Nicholas Roskelly

Nick Roskelly is a thirteen-year veteran of the food and beverage industry, beginning his editorial career in 2001. After covering new product trends for seven years, Roskelly went on to develop an array of digital media products for B2B brands spanning food categories. Today, he focuses on relaying new food and beverage product information through various forms of digital media. Send your news and new products releases to Nick.

Patterned Consumer Behavior & the Rise of Plant Based Foods

Why are consumers and the food and beverage industry committed with such ferocity to the plant based landscape?

Nicholas Roskelly

February 7, 2020

Consumers believe plant based foods are more sustainable than those made from meat, and the industry is responding accordingly.

Sustainability: A Standard for Product Development

Developing new approaches to decision-making processes

Nicholas Roskelly

November 27, 2019

In early October, Prepared Foods held its 37th annual New Products Conference, where themes of sustainability underpinned many of the speaker presentations. New Products Conference sessions surrounding upcycled foods, food waste and plant based foods each contained overt and tangential messages about corporate responsibility and sustainable food production.

Smithfield Innovation Lab: Exploring Comfort Foods

Company works with chefs to generate innovative approaches to product application

Nicholas Roskelly

October 24, 2019

Periodically, Smithfield Foods engages in sessions called Smithfield Innovation Labs, in which chefs are invited to experiment with the company's products in order to generate innovative approaches for product application.

Reshaping Context for Sustainable Food & Beverage Packaging

Product developers face a future of reusable, sustainable food and beverage packages

Nicholas Roskelly

August 30, 2019

Product packaging that remains after use is a burden. It’s a burden to consumers, to communities and to the environment. My sense is that products positioned with sustainable packaging messages are going to dominate categories and eventually set a baseline for market entry.

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning + Product Innovation

Startup culture, data technology to transform product development

Nicholas Roskelly

May 8, 2019

While attending the 2019 IRI Growth Summit in Denver, I learned that IRI is making artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning enhancements to its suite of data and analytic tools.

A Theory of Relativity & Sustainability

Retailers, product developers, food suppliers and farmers are all faced with challenges in regard to sustainability and relevance

Nicholas Roskelly

February 21, 2019

As part of its Walmart Reimagined campaign, the retailer is aiming to boost store traffic by converting excess parking space to experimental communities comprised of food halls, recreation areas and even mobile healthcare units.

Discovering Innovation in the Vast Unknown

Food and beverage innovators have unprecedented avenues to determine the way forward

Nicholas Roskelly

November 6, 2018

The mountain of money spent to market products and influence consumer behavior may only be 5% effective, according to Dr. A.K. Pradeep, CEO, MachineVantage.

Rice: Grown in the United States

Robust US rice production means that communities in rice-growing states are intimately connected to successful rice yields

Nicholas Roskelly

August 22, 2018

I cannot account for the broad belief that the United States imports rice from Asia. It just kind of generally seems to be the case. But it is not.

Food & Beverage Start-ups Find Fertile Ground in Chicago

Chicago has set out to become the epicenter of food and beverage innovation in the United States

Nicholas Roskelly

June 7, 2018

Chicago is home to a number of food and beverage incubators and accelerators, which provide invaluable support to young companies struggling to navigate early growth stages.

Discovering Ideas Among Peers

Achieving a state of awareness and openness to unfamiliar concepts is quickly becoming the standard for food and beverage companies of all size

Nicholas Roskelly

May 10, 2018

New ideas, inspiration and innovation are essential in the modern marketplace. In recent years, food and beverage companies have placed an emphasis on these aspects of business by creating such roles as “director of innovation,” “chief innovation officer” and “vice president of product innovation.”

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Nicholas Roskelly

ARTICLES

Patterned Consumer Behavior & the Rise of Plant Based Foods

Sustainability: A Standard for Product Development

Smithfield Innovation Lab: Exploring Comfort Foods

Reshaping Context for Sustainable Food & Beverage Packaging

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning + Product Innovation

A Theory of Relativity & Sustainability

Discovering Innovation in the Vast Unknown

Rice: Grown in the United States

Food & Beverage Start-ups Find Fertile Ground in Chicago

Discovering Ideas Among Peers

Unlock the Future of Food and Beverage Innovation

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