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  Source: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts 01.30.2024 By  Brian Amick This Valentine’s Day, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is providing guests with four all-new heart-shaped doughnuts in a custom “Dough-Notes” dozens box that can be personalized. Available now through Valentine’s Day, Krispy Kreme’s new collection is perfect for sharing love with family, friends, co-workers, neighbors or anyone special in your life. New doughnut flavors include: You Color My World – Heart-shaped doughnut filled with cake batter Kreme filling, dipped in red colored icing and rainbow heart blended sprinkles I Love You A Choco-Lot – Heart-shaped doughnut filled with chocolate Kreme filling, dipped in chocolate icing and piped with a rose You’re Berry Sweet – Heart-shaped doughnut filled with white Kreme filling, dipped in strawberry icing and sprinkles Without You I’d Crumble – Heart-shaped doughnut filled with cookie dough Kreme filling, dipped in chocolate icing and chocolate chip cookie crumble The Dough-Notes dozens bo

 

 Namnews,  29th January 2024 Nisa has highlighted the growth potential of its forecourt convenience estate after experiencing its strongest year of recruitment since 2018. Speaking to trade magazine The Grocer, the symbol group’s Managing Director Peter Batt revealed that it had recruited 118 forecourt stores in 2023, expanding its reach to 410 sites overall. He noted that Nisa was looking at ways to grow its forecourt proposition, including adding electric vehicle charging facilities, seating areas, and an improved food-to-go offering. Batt said: “We’re looking to understand the petrol market forecourt market and what consumers are looking for. Our insight tells that growth at fuel sites is potentially higher than in a core convenience store, so we really believe that forecourts are a great opportunity for us.” He told The Grocer that shop sales at forecourt sites had risen by 35% in the past five years. “Consumers will always need to fill up or charge up their car, and we can bolster

 Source: Kerry.com Our review of consumer trends pinpoints the taste trends – and ingredients – making waves in the coming year Flavour trends are deeply rooted in changing consumer priorities – and pinpointing them is essential to creating winning food and beverage launches. Our insights team set out to define the taste trends that will shape the food and beverage industry this year by immersing themselves in foodservice, retail and world events overall. Through our research – which included analysing new product launches and consumer research – we identified the seven macro trends most influencing today’s consumers, including the want for adventure and novelty and well as health and wellness.  Then we looked at the 2024 food and beverage landscape through the lens of these macro trends and distilled the five most influential taste trends for the year. We predict the below themes will have the greatest impact on consumers’ taste choices – and will be the most important for brands look

 

  1. Inflation should slow down 💷   We were all affected by rising prices last year and even though inflation is slowing down, people are still worried about money.   Confidence has improved somewhat as shoppers are getting used to higher prices, but a quarter of UK households are struggling, and according to an IGD survey 67% of shoppers believe that food prices will continue to go up this year.   Even though we're spending more on groceries (spend is up 6.4%), we're actually buying less with volumes down by 3.4%. Volume declines affected 80% of product categories in 2023.   90% of us actively look for ways to save on groceries, from seeking out promotions to cutting waste and comparing prices at different stores, we're doing what it takes.     The hope is that commodity prices and therefore inflation will calm down in 2024, but there's still some uncertainty with unpredictable weather affecting raw material

Namnews, 26th January 2024 Morrisons is reported to be in talks to enter the grocery market in Northern Ireland via its joint-branded store concept. According to trade magazine The Grocer, the supermarket group has had discussions with independent retailer Tom McAvoy about becoming a ‘Together with Morrisons’ partner. The concept is already  used by three independent retailers  in Britain. McAvoy owns a 16,000 sq. ft Nisa Extra store in Rathfriland, a market town in County Down. Despite being contracted with Nisa, he started stocking products from Morrisons about three years ago, and the supermarket is now his biggest supplier. McAvoy told The Grocer that he currently organised the logistics with third parties to collect the stock from Morrisons depots and then back to his store. Morrisons is said to be working on a “more sustainable solution”. The products currently only span ambient and frozen due to the complex trading rules with moving fresh goods from Britain to Northern Ireland.

  Ingredients Are a Defining Choice Factor  The number one trend – Ingredients: Taking the Spotlight – demonstrates how consumer trends, attitudes, and behaviors toward specific food ingredients and other issues call attention to a product’s key elements. One example of ingredient trends reveals that the most important elements are healthy ingredients. Sustainability also is a key area of consumer interest so sustainable ingredients may take the spotlight. Sometimes ingredient trends are highlighted because they are local, natural, or produced responsibly.  Nutritional Ingredients Are in the Spotlight  Current ingredient trends indicate that nutritional ingredients are in the spotlight.  Consumer trends  show that nutritional value and balanced nutrition, along with naturalness, are among the most important aspects when it comes to ingredients in healthy food and beverages. New ingredient trends reveal the average consumer also is interested in the macronutrient ingredients, such as pr

Sweet-blends, spices and more, savory flavors continue to innovate across food and drink segments. Below is our round up of 5 Trends to Watch in Savory for 2024. Check out our 5 Trends to Watch in 2024 featuring Savory:      1. Discovering Umami. One of the five basic tastes, umami is described as savory and is characteristic of broths and cooked meats. This year, expect to see dishes that include umami-rich ingredients like miso, seaweed, mushrooms and fermented soy products. These umami booster ingredients will be used to elevate sauces, broths and seasonings.      2. Bold Flavors. In 2024, bold and smoky flavors will be trending. The sweet and spicy flavor profile will be elevated this year with combinations like sweet and bitter, sour and umami, and spicy and sour, but bold flavor will remain the key focus for consumers.       3. Savory Adventures. African spices like tangy berbere, chakalaka and iru, fermented locust beans, to take center stage. Korean cuisine will continue to mov