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Agri commodities: Increased supply meets weak demand from 2023-11-23T06:00
Every year the Consumer Foods-to-Go podca...
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Ultraprocessed foods from 2023-10-26T05:00
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European Packaging Regulation Is Coming Your Way! from 2023-09-21T05:00
Soon EU regulation regarding packaging and packaging waste will become law. While we are likely to see amendments to ...
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Innovation in Food Retail – The Perspective From Spar from 2023-08-31T05:00
Innovation is a constant in food retail. For this episode of Consumer Foods-to-Go, Maria Cast...
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Consumer Foods-to-Go Goes Upstream – Regenerative Agriculture Explained from 2023-05-22T05:00
Regenerative agriculture is a holistic approach to improving farming pract...
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Nutri-Score and the Consumer’s Response: Not Always What You Would Expect! from 2023-04-13T05:00
Launched in 2017, Nutri-Score is a front-of-pack label to indicate a food product’s nutri...
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Consumer Foods to Go Reviews Expo West 2023: Key New Trends and Themes from 2023-03-23T06:00
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Foodservice in 2023: Consumer Uncertainty, Continued Cost Volatility from 2023-02-09T06:00
2022 may not have been the year the foodservice industry hoped for, but the post-Covid recovery was still quite strong. 2023 will be a year of continued uncertainty. Commodity prices are declini...
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The Labor Market and Food Business: Continued Challenges Ahead from 2023-01-19T06:00
Deflation of input costs is happening across the food sector, but the cost of labor is actually going to increase... by a lot. There are two main drivers behind this increase: 1) a catch-up effe...
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Year-end Wrap-up and Glimpse Into 2023 from 2022-12-22T08:47:14
It is the time of the year to look back at 2022 and look toward 2023. Maria and Cyrille gathered the entire team of Consumer Foods analysts at RaboResearch to discuss the learnings from the year...
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Agri Commodities in 2023 and the Impact on Food Companies from 2022-11-24T06:00
In terms of prices and price volatility, 2022 was an incredible year for agri commodities. The conflict in Ukraine, adverse weather conditions, and currencies impacted prices a lot. What will ha...
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Resilience in Food from 2022-10-20T05:00
Resilience is the buzzword in the food sector. Companies are very focused, in the short term, on preserving margins by shifting resources around and by being very aware of input costs and pricin...
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What’s Next – With Michael Every from 2022-09-08T05:00
Michael Every joined the Consumer Foods-to-Go podcast a couple of times before to discuss inflation and the impact of the war in Ukraine on the food sector. Due to popular demand, Cyrille Filott...
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Ocean and Road Freight Outlook – Some Rays of Sunshine from 2022-07-21T05:00
Prices for transportation – across land and sea alike – skyrocketed in the last couple of years due to a boom in demand during the pandemic and, more recently, disruptions from the war in Ukrain...
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Supply Chain Disruptions and Private Label – Dispatch From the PLMA Trade Show Floor from 2022-06-09T05:00
Manufacturers from around the globe gathered in Amsterdam at the end of May to showcase their products at the Private Label Manufacturers Association trade show. Sebast...
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A Conversation About Consumer Inflation from 2022-05-19T05:00
Maria Castroviejo and Cyrille Filott discuss how higher food prices impact the consumer right now and in the remainder of the year. They discuss what usually happens when disposable incomes shri...
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Growth in Foodservice Franchising Is To Be Found… in Europe! from 2022-04-21T05:00
During the pandemic, the branded chains were the ones taking share in foodservice. Most of these chains work with franchisees. These franchisees have become very professional over the years, and...
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Consumer Foods-to-Go Goes Expo West from 2022-03-24T06:00
Expo West is one of the largest food trade shows in the world, and after a two-year hiatus, it was back on the calendar in early March. The food industry went in droves to Anaheim, where the sho...
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What the War in Ukraine Means for Food from 2022-03-10T06:00
The Ukraine conflict is, and will remain, headline news. The Consumer Foods-to-Go podcast has two goals: to bring the audience something new or to discuss something top of mind. To state the obv...
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What's New With F&A Startups? (Featuring FoodBytes!) from 2022-02-24T06:00
Before the pandemic there was a lot of talk about startups and how they were disrupting the food & agribusiness sector. Since then, the focus in the sector has been on the impact of Covid-19 and...
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Foodservice Outlook 2022 from 2022-02-03T06:00
The foodservice sector has gone through some massive changes in the last few years. Obviously, Covid hit the sector hard. But also new ways of working, the use of technology, and much higher cos...
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Outlook 2022: What Do Food Investors Have on Their Mind? from 2022-01-13T06:00
It is always interesting to look at what is front of mind for investors in the food sector, in this case listed equities. Investors are important stakeholders for some food companies, and they m...
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Rabobank’s Outlook for Commodities in 2022 from 2021-12-09T06:00
2021 has been the year of inflation. Almost all line items of food companies' cost of goods sold increased substantially. The ingredients (the agri commodities) are a key component. As it is the...
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Labor in Food – Whatever Happened to the Heroes? from 2021-11-18T13:11:20
Labor shortages are all over the news right now. Many shelves are empty because, in many parts of the food & agribusiness supply chain, workers are missing. The same shortages are seen in foodse...
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The Consumer Foods-to-Go podcast reviews Anuga from 2021-10-21T05:00
RaboResearch went to Germany to attend Anuga, one of the largest food trade shows in the world. In this episode of the Consumer Foods-to-Go podcast, Maria Castroviejo, Cyrille Filott, and Marjol...
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Konbini – Lessons From Japanese Convenience Food from 2021-10-14T05:00
Consumer Foods-to-Go brings insights into the topics that should be top-of-mind for any food executive and the topics that should inspire us to think differently. This podcast falls int...
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Scope 3 in Scope from 2021-09-30T05:00
Climate change impacts business. Business impacts climate change. Many food companies are taking responsibility and setting targets to achieve lower emissions for their products in the near term...
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A Deep Dive Into the Current Logistical Challenges in Food from 2021-09-17T05:00
In this episode of Consumers Foods-to-Go, we put the food manufacturing plant in the middle and perform a deep dive into the logistical processes around it. There are two major streams: the good...
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Plant-Based Meat Substitutes: Is Asia the Next Frontier? from 2021-08-26T05:00
Consumer Foods-to-Go covered plant-based meat substitutes in two episodes in the last few years, but it's such an important topic in consumer foods nowadays that we believe we should do...
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Inflation! from 2021-06-24T05:00
Inflation is, or should be, at the top of any board room agenda. Developed markets have not seen much inflation in the last decade, but now it seems to be back. In this episode, host Cyrille Fil...
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Eco-Score: A, B, C, Easy as 1, 2, 3... Or Is It? from 2021-06-10T05:00
One-and-half years ago we released a Consumer Foods-to-Go podcast called Nutri-Score: A, B, C, Easy as 1, 2, 3... Or Is It? about a front-of-pack nutrition label. Now, some European ret...
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Working From Home After the Pandemic and the Impact on Food from 2021-04-29T05:00
Working from home or, better still, working from anywhere will not go away for office workers post-pandemic. Many companies have already announced that a hybrid way of working, with a split betw...
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What Can Restaurants Do With the Rise of Delivery? from 2021-04-08T07:57:14
Food delivery has taken a firm piece of the foodservice pie during the pandemic. When some sort of normality returns, a bit of those revenues might slip away. However, we expect delivery to rema...
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Consumer Foods-to-Go: What’s on the Menu? from 2021-03-25T06:00
The foodservice sector has obviously been hit by the pandemic, but it is time for the sector to look ahead. A lot of positive momentum is building across the globe, so it's time for Consumer Foo...
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What Has and Hasn’t Changed in Food – Rabobank's Clients' Views from 2021-03-11T06:00
Every year Nick Fereday sends out a survey asking a couple of simple questions to the readership of Talking Points. This year the questions were: “What has...
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Plant-Based Foods – A Banker’s View from 2021-02-25T06:00
Plant-based foods are top-of-mind for consumers and food companies alike. The market for plant-based products is not steady by any means — a lot of change and growth is ahead of us. In this epis...
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How E-Commerce Is Changing Fresh Food Shopping in China from 2021-02-04T06:00
During the pandemic, online purchases of fresh food really took off in China. While there are some similarities with how US and European consumers buy fresh food online, we notice some distinct ...
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Direct to Consumer – Are You Doing It All Wrong? from 2021-01-21T12:00
One of the key developments on the back of the current Covid-19 pandemic is the accelerated adoption of e-commerce. One part of e-commerce that has grown is direct-to-consumer e-commerce, in whi...
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Commodities in 2021… and the Impact on Food Companies from 2020-12-10T06:00
In this episode, Maria Castroviejo and Cyrille Filott discuss our 2021 global commodity outlook and the impact potential price changes (spoiler alert: they’re going up!) will have on the food se...
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Can Bars and Restaurants Recover by 2022? (featuring the Liquid Assets podcast) from 2020-11-30T09:00
This week we partnered with our sister podcast, Liquid Assets, to discuss how bars, restaurants, and manufacturers have survived Covid-19 thus far and how quickly they can recover (fingers cross...
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The Economics of Food Delivery from 2020-11-05T07:16:57
During the current pandemic, ordering food for consumption at home has taken off beyond anyone’s wildest dreams. However, the delivery platforms through which consumers order food (still) do not...
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Plastic Fantastic Revisited – Has the View Toward Plastic Changed? from 2020-10-15T05:00
In early 2019, we recorded a podcast on the role of plastic packaging in food with supply chains strategist Susan Hansen. Since then, the world has chan...
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Ghost Kitchens in India and Southeast Asia Explained from 2020-09-24T05:00
In the last few years, a lot of money has flowed into ghost kitchens across the globe. Interestingly, India and Southeast Asia have been leading the charge, with, for example, the number of ghos...
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Consumer Foods to Go: Unpacking the European Green Deal from 2020-09-10T05:00
In May, the European Green Deal’s ‘Farm to Fork Strategy’ was announced. Among other things, the deal in general strives for a climate-neutral Europe by 2050. The farm-to-fork part is much more ...
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Private Label: Past, Present, and Future – In Memory of PLMA President Brian Sharoff from 2020-07-23T05:00
At the end of May, news reached us that Brian Sharoff, president of the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA), had sadly passed away. Brian led the PLMA for almost 40 years – and as loy...
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Post-Corona Musings Part III: Nutrition from 2020-07-09T05:00
As loyal listeners to the podcast know, we have spent a lot of time thinking through what might change in food as a result of the corona crisis. The previous episode was dedicated to purpose-lea...
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Post-Corona Musings Part II: An Interview with Barilla on the Acceleration of Purpose in Food from 2020-06-25T05:00
We at Rabobank believe that we will see some profound changes in food in the post-Covid environment. One of them is that food companies may move (further) toward becoming purpose-led instead of ...
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The Future of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables after Covid-19: Coronavirus Update Part VI from 2020-06-11T05:00
Fresh fruits and vegetables were performing well in foodservice up until the Covid-19 crisis. However, the Covid-19 crisis and the subsequent closure of a lot of restaurants led to demand crashi...
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Coronavirus Update Part V - Back to Life, Lessons From China from 2020-05-28T05:00
Europe and the US are on the verge of ending lockdowns, and, in some cases, have done so already. For restaurants, this is an exciting time, but for food retail, perhaps less so. In China, lockd...
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Post-Coronavirus Musings Part I: Artificial Intelligence and Food from 2020-05-07T05:00
Artificial intelligence and food – a very interesting combination! In recent episodes of the Consumer Foods-to-Go podcast series, Maria Castroviejo and Cyrille Filott discussed the current impac...
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Coronavirus Update IV: Q&A with Cyrille&Maria from 2020-04-23T05:00
Recently Consumer Foods-to-Go host Cyrille Filott was part of a webinar organized by Rabobank’s start-up innovation platform FoodBytes! on the impact of Covid-19 on food. In this episode, Cyrill...
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Coronavirus Update III: Further Thoughts From Rabobank from 2020-04-09T05:00
Coronavirus Update II from 2020-03-26T06:00
Recording from their homes, Cyrille Filott and Maria Castroviejo update you on what they see happening in foodservice and food retail on the back of the coronavirus crisis. Maria and Cyrille tou...
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The Impact of the Coronavirus on Packaged Food and Foodservice in the Western Hemisphere from 2020-03-12T06:00
Everybody is talking about the coronavirus, and we at Rabobank have published a lot about its effect on Asian industries. The virus is now leading to disruptions in Europe (e.g. a lockdown in It...
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Beyond Healthy Food: Could Nutraceuticals Be a Solution? from 2020-02-27T06:00
Consumers are constantly looking for ways to improve their health, and food can certainly help with that. But many people are also looking for more convenient options, which we refer to as 'nutr...
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2019 – Full of Lessons... and Surprises! from 2020-02-13T06:00
Every year, Rabobank analyst Nick Fereday asks clients, stakeholders, and colleagues to name their single biggest food surprise of the previous year. For the first time, apart from sending out t...
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Rabobank’s Global Food Service Outlook for 2020 from 2020-01-30T06:00
In this episode of Consumer Foods-to-Go, host Cyrille Filott takes a close view of the outlook for global food service. Cyrille and analyst Maria Castroviejo discuss four key themes in food serv...
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The EAT-Lancet Report One Year Later from 2020-01-16T06:00
In January 2019, the EAT-Lancet report came out. Written by academics, this report described what should be done to achieve a healthier diet that is better for the environment. One of the main c...
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Nutri-Score: A, B, C, Easy as 1, 2, 3... Or Is It? from 2019-12-12T06:00
The new Nutri-Score food labelling system is being rolled out by various retailers and food producers over the next few years in Europe. Nutri-Score may help consumers make a healthier choice by...
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Rabobank’s Commodities Outlook for 2020 – What Does it Mean for Food Companies? from 2019-11-28T06:00
Rabobank has recently published its agri commodities outlook report, “Supply Slide Saves Grounded Demand”. In this edition of Consumer Foods to Go, Cyrille Filott is discussing the outl...
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Sustainable Food in Asia – A Different Reality from 2019-11-14T06:00
This Consumer Foods to Go episode comes from Shanghai, and is devoted to sustainability in F&A in Asia. Why? Because the views in that region are very different from what is the norm in the US a...
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License to Operate: Sustainability in Restaurants from 2019-10-31T06:00
Sustainability is a hot topic in packaged food, but also for restaurants. For restaurants, operating in a sustainable way has become the license to operate. In this podcast, Consumer Foods-to-Go...
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Contract Manufacturing: Explaining the Drivers Behind the Growth from 2019-10-17T05:00
Contract Manufacturing – the outsourcing of food production by brands – has been around in food for a while. And Rabobank believes that, in some markets – especially Europe – it will continue to...
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Tracking Snacking in Southeast Asia and India from 2019-10-03T05:00
In this episode, we're all about all things snacking! And snacking in a particular region: Southeast Asia and India. Consumer Foods-to-Go host Cyrille Filott and co-host Maartje van den Berg tak...
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Would You Like Fries With That? from 2019-09-19T05:00
In this episode, hosts Cyrille Filott and Maartje van den Berg discuss fries. And not only new QSR trends in fries (shake fries anyone?), but also the issues potato-growers are facing on the far...
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Innovation In Food Is a Must… but How? from 2019-09-05T05:00
Our beautiful podcast is back! Series 2, episode 1 is about innovation and start-ups in food. Food companies are struggling to find growth and to create value. In the last few years, big food ha...
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Food in Asia: Table for Two in the Convenience Store from 2019-07-11T05:00
Convenience is key in food. More and more consumers are having prepared meals, eating in restaurants, getting take-away or having food delivered to their home. This is a global trend, and in thi...
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Supertech Giants… and How to Successfully Work With Them from 2019-06-27T13:13:05
In recent years, online retailing has really taken off in China. And actually, it has grown beyond that – Alibaba and JD.com are no longer merely retailers. They ha...
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Plastic Fantastic? from 2019-06-13T08:21:37
The beautiful world of packaged food has a few issues it needs to deal with – and one of them is plastic packaging. Plastic packaging was introduced because it was (and is), among other things, ...
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LIVE at the PLMA – Innovation Everywhere from 2019-05-29T05:00
At the PLMA in Amsterdam, the world's largest private-label exhibition, Consumer Foods-to-Go host Cyrille Filott talked to a number of exhibitors to understand the current key themes in private ...
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Vegetable Oil – A Very Versatile Ingredient from 2019-05-16T05:00
Vegetable oil is seeing a fair bit of challenges. In fact, just mentioning palm oil will provide a wide range of responses. In this edition of Consumer Foods-to-Go, hosts Cyrille Filott and Maar...
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Especially for You – Personalized Nutrition: Hype or Here to Stay? from 2019-05-02T05:00
Personalized nutrition has been in the (food) news a lot in the last few years. Using the outcome of a DNA test, companies are providing advice and even meals to consumers, on a personal level. ...
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Cheers to E-Wine: How Consumer Food Companies Can Learn From Online Wine Sales from 2019-04-18T05:00
Wine is bulky and relatively expensive. And so it's ideal to sell online. But selling it this way is a little different than selling it conventionally – and we can learn a lot from other food & ...
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Fruit&Vegetables: Value Growth on the Side (of the Store) from 2019-04-04T05:00
Growth in supermarkets is currently taking place in the perimeter, away from the center aisle. And that’s exactly where fruit and vegetables are! This segment isn't necessarily growing a lot in ...
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Meat Alternatives: The Tide Is Lifting All Boats... but What Next? from 2019-03-13T06:00
Meat Alternatives – the one area everyone in the consumer foods sector, the beverages sector, and the animal protein sector are all focusing on. The key reason: the consumer is becoming aware th...
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Trends in Beer: Lessons for Consumer Foods Companies from 2019-03-07T06:00
The beer market was one of the first categories in food & beverages to be disrupted by start-ups and by craft brewers. The change started some 20 years or so ago and is still in full motion. Big...
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Alternative Sweeteners: An Opportunity for a Sweet Challenge in Consumer Foods from 2019-02-21T06:00
Sugar is frowned upon by many consumers... rightfully or wrongfully. Many food companies are looking to alternatives – and there are many out there. A whole range of alternative sweeteners is on...
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Bakery in Developed Markets – What Is Rising? from 2019-02-04T11:00
What should industrial bakeries focus on going forward? Industrial bakery has been a fast-growing sector, driven by convenience, by retail, and by food service channels and improving production ...
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Organic Processed Food Goes Mainstream from 2019-01-28T11:00
Why do European consumers buy increasing amounts of organic food? And how will this market develop further? In this episode of Consumer Foods-to-Go, Rabobank’s Global Strategist for Consumer Foo...
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The Next Phase for Private-Label Growth from 2019-01-21T10:42:38
Private-label's market share in European food is at about 33% – and it's expected to continue to grow to 40% over the next few years. But a lot of changes are taking place in the market, and thi...
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