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EuroShop.mag articles on food service equipment

Food service offerings have long since become central components of modern retail concepts. They create added value, promote length of stay and customer loyalty and open up new sales potential directly at the point of sale.

The contributions from the Food Service Equipment dimension at EuroShop.mag highlight trends, technologies and best practices in the fields of retail gastronomy and food retail. Robotics and AI are also revolutionizing the industry: whether it's smart kitchen appliances that communicate with each other or robots that prepare salads and drinks – intelligent solutions ensure efficiency and innovation in food service operations despite staff shortages.

A green reusable cup featuring a recycling symbol and the words “Zero Waste,” surrounded by brown compostable packaging such as cups, lids, and spoons

23/03/2026

Compostable food packaging: when throwing away becomes the sustainable solution

How innovative biomaterials and regulatory pressure are creating new packaging options for retail and food service

Several types of vegetables wrapped in transparent film, such as a halved pumpkin, cucumber, baby corn, cherry tomatoes, parsley, and leaf lettuce, lie on a green background.

04/03/2026

Edible packaging for food retail and food service

Innovations and application scenarios for edible packaging

A cooking robot with two metallic robotic arms transfers freshly fried noodles from a pan into a bowl. The scene looks futuristic and demonstrates automated food preparation in a clean environment.

17/12/2025

Automated cooking in the supermarket: Robot Circus at REWE

Cooking robots – more than just a technological gimmick?

A finger selects a photo of a dish from a digital menu overview on a tablet; Copyright: Adobe Express, AI-generated

09/12/2025

Future scenarios for retail-based food service between lifestyle and AI

Paulina Ullrich from the EHI on trends, opportunities and technologies in the food-service sector

Two smiling people using an automatic checkout system with image recognition in a cafeteria; Copyright: visioncheckout

22/09/2025

Self-checkout for meals: Practical solutions for commercial catering

AI-powered image recognition identifies food in just 0.5 seconds

A modern fast-casual restaurant with wooden tables, chairs, and a digital menu displayed on screens above the counter; Copyright: Adobe Express

11/08/2025

AI-powered customer service & food service

Hospitality 2.0 at EuroShop

An automated robotic arm transports a baking tray with rolls into a professional oven system at a trade fair for retail technology.

01/08/2025

Smart technologies for food service in retail

Automation, digitization, and customer experience as success factors

A variety of packaged takeaway meals, including a pizza, salads, falafel, and a dessert, are displayed on a blue background; Copyright: Unsplash/Cristiano Pinto

31/07/2025

New EU packaging regulation PPWR 2025

What retailers and food service providers need to know

A large, modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances, a cooking island, and large windows, above which a glowing Wi-Fi symbol floats; Copyright: Adobe Express, AI-generated

22/07/2025

Connected kitchen: IoT is revolutionizing professional kitchens for catering and retail
A chef prepares food in a food truck for a waiting customer; Copyright: Adobe Stock

12/09/2024

In-store gastronomy: goals, success factors and investments in retail

Study by the EHI Retail Institute

A robotic arm moving pretzels from a tray to the display; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf/A. Wiese

21/08/2024

Pioneering technologies in food service

AI, predictive analytics and robotics are revolutionising catering processes

A catering kitchen with several chefs preparing food, with virtual machine code as an overlay; Copyright: AI-generated image with DALL-E

24/07/2024

Artificial intelligence in the catering and food service industry

Progress in menu optimisation, personalised recommendations and shift planning

A robot prepares salad; Copyright: Esselunga

09/07/2024

Food service robot in the EsselungaLab: a testing centre for new technologies

Cobots create a culinary revolution in Milan

Two people each holding a meat package; Copyright: Central Retail

27/05/2024

Tops launches 100% biodegradable eco-friendly meat packaging

Natural plant materials replace conventional plastics

Chef holding frying pan, cooking food over the stove; Copyright: Image-Source/envato element

24/04/2024

Food service equipment market size is set to grow

Advanced technologies such as microelectronics and connected devices

A person with a shopping cart in a supermarket; Copyright: YuriArcursPeopleimages/envato element

07/03/2024

Research identifies opportunities for aligning on consumer eating occasions

Americans’ definitions of value expand beyond price to convenience and health

Various fast foods on a table with deep fryers and a robotic arm in the background; Copyright: Miso Robotics

14/12/2023

World's first fully autonomous AI-powered restaurant opening

AI and robotics for automated grill and fry stations

A robot hand on which a burger is placed; Copyright: Business Wire

02/10/2023

SavorEat debuts first plant-based Robot Chef

Food tech company SavorEat partners with Sodexo

A self-service shelf for bakery products with many compartments; Copyright: Shop-IQ

12/09/2023

AI for baking stations: Freshness is king

Here's how the new Smart Bakery Box is steering in-store baking toward the future

Two men working in a butchery; copyright: SPAR Spain

30/08/2023

SPAR Spain partner in Gran Canaria invests in butchery school

Combating the shortage of skilled workers in food service

big blue containers wih huge insulated tubes going into them; copyright: Goterra

11/08/2023

Maggot robots helping Woolworths work towards zero food waste

New food waste management system by startup Goterra

An open vegetable and fruit department with merchandise tables in the louis delhaize OPEN MARKET

25/04/2023

New grocery shopping concept at louis delhaize

Local culinary delights among supermarket shelves and marketplace stalls

Several people scooping lettuce at a salad counter; copyright: Picadeli

05/11/2020

Self-service food options: A taste of the future?

Retail self-service solutions featuring counters, vending machines, and robots

Pink cakes are decorated with cream by a device; copyright: beta-web GmbH

17/02/2020

Food is love: the new dimension Food Service Equipment

The additional feel-good factor for your customers

A vegetable section in the Fooby supermarket in Lausanne; copyright: Coop Switzerland.

02/05/2019

FOOBY – Focusing on culinary crafts

Coop’s new store format

Olaf Hohmann speaks into the camera, trees can be seen in the background

13/08/2018

Retail gastronomy: "The stores become meeting places for people"

Interview with Olaf Hohmann, Head of Retail Gastronomy Research at EHI

A cheese counter in an Edeka, above it it says

29/06/2018

More than just a love of food: EDEKA Zurheide

New EDEKA Zurheide invites you to stay

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