No Comp-roe-mise: Asian Alt-Seafood Leader Swims Into Gen Z TikTok Trend with Cultivated Caviar

February 6, 2025 Anay Mridul, Green Queen

Singapore-based cellular agriculture pioneer Umami Bioworks has introduced its latest product, cultivated caviar, for high-end restaurants, retailers and consumers.

Startups Innovators Hot Sauces Bring the Heat

There’s nothing hotter than hot sauces in the U.S. food business. The main demographic pushing this trend also is the one coming into its own economically: Gen Z members and younger millennials, who tend to relish new sensations and tastes, global twists, and inexpensive ways to supplement traditional foods.

Malls are Using New Restaurants to Draw Consumers as Shopping Centers Reinvent Themselves

December 23, 2024 Amelia Lucas, CNBC

As malls devote more space to food and drinks, food courts have been supplemented by a newer, more upscale alternative: food halls.

Dole Targets New Generations of Organic Banana and Pineapple Shoppers During National Organic Month in September

September 9, 2024 Dole Plc

The produce leader is working with key national and regional retailers to launch a series of social and digital trade and consumer programs touting Dole’s 25 years of leadership growing organic produce and developing retail programs that communicate the health, sustainability and fair trade benefits of organic bananas and pineapples. The digital, social and PR program launches this week in honor of September’s National Organic Month and continues through mid-October.

Value vs. Price: How Brands Can Appeal to Gen Z and Baby Boomers

September 3, 2024 8451

Even when accounting for sample size (which might impact quarterly results), the long-term trend indicates that Gen Z prioritizes low prices and overall value when choosing where to shop for groceries. Great promotions/sales and store loyalty/rewards programs have been less of a driving factor, but both are on an upward trajectory as of early 2024.