Despite economic uncertainty, consumers appear determined to celebrate this summer, adapting their spending by embracing private-label brands, and potlucks while seeking affordable luxuries like indulgent snacks. Shoppers seek indulgence with a focus on emotional value.
Jessica Padula, Nespresso USA’s vice president of marketing and head of sustainability, returns to discuss the company’s sustainability efforts and how her dual roles in marketing and sustainability inform each other and improve the company.
Del Monte chief communications and technical development officer Bibie Wu shares how to respect the past while looking to the future.
On a recently aired episode of Dragons’ Den, actor Simu Liu accused a better-for-you boba brand of cultural appropriation, incites online controversy in a movement dubbed “bobagate.”
From brain health to indulgent proteins, several evolving food industry trends were on display recently at the IFT FIRST 2024 expo. FI’s resident market researcher was on the scene, documenting the most intriguing innovations.
