Foodservice
Americas: RPC companies create DIY cocktail shaker
Two RPC sites are producing a shaker pack that allows consumers to produce the perfect cocktail in the home.
Funkin Cocktails supplies its all-natural syrups,...
World: RTD tea is evolving, states report
India currently vies with China as the world’s biggest packaged tea for household consumption market.
From Mintel's estimates, India consumed a total retail volume...
Americas: Foodservice facility installs automation system for on-demand orders
Material handling automation systems and software company viastore has installed an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) for Gordon Food Service (GFS) at its...
Americas: Gender drinking patterns becoming more alike in the US
The longstanding differences between men and women in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms might be narrowing in the US, find scientists at the National...
Asia Pacific: More Chinese consumers eat out in the morning, Mintel
About 66% of urban Chinese consumers eat breakfast at home at least two to three times a week, down 11% compared with 2013 (77%)....
Asia Pacific: Crown Holdings creates limited edition beer can
Crown Holdings has partnered with Guinness to develop limited edition packaging for its Foreign Extra Stout brand that commemorates the company’s nearly 150 year...
Americas/Asia Pacific: General Mills closes, sells facilities
General Mills has made a tentative decision to close its manufacturing facility in Vineland, New Jersey, and transfer production to other US facilities to...
Americas: Consumers have dinner together as a tradition
US consumers ate nearly 100 billion dinner meals in 2017 with the vast majority of those meals being shared with others in the home,...
Americas: Plant-based foods on the rise, report
Eight in 10 US survey respondents have changed their or their family’s diet to try to be healthier, with over 39% of them have...
Americas: Spotlight on personalized nutrition in 2017
When a giant food company invests US$32 million in a start-up focusing on personalized nutrition – as Campbell’s recently has – 'personalization' has reached...