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2022 PREDICTIONS | FOOD & BEVERAGE TRENDS

Five Trends Driving the Specialty Food Industry in 2022

Comfort is Key: Consumers stay with comforting specialty foods, drinks say SFA’s Trendspotter Panel.
December 23, 2021
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Heading into the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, specialty comfort foods and beverages is an overriding theme. Here are SFA's 2022 Trendspotter Panel Trend Predictions.
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Six Trends Expected to Impact Foodservice in 2022

Mondelēz International identifies developments set to shape foodservice in the coming year
December 22, 2021
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When the pandemic emerged in early 2020, the entire foodservice industry faced fast and unexpected change. Across segments, operators were forced to rapidly adjust operations—initially to stay afloat and then ultimately succeed long term in this new industry environment. Some of those quick-adapts will continue to shape foodservice as we head into 2022.


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Restaurants Discover New Regional, Global Takes on Chicken Soup

Classic Comfort, 2.0: As plant-based options continue to soar, soup provides ways to incorporate more vegetables and meat alternatives
Emily Murawski
August 17, 2021
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Data suggest restaurant menus can showcase new regional and global takes on chicken soup. This will give consumers new ways to enjoy an old favorite. As plant-based options continue to take off, soup provides both easy and innovative ways to incorporate more vegetables and meat alternatives.
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Comfort with a Twist

It's time to rethink and perhaps reshuffle the attributes that make products craveable
Maeve Webster
October 6, 2020
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The idea behind comfort with a twist—taking something incredibly familiar or commonplace and creating a new, unexpected experience with it—is a solid one. This is particularly true now as consumers have, for the most part, retrenched to comfortable items that require little thought and less challenge to make, source and enjoy.
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Consumers Will Crave More Comfort and 'Control' with Food and Beverage Choices

Meeting the New Consumer: Making educated guesses related to how the current COVID-19 crisis will shift consumers' demands and needs
Maeve Webster
July 14, 2020
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It's difficult to say exactly what the new consumer will look like before the lockdowns nationwide are totally lifted. Even so, we can make at least two assumptions related to how the current crisis will shift consumers' demands and needs in regard to foods and beverages.
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Wet and Dry: A Barbecue Story

The American love affair with barbecue is still on fire
Matt Jost
May 18, 2018
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Barbecue is the great American religion and each region prays in its own way. And the hymns of flavor are represented in the dry rubs and the wet rubs, the marinades before the fire, and the sloppy, saucy slatherings applied after.
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