Business Insights

Conventional wisdom insists that consumers desperately want alternative meat products.

As much as we’re all thrilled to be getting back to something resembling normal – as evidenced by our triumphant return to Expo West – it’s clear we still face a host of challenges.

With more pressing concerns – such as transport ships stuck at ports, climbing ingredient prices, and nagging labor issues – it’s easy to think brands might be overlooking longer-term goals, such as new product development.

Alternative proteins have been one of the few success stories to rise from the ashes of the pandemic economy. According to Bloomberg Intelligence, sales of plant-based dairy and meat alternatives surged past $29 billion in 2020 and could climb as...

The food and beverage markets are still reeling from the aftershocks of the pandemic, which has rocked the supply chain with astronomical shipping prices, lingering labor shortages, and persistent consumer demand. So, for the foreseeable future,...

Dietary supplements and natural food manufacturers remain acutely aware of how much work goes into product label claims – and how much trouble awaits them if they get it wrong. But what many companies don’t fully understand is how regulators...

As 2021 starts to wind down, it’s time to look ahead at what 2022 might have in store for the food and beverage industries.

From a renewed emphasis on supply chain transparency to the rise of plant-based proteins, 2021 promised sweeping changes to the CPG business as the world’s economies sought to bounce back from a year lost to a global pandemic.

While consumers retreated to the basics during the pandemic – as improved sales of staples such as flour, bread, and sugar can attest – several new products broke through the panic to assert themselves in a chaotic market, including multiple $100...

There’s no time for manual processes in today’s dynamic CPG marketplace. Consumers have already embraced a digital future, from how they research products to how they make their final purchase. The pandemic didn’t start this migration; it just...