Articles by Nicholas Roskelly

Home Chef Opens New Production Facility

New 103,000-square-foot facility to set standard for company’s network of operations

March 12, 2018

Along with network operations in Bernardino, Calif., and Atlanta, the 103,000-square-foot Bedford Park facility provides Home Chef with the capacity to grow well beyond its current cadence of delivering three million meals per month.

Redefining Food Categories in 2018

Discovering the current landscape of food and beverage product development at The Specialty Food Association's 2018 Winter Fancy Food Show

Nicholas Roskelly

February 2, 2018

It's increasingly difficult to place new food and beverage products into clearly delineated categories. Product developers are blurring the lines between meals and snacks, health and indulgence, and traditional protein and plant-based foods.

Fusing a System with Innovation

A handful of presentations focused on innovation case studies that told the story of how companies and brands navigated treacherous paths to measured success

Nicholas Roskelly

October 13, 2017

Nearly all presenters at the 2017 New Products Conference referred to innovation as fundamental to success, whether that be in research and development, marketing, sales or any other stage of bringing products to market.

Shifting Perspective in Snacks

The Sweets & Snacks Expo fosters a positive context for pondering the forces at play in the snack and confections segments.

Nicholas Roskelly

July 25, 2017

The Sweets & Snacks Expo fosters a positive context for pondering the forces at play in the snack and confections segments, if in no other way than providing attendees the opportunity to snack at will.

E-merger-ing Food Industry Trends

Consolidation is a food business trend that has gained momentum in the past decade

Nicholas Roskelly

May 1, 2017

2017 is a quarter complete, and national politics continues to dominate our news. Undoubtedly, you have scores of sources to keep you abreast of the developments in Washington, so I’ll spare you further commentary.

2017: Food Trends for the New Year

What trends from the past 12 months will ride momentum into the new year?

Nicholas Roskelly

January 17, 2017

From my vantage point, several food and beverage industry trends will continue to roll through 2017, while a handful of scattered ideas find fertile ground and growth potential.

Eat Like a Rock Star

Smaller meal portions are driving trends in both the retail and foodservice sectors

Nicholas Roskelly

October 11, 2016

The trend of eating smaller amounts of food has sparked discussion about the future of eating three square meals per day.

Counting Ingredients, Not Calories

Intense concern with the origin of food uncovers fundamental questions for food processors

Nicholas Roskelly

July 20, 2016

Major food companies have committed to wholesale changes in ingredient sourcing, which has disrupted supply chains and created acute frustration along with rare opportunity.

Healthy Products, Healthy Lifestyles

New food and beverage products that assume consumer health can find marketplace opportunities, and effect real change in overall community health

Nicholas Roskelly

April 11, 2016

A recent Mintel study found that 43% of Americans agree that living a modern lifestyle makes it very difficult to be healthy.

Sweet 2016

Trends that could impact the food and beverage industry in 2016

Nicholas Roskelly

January 22, 2016

Let’s get all the things we typically say this time of year out of the way. Resolutions, lose weight, exercise, eat better, stay in contact with the people we care about most, do that thing you always meant to do and read more.