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Random thoughts on freefrom and millennials

15/09/2017 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

The annual FDIN FreeFrom seminar took place last week, focusing very much on the future both in terms of those millennial and Generation Z shoppers and the export markets that we believe should be in the sights of all freefrom manufacturers. All the presentations (which were …

Category: Alcohol, Allergies, Coeliac/celiac disease, Dairy-free, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, NutritionTag: 'Lifestylers' main consumers of 'freefrom' food, 1 in 10 shoppers want to try gluten-free beer, FDIN, FDIN and millennials, FDIN freefrom seminars, FreeFrom in Middle East a fashion choice, Kantar World Panel at the FDIN, Now 216 gluten-free beers available

Generational divides – how significant are they?

04/06/2017 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  5 Comments

Marketing people and all of those 'innovation agencies' get very exercised these days about 'generations' – the Baby Boomers, Gen X, the Millennials..... What they believe, what they care about, how they behave and, crucially, what they buy. But is this just hype or does when you …

Category: Big Business, Blogging/social media, Environmental Issues, Food, FreeFrom FoodTag: behaviour of the cohort at any lifestage, FDIN, FDIN FreeFrom Food seminar - FreeFrom Food for the Future, FDIN Millennials seminar, Generation Z and food, Millennial food shopping habits, Millennials are digital natives, Millennials attitude to food, Millennials value experience over possession, One third of millennials do not drink alcohol

Brexit and the food industry

13/10/2016 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

The Food and Drink Innovation Network are usually pretty topical with their seminars but they excelled themselves this week. On Tuesday, not only did they have a regulatory lawyer explaining exactly what the High Court action which launched this morning could mean, but we had the …

Category: Big Business, Environmental Issues, Food/Health Policy, Politics, UncategorizedTag: 1.7 million foreigners currently working in the food service industry, Brian Kelly of Covington, British shoppers addicted to cheap food, City University's Centre for Food Policy, falling nutrient content of UK soils, FDIN, FDIN Brexit seminar, Food & Drink Federation views on Brexit, loss of biodiversity world wide, Over 30% of European carbon emissions come from the food industry, Royal prerogative re Brexit, Tim Lang Professor of Food Policy, Visegrad Group, Water stress in the UK

Has Brussels destroyed the creativity of our chefs?

14/12/2015 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  2 Comments

Well, here we are – a year on from the imposition of Brussel's draconian allergen regulations on the catering industry.... Yet, have we seen mass closures of restaurants – or lemming-like swarms of suicidal chefs, their ‘spontaneity, creativity and innovation’ destroyed, racing …

Category: Allergies, Coeliac/celiac disease, Cooking/kitchen equipment, Dairy-free, FreeFrom Awards, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, Peanut allergyTag: 14 major allergens, allergen free dining, allergen-free catering exciting, allergy awareness in food service, Chef dominic teague, FDIN, Food Information Regulations 2015, FreeFrom Eating Out Awards, gluten free dining, Horizons - food service, hospitality & Catering News, Indigo at One Aldwych, Mark Kennett at oscar & Bentleys, opportunities in food service opening up, Oscar and Bentleys, Sue's coeliac diary

FreeFrom Food Awards Day 7 – Foods to go and ‘bars’…..

07/02/2015 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

Foods-to-go and 'Bars' – our very 2015 categories – reflecting the current focus throughout the food industry on 'food to go' - food that you can carry in your pocket/backpack/handbag and eat on the run on your way to the office or on the school run in the morning, as you dash …

Category: Allergies, Coeliac/celiac disease, Dairy-free, Food, FreeFrom Awards, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, Peanut allergyTag: FDIN, Food and Drink Innovation Network, Free from Food awards 'Bars' category, FreeFrom Food Awards, FreeFrom Food awards Foods to go, FreeFrom Food to go, Holland and Barrett, Holland and Barrett last minute sponsors for 'Bar' category

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