With summer behind us, I encourage you to deliberate on the food and beverage trends you observed, or even participated in during the warmer weather. This will assist your company with formulating new products for next summer.
For example, "low-carb" foods and beverages in almost any size, shape and variety were a big item. And, let's not forget all the "half-the-sugar" beverages that debuted. Some of these were carbonated, but there certainly were a decent number of no- to mid-calorie non-carbonated juices, drinks and even iced teas booting their full-sugar counterparts off shelves across the country.