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 …
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Generational divides – how significant are they?
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 …
Brexit and the food industry
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 …
Has Brussels destroyed the creativity of our chefs?
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 …
FreeFrom Food Awards Day 7 – Foods to go and ‘bars’…..
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 …