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Food Marketing, Innovation and NPD
The reinvention of SodaStream
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
SodaStreamSince its financial dip in the 1990s, the SodaStream brand, once an icon of the 1980s suburban kitchen, has transformed itself to claim back its marketshare. The home fizzy drinks-making system that was hip in the 1970s and 1980s, is using its product's cost-saving and "eco-friendliness" qualities to make a global comeback, here and abroad.
 
The 2011 FoodBev.com Awards
Thursday, 16 February 2012

Food.BevThe winners (and finalists) of the FoodBev.com Awards 2011 have been announced .... they include some very interesting concepts from around the world that are worth investigating for those interested in product innovation in food, beverage, functional food and online and social media marketing.

 
UK: McCain cooks up potato-scented bus stop campaign
Tuesday, 14 February 2012

McCain's potatoMcCain Foods, the frozen food manufacturer, has embarked on an appropriately winter-warming outdoor campaign for its new baked potatoes - tempting UK consumers with the smell of baked potatoes at ten bus stops around the country as part of its £1.4m push for Ready Made Jackets.

 
Taking on Red Bull and becoming a billion dollar brand
Friday, 10 February 2012

Rockstar Energy DrinkThe energy drink world has long been dominated by Red Bull, with Monster forever lingering in second place. But there's another caffeine-packed beverage that's rising to the top tier: Rockstar.

 
UK: Tesco to trial new packaging aimed at fresh produce waste reduction
Thursday, 09 February 2012

AvocadoTesco has become the latest of the big chain grocery stores to try out new packaging that it hopes will keep its fresh lines fresh. The trials will begin with packaging for tomatoes and avocados as these are known to be the lines most wasted throughout the country.

 
Top fresh produce innovation from Fruit Logistica 2012
Thursday, 09 February 2012

Fruit Logistica, the global trade show for fresh produce held annually in Berlin, is underway. The FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Awards attract worldwide media interest and are presented to honour outstanding innovations in the fresh produce sector and its service industries. Expo visitors vote for the winners out of the following finalists, and they will be announced on Friday, 10 February 2012. Here are the top ten nominees...

 
Food-beer ads voted tops in Super Bowl Sunday 2012 ad fest
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Super Bowl Doritos adTwo American football teams are not the only focus of Super Bowl Sunday in the US of A in early February. As eagerly anticipated are the Super Bowl's famous commercial breaks - going at up to $3,5 million for a 30 second slot to an audience of more than 111 million fans this year, advertising is now centre-field before the game, during the broadcast and for several days after the winning team lifts the trophy. In an on-line Ad Meter poll, a Doritos' ad, devised by a member of the public in a Frito-Lay competition with a $1-million prize, garnered the most votes.
 
Creating new foods - a FREE e-guide to NPD
Tuesday, 07 February 2012

NPDCreating New Foods: The Product Developer's Guide – the Web Edition, is a FREE web-based e-book that will be of value to all involved in any aspect of new product development. This is an initiative of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science & Technology (NZIFST). [This was published on FOODStuff SA in 2009, but with constant interest in NPD and innovation, it's worth bringing this valuable resource to attention again. Ed]

 
Opening the way to 'drinks you can chew'
Thursday, 02 February 2012

drinksplusIt’s a drink you can chew, a carton crammed with bits of vegetables, fruit, coconut flakes, nuts or cereal grains. Sound possible? It is now with drinksplus technology, one of the latest innovations from Swiss-based SIG Combibloc, one of the world’s leading suppliers of aseptic food-bev processing and packaging machinery, that's enjoying success in parts of the developing world and which it is now looking to expand into mature markets. 

 
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