Tag: innovation

The 10 Most Innovative Restaurants, Dining, Food Services

A list of the most innovative food businesses for 2025 highlights companies reshaping the restaurant and foodservice landscape. Mediterranean chain Cava topped the list for its focus on in-person experiences, proving that hospitality and human connection are just as vital as efficiency in the evolving food industry.

How Baked By Melissa CEO Turned Financial Woes Into Success

After being fired in 2008, Melissa Ben-Ishay founded Baked By Melissa, transforming her home-based cupcake baking into a successful business with 14 locations. Known for its innovative flavors and high-quality standards, the company has avoided acquisitions to maintain brand integrity.

Wendy’s Growth Playbook Leans on Careful Innovation

Wendy’s has set aspirational financial goals for the next few years and is leveraging innovative practices to achieve them. Capitalizing on various dayparts with compelling value propositions and tapping collaborations are key tools the brand is using to achieve a new era of growth.

Could This Be the Secret to the Best Drinks Ever?

From creative flavors to top-of-the-line packaging and innovative presentation strategy, drink syrup giant Monin seems to have cornered the international beverage market, especially when it comes to flavors. Watch on as Food Institute CEO and ...

Executive Chef: Latin Flavor Explosion Has Only Just Begun

Twin Peaks’ executive chef predicts spicy flavors will continue to dominate menus, as consumers increasingly crave regional dishes from Latin America, like birria tacos. Now, more than ever, diners are embracing authentic cuisine.

Rise and Stall of Amazon Go Illustrates Limits of AI

In its quest to revolutionize retail, Amazon Go has faced significant hurdles, from customer confusion to technical difficulties. Amazon’s challenges in brick-and-mortar retail highlight the complexities of adopting cashierless technology.

Growing Plants… with Fog?

Plantaform’s indoor gardening system efficiently utilizes fog to deliver nutrients to the roots of plants. These sleek units are ideal for restaurants, homes, and classrooms. Check it out! Produced By the FI Video Production Team: Susan Choi, ...

Hydrogen Water System Revolutionizes Cellular Health

What is oxidative stress, and how does hydrogen water improve cellular health? Dr. Paul Barattiero, N.D., explains everything while introducing his product, the Echo Water Flask. Learn how this relates to cellular health, brain function, ...

3 Key Takeaways From NRF 2025 – Retail’s Big Show

At the recent Retail’s Big Show event by the NRF, technology took center stage, showing the need for businesses to transform their operations with a digital future in mind. Here’s a look at three themes slated to take over retail in the new year.

Why You Need The 2025 Spirit Gas Grill

SPONSORED CONTENT What does Weber have in store for 2025? The company spoke with The Food Institute about its new 2025 SPIRIT gas grill line. Featuring Weber's proprietary Boost Burners, a snap-jet ignition system, an ...

Snacking Smarter: Consumer Trends and Product Solutions

How has consumer snacking changed in the last five years, and what trends are shaping its future in 2025? In this webinar, experts from Glanbia Nutritionals, Brightfield Group, and The Food Institute explore these questions ...

Innovation in Focus: Future Food Trends from SIAL Paris 2024

The Food Institute hosted Comexposium’s Audrey Ashworth and Anne-Claire Petitcol to preview SIAL Paris 2024 – the largest food and beverage show in the world. Audrey delved into the groundbreaking trends and innovations set to …

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Kombucha: An Ancient Elixir Finds Modern Appeal

The origins of kombucha are shrouded in legend, and the drink’s murky beginnings remained in relative obscurity—at least to western palates—until its rediscovery in the 20th century in something of a cultural phenomenon.

The Endless Promise of Pizza

Served as an LTO, in a restaurant, or at a ball game, fired in a brick oven at 800 degrees or reheated Sunday morning in a battered collegiate microwave after a late night, pizza is a tough business that can yield great rewards, revenue, and satisfaction.

How Hormel and JM Smucker Are Beating the Market

It’s not hard to understand why these companies have found success in a challenging environment. These are comfort food manufacturers (among other things!) whose identities, infrastructure, and revenue are built upon foods people reach for when they’re feeling down, feeling squeezed, or both.

CPGs Need Fresh Strategies Beyond Price Increases in 2024

“Tomorrow’s winners will vary how they generate demand across their portfolios, with mass activation for their biggest brands and more targeted treatment for niche and insurgent brands,” Kyle Weza, global co-lead and brand accelerator for Bain & Company, said in the report.

‘Rufus, Fetch My Next Outfit’: Amazon Unveils AI Shopping Assistant

Critics and analysts alike are keen to understand who stands to benefit most from this technology – whether it will primarily serve Amazon’s interests by increasing sales and customer retention, or genuinely improve the consumer experience by offering more personalized and convenient shopping solutions.

Athletic Brewing – The King of NA Beer?

It comes down to how to make craft beer flavor and aroma become credible as a basic refreshment on occasions currently dominated by soft drinks. This is the real NA beverage battle the brand faces.