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Innovation Insights

Innovation Insights is part of Make Innovation Happen. Here you will find the latest case studies and knowledge articles created by the team to help stimulate innovation in food and drink businesses.

Here you'll find the latest information and trends to help stimulation innovation in food and drink businesses. From case studies to knowledge articles and more. You can also visit our Innovation Insights - Articles and Reports section to read through our archive of articles.

A series of reports have been prepared, showing a more in-depth focus across a number of subject areas. You'll find these reports immediately below, followed by our most recent campaigns.

Not got time to read? Why not listen to Scotland Food & Drink's Strategic Market Intelligence Manager, Andrew Niven in our latest podcast. Just click here.

In-Depth Reports

Our latest campaigns are featured below - 

2020 Vision: Trends and Insights for a New Decade

Plastic-free, alcohol-free, gluten-free; it doesn’t mean we have to be ideas-free. The latest additions to our food and drink Innovation Insights collection starts the new decade with an exploration of the key trends that will dominate new thinking and create new opportunities in both retail and out-of-home markets. Dive in and start innovating now -  it’s free.

Insight to Foresight: Getting Food and Drink Companies Smarter About Forecasting

If life is an awfully big adventure then life in the food and drink industry is one colossal expedition, where maps are sketchy, charts vague and forecasts predict both turbulence and sunshine. Trying to plan ahead can seem daunting, which is why the Innovation Insights Team has created a veritable chartroom full of real world, trend based analyses to cut through the fog and improve the outlook.

Skills to Tills – Get Clever with Ideas for a New Workforce

Innovation is the bedrock of New Product Development. But without the talent and workforce to come up with original ideas and bring them to life companies will struggle to grow. This month the Innovations Insights Team looks at some of the exceptional developments that are set to change the workforce of the future, and in turn to harness the transformative potential of new food and drink production. 

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Our Latest Campaign

2020 Vision: Trends and Insights for a New Decade

A Recent Campaign

Insight to Foresight: Getting Food and Drink Companies Smarter About Forecasting

A Previous Campaign

Skills to Tills – Get Clever with Ideas for a New Workforce