2004 MAFSI Business Barometer

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2003 MAFSI Business Barometer

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2002 MAFSI Business Barometer

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Q1 2002 MAFSI Business Barometer

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Want to see the forecast for the year?

Check out the annual MAFSI Foodservice Market Forecast Report. 

Measure your sales with the MAFSI Business Barometer

  • The flagship MAFSI Survey

    In 2002, we instituted the MAFSI Business Barometer Survey, a quarterly survey that has become a leading economic indicator in the foodservice industry.

    The purpose of this one-of-a-kind survey is to share how the industry fared the previous quarter and projected consumer confidence for the current quarter with MAFSI members and other industry partners. It is utilized by both reps and manufacturers to establish performance appraisals and consensus quotas.

  • The window to the marketplace.

    No one else in this industry can provide this type of information better than a rep, the people who live and breathe it across the country every day.

    Our members are the indicators of everything happening around them therefore they provide a comprehensive window to the marketplace. With billions in sales, our reps understand their territories and their customers better than anyone else.

  • The report details

    The Barometer provides an inside look at regional and national sales trends and forecast for equipment, supplies, tabletop, furniture, and janitorial and sanitation lines.
    The Barometer breaks down the market both nationally and regionally, into fourteen product categories and equipment sub-categories.

    Whether for past performance, current conditions, or future forecasts, the Barometer is one of the industry’s most valued and trusted planning and reporting tools.
    The Barometer breaks down the market both nationally and regionally, into fourteen product categories and equipment sub-categories.

    Main Product Categories

    • Equipment
    • Supplies
    • Tabletop
    • Furniture
    • Janitorial & Sanitation

    Product Sub-Categories

    • Primary Cooking Equipment
    • Refrigeration & Ice Machines
    • Storage & Handling Equipment
    • Serving & Holding Equipment
    • Food Preparation Equipment
    • Warewashing & Waste Handling
      Equipment
    • Ventilation

    Janitorial & Sanitation
    • Janitorial & Sanitation Equipment
    • Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies
    • Disposables
  • Let your voice be heard

    It is critically important that this information - which is sent to everyone in the industry - is precise.

    That's why we need all MAFSI rep firms to participate in this survey every quarter. For MAFSI to truly measure the marketplace as accurately as possible it's imperative we have all responses from our agencies.

    Here is the information you need to take the survey:

    • Sales for the past quarter vs. sales for that quarter last year.
    • Projected overall sales for the upcoming quarter vs. sales for the same quarter last year.
  • Your privacy is our top priority. 

    The information you provide is always confidential. MAFSI does not receive your responses.

    All data is collected and securely compiled by an outsourced survey research company, Industry Insights

The flagship MAFSI Survey

In 2002, we instituted the MAFSI Business Barometer Survey, a quarterly survey that has become a leading economic indicator in the foodservice industry.

The purpose of this one-of-a-kind survey is to share how the industry fared the previous quarter and projected consumer confidence for the current quarter with MAFSI members and other industry partners. It is utilized by both reps and manufacturers to establish performance appraisals and consensus quotas.

The window to the marketplace.

No one else in this industry can provide this type of information better than a rep, the people who live and breathe it across the country every day.

Our members are the indicators of everything happening around them therefore they provide a comprehensive window to the marketplace. With billions in sales, our reps understand their territories and their customers better than anyone else.

The report details

The Barometer provides an inside look at regional and national sales trends and forecast for equipment, supplies, tabletop, furniture, and janitorial and sanitation lines.
The Barometer breaks down the market both nationally and regionally, into fourteen product categories and equipment sub-categories.

Whether for past performance, current conditions, or future forecasts, the Barometer is one of the industry’s most valued and trusted planning and reporting tools.
The Barometer breaks down the market both nationally and regionally, into fourteen product categories and equipment sub-categories.

Main Product Categories

  • Equipment
  • Supplies
  • Tabletop
  • Furniture
  • Janitorial & Sanitation

Product Sub-Categories

  • Primary Cooking Equipment
  • Refrigeration & Ice Machines
  • Storage & Handling Equipment
  • Serving & Holding Equipment
  • Food Preparation Equipment
  • Warewashing & Waste Handling
    Equipment
  • Ventilation

Janitorial & Sanitation
  • Janitorial & Sanitation Equipment
  • Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies
  • Disposables

Let your voice be heard

It is critically important that this information - which is sent to everyone in the industry - is precise.

That's why we need all MAFSI rep firms to participate in this survey every quarter. For MAFSI to truly measure the marketplace as accurately as possible it's imperative we have all responses from our agencies.

Here is the information you need to take the survey:

  • Sales for the past quarter vs. sales for that quarter last year.
  • Projected overall sales for the upcoming quarter vs. sales for the same quarter last year.

Your privacy is our top priority. 

The information you provide is always confidential. MAFSI does not receive your responses.

All data is collected and securely compiled by an outsourced survey research company, Industry Insights

The Barometer is a valuable sales management tool for several reasons:

  • The Barometer is a tool for establishing performance appraisals and consensus quotas for reps and sales managers.

  • MAFSI reps are hired by manufacturers for their local market expertise and the Barometer is a tool for all reps to understand the pulse of their territories.
  • It is utilized by both reps and manufacturers to establish past performance, current conditions, or forecasts.

  • The survey is consistent from quarter to quarter and measures trends. Our format shows that differences exist from region to region. 

Thank You!

To all of the rep firms who participate in our MAFSI Business Barometer. You are responsible for delivering the industry the data it needs quarter after quarter. We could not do this without you.

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