27 Jul Yebo Fresh township food delivery service is booming
Yebo Fresh, a tech-driven food delivery company catering exclusively to Cape Town townships, has expanded rapidly under lockdown.
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15 Jul Plant-based foods lead ethical purchase decisions
Many consumers are concerned about the environmental and ethical issues impacting on today’s world. A new report from Innova Market Insights analyses how these issues rank in importance for people.
15 Jul Nielsen investigates ‘The new shopper normal’
A new Nielsen study, ‘The New Shopper Normal’, conducted at the end of May 2020 analyses how the mindsets and behaviour of South African shoppers have evolved during the nationwide lockdown.
14 Jul Five important food and beverage industry trends to watch
According to the US Department of Agriculture, 21,435 new food products are released every year. Many of these new products are variations on existing foods. For example, a new flavour of Doritos technically counts as a “new product.”
14 Jul Real Foods’ impressive adaptation to Covid era
Real Foods Group, which lists 160 Kauai stores and other food brands in its portfolio, has pivoted during lockdown to adapt to changing customer needs and safety requirements, and position itself for growth post-Covid.
14 Jul Coming soon to a 3D printer near you: plant-based steaks
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Israeli start-up, Redefine Meat, plans to launch 3D printers to produce plant-based steaks mimicking real beef in a bid for a slice of the fast-growing alternative meat market.
14 Jul The brave Khayelitsha Cookies’ story
Imagine you’re a food manufacturer who wants to get their products on the supermarket shelves. Here's a story of people who did just that. Meet Adri Williams who is part of empowering the workers at Khayelitsha Cookies, one bite at a time.
13 Jul Customer complaints – not so nice, are they?
If you had to ask any food safety manager, “what part of your job do you dislike the most?” most will say “customer complaints”. Here's some great advice from Entecom on how best to handle and manage these in your food business.
27 Jun Mondelēz International appoints new African and SA bosses
Snack giant, Mondelēz International, has made new appointments to top positions on the African continent and South Africa; one an insider, one an outsider.
23 Jun 2020’s top packaging trend: successfully communicating sustainability
Successfully communicating sustainability credentials to consumers is key to developments in food and drinks packaging - and adjudged by Innova Market Insights as its top packaging trend in 2020.
22 Jun How Starbucks is evolving – and COVID-19 is only part of it
As COVID-19 began to crest in mid-March, Starbucks’s stock plummeted alongside the rest of the market. After all, Starbucks has 15,000 stores in the US and another 4,000 stores in China alone, and it closed cafes across both countries. How could it survive with the world under quarantine?
22 Jun Bringing Oryx Kalahari salt to SA’s tables
Salt may be our most underrated seasoning, but entrepreneur Samantha Skyring has found a local renewable source loved by chefs and consumers alike. Oryx Salt's journey to restaurant tables and supermarket shelves has been full of salty and sweet moments.
22 Jun Why one-size-fits-all diets don’t work – new study
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed health to the forefront of many people’s minds. Prof Tim Spector of King’s College London reports on first outcomes of a fascinating nutritional study that's searching for new answers to correlations between diet and health.
12 Jun How Covid-19 brought the future forward (Part One)
COVID-19 is having a profound impact on the global economy and consumer markets. Mintel examines the big shifts in behaviour that have taken place thus far, the changes it expects will persist, and predictions for the future.
12 Jun Diet and exercise reverses diabetes in 61% of patients, new trial reports
T2 diabetes is generally viewed as a chronic, incurable disease that only deteriorates - a position now widely refuted by many medical and dietary experts, and confirmed by this new clinical trial.
10 Jun Future trends: what’s beyond organic?
Long-running organic food studies by The Hartman Group have detected a broadening of thinking about sustainable agriculture — looking for cues in farming and production that go beyond organic.
09 Jun 2019’s IRI Pacesetters: insights into America’s top-selling new foodbev products
Recently released, IRI's New Product Pacesetters 2019 report puts the spotlight on NPD and innovations that resonated with US consumers before today's "new normal".
09 Jun New CRISPR method: edited crops but not GMOs
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a new version of CRISPR that lets scientists edit crops without introducing new DNA, meaning they technically aren’t GMOs.
09 Jun New method to gauge ripeness of avos
As most fans of the leathery fruit can attest, telling when an avocado is of perfect ripeness can be a guessing game, but a new testing technique could eliminate the margin for error.
05 Jun Preparing for the next normal – ‘Don’t Damage Me’
The coronavirus pandemic is swiftly changing our behaviours and concerns - UK trend analysts, The Food People, unravel what they see as an over-arching consumer issue: 'Don't Damage Me...'