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Welsh Food and Drink Insight Conference ‘New Trends for Renewed Growth’

Innovation conference

9-11 March 2021

The Food & Drink Insight Programme and Food Innovation Wales bring you an exciting three-day conference of insight events. As well as revealing the latest market data and trend predictions from leading data insight providers, each bite-size session will focus on a key area with expert speakers and panels to answer your questions.

 

Retail Insight – Tuesday 9th March 10:00-11:30

  • The latest retail performance and trends – Cathy Capelin, Kantar
  • Adding value through promoting Welshness – Sophie Colquhoun, The Insight Programme
  • Trading in retail and performing better – Neil Burchell, Menter A Busnes
  • Q&A panel chaired by James Wright, Food Industry Board / Aber Falls Whisky Distillery

 

Out of Home – Wednesday 10th March 10:00-11:30

  • Out of Home food and drink performance and trends – Lucy Chapman, Kantar
  • On trade drinks performance and trends – Phillip Montgomery, CGA (Hospitality Insight Specialists)
  • Case Study: Pivoting in the Pandemic – David Evans, Dylan’s
  • Using insight in the On-Trade to trade better – Mark Grant, Levercliff
  • Q&A panel chaired by Alison Lea Wilson, Food Industry Board / Halen Mon

 

Export – Thursday 11th March 10:00-11:30

  • Markets that will renew quicker and emerging GB categories that could be ripe for export – Jurgita Biceika, Euromonitor
  • Getting into Export and New Markets in Export – Jeremy Stoker, BIC Innovation
  • Case study – Getting into a New Market
  • Q&A panel chaired by Bryson Craske, Food Industry Board / The Abergavenny Fine Food Co.

 

New Proposition Development – 11th March 2:00 -3:35

  • Shopper of The Future trend predictions – June Kent, Kantar
  • 2021/22 Top Ten Food and Drink Trends – Charles Banks, The Food People
  • Taking Insight into New Products – Anne-Marie Flinn, Food Innovation Wales
  • Case studies – How Insight helped refine my NPD
  • Q&A panel chaired by David Morris, Food and Drink Wales

 

Hosted by Food Innovation Wales and The Food & Drink Wales Insight Programme, Funded by Welsh Government.

PLEASE NOTE: Registration for this event is only available for food and drink manufacturing businesses in Wales as well as members of the Welsh Government’s food and drink Cluster network – This event is not available for those outside of Wales.

Get in touch for support:

To make an enquiry, tell us a bit about your idea or business and what kind of help you may need.

Whether you’re looking for technical support with third party certification e.g. SALSA, factory design, waste reduction or even new product development (NPD) our expert technologists can assist. Food Innovation Wales also offers commercial and marketing support including trend reports to underpin NPD, focus groups and market analysis.

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