How do you describe sauce, dressing and condiment sales? Here’s a sauce reference: they’re sweet and sour—with mixed results across categories.

Americans will continue to eat, and if at all possible, they will continue to eat as well as their budget allows. That appears to be a good sign for the meat industry.

Although more consumers are opting for at-home eating, compared to years ago, CPG entrée manufacturers now compete for share of stomach with a much wider set at-home meal providers.

The Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, Golden Globes and Tonys. Every winter and summer brings a crush of awards programs for movie and television stars, musicians, stage actors and others—all those who feed consumer demand for entertainment. 

You need more energy and endurance. And afterward—you need to recover. For all these reasons, you need the right foods and drinks to keep the body fueled up and replenished.

The market for dietary supplements has seen strong growth, reflecting increasing consumer concerns about the adverse effects of busy lifestyles and stress on health, as well as rising demand from an aging population.

Visit newproductsconference.com and to view our late September 2016 agenda where all speakers addressed “Disruptive Innovation.” Here, meanwhile, are a few thoughts from keynote presenters.

The 2016 “Spirit of Innovation Awards” recognized food and beverage formulators’ exemplary teamwork and new product achievements in six distinct new product categories.

Schwan greeted 2016 with a new initiative that embraces and integrates outside chefs in a newly formed “Schwan’s Chef Collective.”