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Articles Tagged with ''consumer trends''

Top 100 Food & Beverage Companies

The World's Top 100 Food & Beverage Companies - 2014: Recalibrating strategies for shifting markets

Claire Rowan
October 7, 2014
According to multiple financial studies, China is on track to become the world’s largest economy, taking over the US’s number one slot for consumer spending.


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Editor's Note

Food manufacturers go forward, evolve and innovate

Joyce Fassl
October 7, 2014
There is rarely a dull day in the global food and beverage manufacturing business.


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Food Packaging

A thirst for package design

Competitive factors make the beverage category fascinating to watch, especially as iconic brands go head to head with smaller brands competing for a piece of the consumer’s dollar.
Cindy Dubin
October 7, 2014
Of all the aisles in the grocery store, the beverage aisle has probably seen the most changes in the past several years.


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Consumers want more omega-3

Jeremy Gerrard
October 7, 2014

With 98 percent of consumers aware of omega-3 oils, an increasing amount of people are more likely to purchase products containing ALA, EPA or DHA, according to Cargill’s recent Fatitudes research.


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Trick or treat, what’s America’s favorite sweet

Jeremy Gerrard
October 7, 2014

With Halloween creeping right around the corner, consumers are stocking up on chocolate and candy for trick-or-treaters. But what is America’s favorite candy? According to a recent survey by The Hershey Company, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups ranked as the overall favorite for US consumers.


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Mars brings back the crunch with return of M&M’s Crispy

Jeremy Gerrard
October 2, 2014

After a 10-year hiatus, Mars Chocolate North America has decided to bring back M&M’s Crispy Milk Chocolate Candies, a favorite for some who were never ready to say goodbye.


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Rising global demand for dairy will require balancing act

Jeremy Gerrard
October 1, 2014

The global demand for milk is expected to surge by 36 percent in the next decade, overtaking supply which will require producers in developed and emerging dairy markets to take on a balancing act to ensure sustainable success, according to the 7th Dairy Index released by Tetra Pak.


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Study: Millennials reaching for more specialty foods

Jeremy Gerrard
September 30, 2014

Consumers of specialty foods are spending more money on products this year, but the millennial generation is leading growth as younger consumers are dropping more money for specialty snacks and on-the-go meals, according to new research from the Specialty Food Association.


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TECH FLASH

Rising baking & snack consumption offers opportunities for manufacturers

Zeroing in on critical trends to turn industry growth into sales growth
Jeremy Gerrard
September 29, 2014

Baking and snack brand owners must update their processing and packaging operations with technologies that position them ahead of the curve.


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On National Coffee Day, American consumers show their loyalty

Jeremy Gerrard
September 29, 2014

In honor of National Coffee Day Monday, convenience retailer Cumberland Farms asked consumers what they would be willing to do—or give up—to ensure their daily coffee fix.


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