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‘The world is changing faster than we can keep up with’: Arthur D Little’s Simon Guoyard-Norman on food innovation’s next steps

‘The world is changing faster than we can keep up with’: Arthur D Little’s Simon Guoyard-Norman on food innovation’s next steps

01-Oct-2026 | By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

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Is the food and drink industry innovating fast enough?

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‘The world is changing faster than we can keep up with’: Arthur D Little’s Simon Guoyard-Norman on food innovation’s next steps

‘The world is changing faster than we can keep up with’: Arthur D Little’s Simon Guoyard-Norman on food innovation’s next steps

01-Oct-2026By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

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