Peru: Food Service - Hotel Restaurant Institutional
Peru’s gastronomic prowess dazzles the international community, winning for a third consecutive time the World Travel Awards prize as the “World’s Leading Culinary Destination.” With food offerings diversifying, new restaurant venues are opening to meet ever more sophisticated palates. Here U.S. food products can be fused with local ingredients to form diverse, complex mouth-watering dishes. Additional opportunities exist within the $125 million red and poultry meats import markets, where U.S.-origin imports already enjoy a market share of 30 percent. Sources report that total food service in 2015 reached $7.8 billion. Casual dining restaurants account for 30 percent of total restaurant sales. Peru attracted 3.2 million foreign visitors in 2014, generating $4 billion in revenues; food service soaks up to 18 percent of total foreign tourist revenues.
