Virtual Events

Gear up for our 2026 trend forecast launch with a look back at 2025. Missed 2025's report? Read it here.

Join us for a fast-paced recap of 2025’s biggest food & beverage trends — and discover which ones have the staying power to influence 2026 and beyond.

The F&B Acceleration Series brings the most powerful moments from the Tastewise Growth Summit 2025 to you on demand. Recorded live in Chicago, the Summit gathered the industry’s most forward-thinking executives from McDonald’s, Campbell’s, DSM-Firmenich, PepsiCo, and more to explore how food and beverage leaders are executing growth in an era defined by AI, agility, and evolving consumer behavior.

Now, these conversations are available anytime, curated into focused sessions built for your world - foodservice, CPG, retail, and innovation. Each episode distills the best of the Summit into actionable insights: how operators are adapting menus and margins, how data and AI are transforming creativity and execution, and how leadership is evolving to meet tomorrow’s consumers. Stream the strategies that are shaping the next wave of F&B growth.

These sessions will only be available for a limited time.

Most manufacturers start the year with new AI tools, new vendors, and big expectations. But the real difference between success and frustration comes down to how you manage the relationship - not the technology itself.

In this session, Sam Newman from Tastewise breaks down the practical steps that foodservice manufacturers can take in the first 30–90 days of working with an AI partner. You’ll learn how to set clear expectations, align AI outputs with operator needs, and build a workflow that actually speeds up your teams instead of slowing them down.

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You’ll walk away with a clear checklist for optimizing your AI partnership and speeding up execution across your teams and operator relationships, starting on day one.

The food & beverage industry is undergoing one of its biggest shifts in decades. Marketing budgets are rising, retail competition is intensifying, data sources are multiplying, and AI adoption is accelerating - yet many CPG teams are struggling to keep pace.

In this exclusive session, senior leaders from PwC’s Strategy& practice and Tastewise will present the first-ever comprehensive “State of the Market” analysis for F&B marketing, based on expansive interviews across top CPGs, deep-dive market sizing, budget allocation analysis, and the evolving competitive landscape.

2026 is a defining year for food and beverage innovation. Consumer expectations are evolving fast, and regulatory standards are tightening just as quickly. Join Tastewise and regulatory strategist Mathilde Do Chi for a 30-minute session that gives you a clear view of the trends, claims considerations, and compliance requirements shaping successful 2026 launches.

You’ll learn which consumer shifts matter most, how regulations around claims and ingredients are evolving, and how to pressure-test your concepts early to avoid costly reformulations. We’ll close with a practical checklist that combines market opportunity with regulatory readiness so you can move from idea to shelf with confidence.