With 2017 just around the corner, it's time to start thinking about which future trends and burning topics will be making their mark on the food and drink industry next year. Here are some of our predictions.
Whether a consumer perceives themselves to be independent or part of a group has a key effect on how they receive marketing messages related to diet products, say researchers.
Palm oil producers and traders have been looking for new production areas as expansion in environmentally sensitive regions in Southeast Asia has become increasingly difficult - but Latin American and African production must embrace sustainable standards...
DSM has set up local finishing centres for its process flavours, which it says allow it to reduce lead time to customers while maintaining exact batch matches.
Demand for corrugated paper and board food packaging in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is set to be hit by the recession with either minimal or negative growth forecast over the next five years.
Packaging plays an increasingly important role in the marketing of
new - and existing - food and beverage brands, but few companies
consider the benefits of keeping ahead of the competition in the
anything other than the short term,...
Faced with a new shareholder revolt over the exact role the
previous management team played in the widespread fraud at the
company last year, Dutch retail group Ahold yesterday pledged
that it would reclaim part of the bonuses paid...
Migros, the Swiss co-operative retailer, has refuted claims that it
is secretly preparing massive lay-offs, but confirms that not all
staff who leave the company will be replaced.
The ongoing debate in the food industry as to whether orange juice
made from frozen concentrate has higher levels of active vitamin C
than ready-to-drink orange juice continued this week.
