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What Summer 2025 Consumers Really Want
This summer isn’t just hot (like, really hot) — it’s giving interesting clues for what’s next in food and beverage. In this episode, we break down the top trends from ...

Top 5 Trends and Takeaways from IFT FIRST
Did you miss this year's IFT FIRST and the zillions of snack samples on the floor? We’ve got you covered (well, except for the samples). Tastewise was on the ground at...

The Top 5 Trends and Takeaways from the National Restaurant Association Show
Couldn’t make it to Chicago — or still processing everything you saw on the show floor? Join Lee and Miriam from the Tastewise team for a fast-paced, insight-packed re...

Pricing under Pressure: Staying Competitive during Inflation with AI
Inflation continues to reshape the food and beverage industry—but not all cost increases are created equal. Some are real, driven by supply chain constraints, while ot...

2025 Food Tariffs – How to Protect Margins & Win Market Share
The 2025 food tariffs are here, and they’re already shaking up pricing, sourcing, and competition across the food industry. With costs rising on key ingredients, priva...

Flavor Chase: The Trends We're Watching in 2025
In this episode, we’re sharing insights from our 2025 Trend Report, where we break down the key shifts in consumer behavior, ingredient innovation, and market dynamics...

Smart Flavors: How B2B ingredient providers can leverage AI for success with Peter Losee, Bluegrass Ingredients
How are ingredient innovations shaping the future of food? In this episode, Lee talks with Peter Losee, VP Marketing at Bluegrass Ingredients, about the latest advance...

2025 Vision: Top Foodservice Trends Shaping Away-from-Home with Sam Newman and Miriam Aniel Oved
What’s next for foodservice? Our 2025 foodservice predictions episode is here! In this episode, Miriam sits down with Sam Newman, Tastewise’s Director of Strategic Acc...

How Butterball Uses AI to Drive Growth: Insights from Steve Canale, SVP Butterball
What role does AI play in driving growth for food brands? In this episode, Steve Canale, SVP at Butterball, shares how the company uses artificial intelligence to unde...

Insights Unbottled: The New Brand Manager Playbook with Nitzan Aviv
How is AI changing the way brand managers work? In this episode, we sit down with Nitzan Aviv, former Coca-Cola brand manager, to explore how artificial intelligence i...

Foodservice Trends in 2024 (UK, US, and Australia)
In today’s episode, I’m joined by Tastewise’s head of Content, Wesley Allan to discuss Foodservice trends we’ve been tracking in 2024 across the US, UK and Australia....

Plant-Powered Brand Loyalty with Shingly Lee
In today’s episode, we’re joined by plant-based marketing guru, Shingly Lee to discuss marketing strategies to help brands stand out from the crowded plant-based pack ...

Understanding Generative AI with Pete Huang
In today’s episode, we’re joined by gen AI expert and Co-Founder of The Neuron, Pete Huang, to discuss one of the most buzzy topics of the year - generative AI! Pete w...

From Strategy to Sip: How Pepsi turns Insights into Action
In this webinar, Lee (TW) speaks with Jessica Yankell and Olivia Kiraly, members of the Insights and Strategy team of PBNA (PepsiCo Beverages Noth America), about how ...

Tastewise's Trend Predictions for 2024
In this episode, we unveil Tastewise’s top 8 trend predictions for 2024. Our predictions go beyond the mainstream macro drivers and uncover off-the-beaten-path trend m...

What 2023's top food trends mean for 2024?
In this episode, we’re taking a retrospective look at the top consumer trends that dominated the food and beverage scene in 2023. Are these trends here to stay; or wil...

What to consider when budgeting for AI in 2024
In this episode, we’re joined by Jacques Botbol, CMO of Tastewise, to discuss how to evaluate AI vendors in 2024. As AI continues to transform industries, it’s more im...

Optimizing Client Connections With AI in Foodservice
This week's episode, cohosted with IFMA in our foodservice + AI series, is all about using AI to build strategic client relationships. How can AI empower foodservice p...

Navigating the phone-to-table era: AI-powered insights for foodservice
Foodservice marketing professionals and leaders of the quick-service space, this one's for you: our latest session with IFMA, the International Foodservice Manufacture...

Quarterly recap: What's been going on at recent trade shows and conferences?
The end of Q2 and the start of Q3 was a busy time for food & bev conferences in the US. Did you feel like you missed out on a few?Our team was on the ground at this ye...
