Insights into the global food economy, restaurants and trends.
Edible packaging materials are currently making waves in the global food industry. Imagine eating a pack of chips and downing the wrapper right after. Such are the strange, but interesting plastic alternatives emerging in the food industry. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), roughly 40% of all manufactured plastic is used as packaging…
You have probably dined at a restaurant with AI-generated menus without even realising it. If your favorite restaurant changes its menu automatically using factors like demand, weather and customer behavior, you’ve had a firsthand encounter with smart menus. The hospitality industry caught the automation bug during the 2024-2025 AI-powered menu engineering boom. During this timeframe,…
It’s good news for Americans, thanks to tariff cut food imports the price of groceries is bound to crash. In a mid-November announcement, Donald Trump signalled a cut in the recent high food import tariffs. The announced food-industry price relief covers approximately 200 products. The list includes orange juice, bananas, coffee, beef, pineapples, oranges, coconuts,…
A mid-November announcement of Walmart CEO succession took the food industry by surprise. A report by AP News suggests that Doug McMillon, the CEO of the retail chain for 11 years, will step aside on January 31, 2026. His successor, John Furner, a Walmart insider currently leading the US arm of the business, will become…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amplified an Aldi taco kit recall on October 28, 2025. Teasdale Foods, Inc., made a similar announcement a few days before the FDA, about the presence of undeclared milk in a recent batch of its products. The product recall involves two branded food items sold at Aldi store…
