With more than 40 years’ experience in media covering the foodservice and foodservice equipment and supplies markets, and a penchant for creating and disseminating market data on these markets, Robin Ashton can help any industry player in any segment with research into market size, potential, brand differentiation, and other market-research collection and analysis. He also has forecasted the growth of the foodservice equipment and supplies market since the early 1980s. The full bio follows. For information on consulting services, e-mail Ashton at rashton@theashtonreport.com.