The 2015 Spirit of Innovation Competition highlights hard work from product development teams across the food and beverage industry
August 3, 2015
The Spirit of Innovation Award is designed to recognize product development teams for excellence in creating an innovative new product. The winners are acknowledged for each step of the process: from ideation and development to design, creation and launch of the product.
MarketResearch.com examines current trends to address customer, consumer needs
July 30, 2015
The food retailing and foodservice industries are experiencing major changes because of technology, mobile, and social media. These all are contributing to the way consumers interact with restaurants and grocery stores.
On-campus menus are featuring more salads – 65% more than last year
July 30, 2015
Employers are taking steps to emphasize healthy lunch options on-premise, according to Technomic's MenuMonitor. On-campus menus are featuring more salads – 65% more than last year – while heartier, indulgent fare like Mexican and pizza saw declines.
On-premises restaurant dining represents $223.4 billion for industry
July 27, 2015
More customers are sitting down and eating their meal in the restaurant than are carrying it out or using the drive-thru, reports The NPD Group, a leading global information company.
New SOUR PATCH® Watermelon flavored Slurpee® debuts this summer
July 8, 2015
The SOUR PATCH® Watermelon flavored Slurpee® is the newest flavor to hit the 7-Eleven Slurpee machine this summer. The new flavor, inspired by chatter on social media from fans already asking for and enjoying these products together, will be exclusively available at participating 7-Eleven stores throughout its 100 Days of Summer, beginning July 1.
Technomic's 7 Eater Archetypes sketch details of consumer behavior and attitudes
July 6, 2015
To help industry stakeholders get ahead of consumer expectation, Technomic's Consumer4Sight established the 7 Eater Archetype (EAT) segments that compose the foodservice consumer landscape.