consumer trends
Beverage Trends Shaping the Year Ahead
In an exclusive article for T&CTJ, Siân Edwards, director of strategy and insights at Finlays, outlines the leading beverage trends for 2025.
Not Your Mother’s Cuppa: Expanding the Opportunities in Tea
There are new opportunities to grow the global tea market by moving past the ‘tea is good for you’ message and exploring new styles, formats, occasions, and tapping into younger generations preference for ‘flavour forward’ offerings. By Anne-Marie Hardie
TrueStart Coffee further expands distribution with Morrisons launch
TrueStart is set to launch in Morrisons stores nationwide on 3rd March; marking the brand’s second major grocery listing this year.
The UK branded coffee shop market continues to rebound
Despite continuing economic pressures and higher operational costs, the UK branded coffee shop market is thriving, showing growth in foot traffic, sales, and store openings. Many store operators are offering value items to attract price-conscious consumers.
From Coffee Enthusiasts to Leading Private Label Roaster
As it celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, private label roaster Lincoln & York shares insights about its business philosophy, its commitment to innovation, and the importance of evolving and adapting to remain successful amid the constantly changing coffee culture in the UK. By Vladislav Vorotnikov
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Expansion, Sustainability
It may be a new year, but the top consumer trends haven’t changed
Euromonitor International has revealed the top global consumer trends for 2025 and quality, health and wellness, convenience, and price are the main factors influencing purchase decisions across all trends. Furthermore, habits to relieve financial strain have become embedded into consumption.
The best cities in the UK for coffee enthusiasts
Once a nation of tea drinkers, coffee consumption in the UK is rapidly growing. A new study from Coffeeness ranks the best cities throughout the UK for coffee lovers.
Away-from-home F&B sales are growing as consumers ‘treat’ themselves
Rising food costs and inflation is not hindering away-from-home consumption—quite the opposite in fact as foodservice and drinking places are recapturing shares of food sales.
Brands: beware of the new class of private label products
The most unique, trendy item on the shelf may not be from a national/multinational brand, it is likely a store brand. Today’s store brands/private label brands are not the ‘cheaper knock offs’ from years ago, they are innovative, on trend and hitting shelves faster than many national/multinational-branded products.
Foodservice is an ‘under tapped’ market for tea
The future of away-from-home tea consumption is bright, particularly in the foodservice channel.
Ceremonial to TikTok Trending: The Evolution of Matcha
Steeped in centuries of traditions and rituals and once considered a drink only for the Japanese elite, matcha has since become a mainstream consumer product, both in its origin country of Japan and further afield to the US and UK. By Kathryn Brand
The impact of ‘digital tastemakers’ on F&B products
A new survey from Packaged Facts reports that food brands cannot ignore ‘digital tastemakers’ (aka influencers) in the innovation process.
New year, new consumer trends revealed
Happy New Year! We have turned the calendar page to January and what a better way to start the new year than to examine five key trends that are projected to impact how brands source ingredients and work to have a larger impact on people and the planet in 2022.
Consumers show resiliency and adaptability
Euromonitor International’s “Top 10 Global Consumers Trends in 2021” reflect how consumer behaviour has been forever changed as a result of Covid-19.