Eating and drinking just for the health of it. A cultural shift from a focus on heart health to the gut has begun.

Despite low unemployment and long after experts declared the Great Recession over, an uneven economic recovery and the growing bifurcation of wealth have shaped -- and altered -- how many consumers source their food and understand brands.

"What's for dinner?" We often use the example of an average consumer’s after-work trip to the grocery store — trying to figure out what to have for dinner that evening — as an analogy for what's likely driving the changing landscape for food procurement.

In today’s supercharged competitive landscape, it’s necessary for business leaders to think differently about their existing assets and how to evaluate the opportunities for premium product development in spaces that have seemed foreign.

Millennials may be the prized target of the moment for marketers, but Gen Z is not-so-silently waiting in the wings, poised to make their own mark and blaze their own trail in contemporary lifestyles and food culture.

The organic segment continues to be a bright spot within an otherwise slower performing overall food and beverage market.

The art of trendspotting is about identifying tiny real-world innovations that show the potential for scalable, behavioral use by real consumers.

As consumers change the way they eat and engage with food, there is an upside to leveraging premium benefits of specialty foods and beverages as pathways to increase household penetration.

Helping consumers overcome hurdles to cooking at home represent significant opportunities for food retailers, restaurants and CPG companies.

No matter how difficult it is to achieve such a meal, consumers still place a big emphasis on dinner.