IN THE WORDS OF ONE INDUSTRY WAG, “If you need to attend a class on innovation, you’re no innovator.” If you agree, not so fast! A panel entitled “Managing Innovation: From Entrepreneurial Startups to Going Mainstream” offered attendees of the 2019 Protein Trends...
“Managing Innovation: From Entrepreneurial Startups to Going Mainstream” offered attendees of the 2019 Protein Trends & Technologies Seminar a practical “how to” guide for innovators. It exposed pitfalls and proffered practical solutions to the challenges that...
Sales Data on Plant and Animal Proteins HIGH-PROTEIN DIETS mean different things to different people. So stated Kasey Farrell, Data Product Manager, Product Intelligence Team SPINS, while setting the stage for her talk “The Age of Protein: Emerging Opportunity for...
Consumers continue to look to protein-centric products for health, appearance and basic food needs. As this category has grown and increasingly moved mainstream, the large number of product launches has allowed for and even required increased innovation as a point of...
June 1, 2018 — At the 2018 Protein Trends & Technologies Seminar, Kara Nielsen, Vice President, Trends & Marketing, CCD Innovation moderated a group of successful entrepreneurs. This post links to other posts related to those "Innovative Challenger Brands...
AS THE FOOD INDUSTRY MIGRATES TO E-COMMERCE, will new technology dominate food sales and, if so, what are brick-and-mortar food and beverage companies to do? Darren Seifer, Executive Director, Industry Analyst-Food Consumption, NPD Group, addressed these questions in...
Consumer Demand, Health & Proteins Consumers are bringing nutrient-dense foods into their diets based on what they think will make them healthier. Kara Nielsen, Innova Market Insights, sees protein as a driving force in these product purchases. This is...
What is a trend and how does one identify them? This presentation examined how and where to uncover trends. From farmers’ markets, food trucks, independent grocery stores and restaurants to retail concepts like juice bars as well as trade shows, crucial insights can...
Staying relevant with the evolving consumer market is important in identifying trends. People in the food and beverage industries need to get out of their laboratories and into the hidden corners of consumer food markets, if they want to catch the leading edges of...
When looking at protein demographics data, the tendency is to focus on the X, Y and Millennial generations—and on how to create new products that appeal to those consumers. In discussing the next generation in protein opportunities, A. Elizabeth Sloan, Ph.D.,...
