58% of Gen Z Queue 30+ Minutes for Food
58% of Gen. Z said they waited in line for 30 minutes or more to eat a specific food or at a specific restaurant last year Source: @newconsumer and Coefficient Capital survey, conducted by @TolunaCorporate (Nov. 2025) https://t.co/KIef7dhGOS
European Fast‑Food Trends Accelerating Into U.S. Menus
I've noticed a lot of new and unique innovation on #fastfood menus lately as I've traveled to Europe. Our @Technomic latest data suggests that more of these trends are working their way from Europe to the US than in the...
Corn Leads Export Inspections, Soybeans Far Behind
Export inspections for the week ending May 21 (mln bu): #corn 62.3, grain sorghum .1, #soybeans 21.0, #wheat 13.5 #oatt
Potassium Bromate Banned: Cleaner Foods Boost Your Energy
Potassium bromate is finally out of the food supply. Cleaner ingredients mean less biological stress, better energy, and fewer hidden toxins slowing you down. Your body performs better when your food stops working against you. For decades, Americans have unknowingly consumed...
Metal Branding Beats Expensive Meta
Liquid Death went from $3M to $333M in revenue in under 5 years by branding water like a metal band — and locking in a Live Nation deal that puts cans at 120+ music festivals. Meanwhile you're paying $30 CPMs to...
China Boosts Wheat Imports as Pork Imports Plunge
🇨🇳China's grain imports in the first four months of 2026 were up from the same period last year, especially in wheat. Meanwhile, pork imports fell 30% amid strong domestic output. Soybean imports were up 8% year-on-year but below the period's 5-year...
XPlanar System Transforms Food Processing Plant Handling
XPlanar System Revolutionizes Food Product Handling in Processing Plants by @lukas_m_ziegler #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #Innovation #FoodTech https://t.co/JbKqdsOyZc
McDonald’s Shanghai Introduces Humanoid Robots for Service
McDonald’s in Shanghai Deploys Humanoid #Robots to Serve Customers by @CyberRobooo #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML https://t.co/pDieBMd45l
Coke Mirrors Tobacco Tactics, Concealing Soda’s Health Risks
'Like the tobacco companies, Coke has spent millions spinning science to hide soda's health costs from the public and downplay the risks of sugar.' https://www.businessinsider.com/coca-cola-misled-america-about-soda-science-sweet-deadly-book-2025-3
China Renews US Beef Export Licenses, Paving Trade Boost
First concrete signal of what might be in the coming trade deal... China has just renewed export licenses for hundreds of US beef plants. They've lapsed over the past year or so and China hasn't renewed them until now. It's...
Spaghetti Bolognese Leads Growth, Tomatoes Surge 15%
Spaghetti bolognese is outperforming Pasta up 1.3% Uncooked ground beef up 2.7% Tomatoes up 15.1%
Food Prices Spike Again, Vegetable Oil Leads Surge
The FAO Food Price Index rose for a third straight month in April, hitting its highest level since Feb 2023. Vegetable oil prices led the surge, rising 5.9% MoM. THE US-ISRAELI WAR'S COLLATERAL DAMAGE IS MASSIVE. https://t.co/Z5NCEspTDb
Brands Reformulate to Remove Cancer‑causing Ingredients for EU/US Markets
She’d be correct. Some brands have been reformulated due to cancer causing ingredients preventing importing/selling in EU/US.
Give GMs Front‑of‑House Autonomy for Restaurant Success
This makes a lot of sense. One of the underappreciated reasons for Chilis success is the autonomy and "ownership" that the GM is given to run the operation. Putting the GM back in the front of house where he/she can...
Trump to Slash Beef Tariffs to Curb Meat Prices
US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to, in effect, lower tariffs on foreign beef imports as the White House struggles to reduce meat prices.