2025 Trend Forecast: Is CPG Entering the Ozempic Era?
The packaged food and beverage industry continues to contemplate shifts in consumer eating patterns driven by expanded usage of appetite-suppressing GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy.
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2025 Trend Forecast: Is Grocery Inflation Here to Stay?
Though inflation has decelerated in recent months, it’s doubtful that still-elevated grocery prices will come down in the near future, despite the campaign promises of various politicians
2025 Trend Forecast: Is Retail Consolidation Reeling?
In the year ahead everyone from regional and independents to leaders like Walmart, Costco and Amazon will be working to remain competitive in the market known for its razor-thin margins – whether on their own or through M&A.
2025 Trend Forecast: Will Trump’s Tariffs Tamp Down Growth?
Pundits are still debating whether or not the proposed levies are a carrot to negotiate new trade deals, as happened during Trump’s first term, or a real stick to be used in aggressive defense of domestic producers. That lingering uncertainty is permeating CPG.
Distribution: Guayakí Completes Transition to Third-Party Model
Guayakí Yerba Mate is once again embracing DSD distribution, announcing this week that it has completed a transition from self-distribution to “a predominantly third-party distribution model” that includes national coverage through Anheuser-Busch InBev houses.
Taste Radio: The Human Connection Is A Lost Art. But Monte’s Has Mastered It.
One of PJ Monte’s early sales pitches startled a woman so much that she clutched her purse. A few weeks later, PJ’s tomato sauce was on the shelves of her husband’s influential grocery store. It’s one of dozens of stories that PJ, a streetwise, fedora-wearing entrepreneur, has about the development of his acclaimed sauce and pasta brand Monte’s Fine Foods.
New Products: Koia Bulks Up Its Shake Portfolio, Curaleaf Does Low-Dose Seltzers
In this week’s new products roundup, Koia unveils a line of high-protein shakes, Curaleaf introduces a low-dose version of its Select Zero Proof Hemp Seltzers, and HOIST teams up with Fold of Honor on a new flavor release.
Taste Radio: Is A Warning On Booze Misguided? Plus, The ‘Fatale’ Journey Of An NA Brand.
Is booze so bad that it should come with a warning label? The U.S. Surgeon General thinks so and has advised Congress to act. What, if any, impact would potential legislation have? The hosts discuss. This episode also features an interview with Julie Cielo, the founder of pioneering non-alcoholic cocktail brand Ferm Fatale, who talks about the successes, missteps and eventual closure of her company.
Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): Virginia Hemp Rules Stand
States looking to harsh the high for hemp-derived THC products just got handed a big win from The U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Cir., which ruled the 2018 Farm Bill does not preempt a Virginia law limiting the THC content in consumable products.
Explore Our New Content Calendar: See What’s In Store for 2025
We’ve released a new digital content calendar to make it even easier for you to stay ahead in the food, beverage, and beer industries. See what’s coming up in 2025 and start planning ahead.
Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): Why Beverage Innovation Stems From Supplements
Today’s crystal ball is spinning with innovation insights and retail revelations that may signal a prosperous future for select beverage segments. Let’s take a closer look at market researcher SPINS’ 2025 predictions.
NielsenIQ: Strong Volume Leads To Sequential Non-Alc Beverage Growth
Non-alcoholic beverage sales growth “accelerated” sequentially in the latest two-week period ending December 28 amid stronger volume and stable average pricing.
Taste Radio: Bo Knows… Beverages? Of Course He Does.
Bo Jackson, the multi-hyphenate sports icon and one of a handful of athletes to play both professional football and baseball, is tackling perhaps his biggest challenge yet – the beverage industry.
Taste Radio: What’s In Store For 2025? Let’s Run It Back.
What can the past inform us about the future? As we enter a new year, this special edition of the podcast revisits three headlines from 2024 that generated inspired discussion among Taste Radio’s hosts and may hint at things to come for the food and beverage industry.