Emerging Food Markets

Kroger’s Simple Truth® Brand Expands

Kroger’s Simple Truth® Brand Expands

New products will be introduced in Kroger's Simple Truth brand line in 2018 that meet consumer trends. These products fall into the beverage, snacking and non-animal category, and include Simple Truth Organic® sports drinks, Simple Truth Organic sparkling coconut...

Emerging Consumer Food Trends

Emerging Consumer Food Trends

The Clean Label movement is not new in that for decades consumers have taken a growing interest in what should and shouldn’t be in their food. However, consumers themselves have changed as they have become more informed on health, environmental and social issues....

Driving Value via Clean Labeling Presentation

Driving Value via Clean Labeling Presentation

Driving value in developed markets is becoming increasingly difficult, and innovating to accommodate evolving consumer preferences has become of paramount importance for food industry players. Many strands have grown from the ever-expanding consumer wish-list,...

Organic and Non-GMO Markets Presentation

Organic and Non-GMO Markets Presentation

"Organic and Non-GMO Markets" was presented at the 2016 Clean Label Conference, by Scott Shander, MSc, Economist, Mercaris. Abstract: Interest in non-GMO and organic foods by consumers and marketers grows steadily. The OTA reports US sales of organic products reached...

Clean Labels: Implications & Strategies

Clean Labels: Implications & Strategies

April 1, 2014 - Clean labels may be “tipping to the mainstream;” so predicted Leslie Skarra, CEO, at Merlin Development, Inc. The trend in the U.S. is small, but growing and “snowballing” in the UK and Europe. Baby Boomers have been driving  the expansion with...

Clean Labels, Global Consumers & Food Manufacturers

Clean Labels, Global Consumers & Food Manufacturers

Processed and formulated food products that seem unprocessed and unformulated are of interest to both consumers and manufacturers around the globe, thus providing the link between clean labels, global consumers & food manufacturers. Many discussions of the clean...

China’s Grocery Market Overtakes U.S.’s

China’s Grocery Market Overtakes U.S.’s

According to IGD, a UK-based food and grocery research group, at the end of 2011, the Chinese grocery market was worth £ 607 billion (about US$ 940 billion), but now overtakes the U.S. Market at £ 572 billion (about US$ 886 billion). Between 2011 and 2015, the US...