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Consumer Trends 2026 Expo Special

From the Editor

Introducing the Consumer Trends 2026 Food & Beverage Special

Are we at peak protein? Read more →

Sweetgreen wraps

Executive Briefing

Has Sweetgreen hit bottom?

Wraps to the rescue, after years of drifting? Read more →

Julia Fox for David Protein

Executive Briefing

David Protein has our attention. Here’s the bigger plan.

Peter Rahal on building a house of brands, the new David Bronze, and winning in the bar category. Plus: What Americans actually mean when they say they want to eat ‘clean’. Read more →

Consumer Trends 2026

From the Editor

Introducing Consumer Trends 2026

Despite last year’s chaos, the American consumer never stopped spending, and many say they’re trading up. Read more →

Executive Briefing

Ozempic users are going crazy for deli meat, fries, and handbags

GLP-1s are life-changing drugs, transforming not only waistlines but also identity and indulgence. Read more →

Kith Ivy Erewhon

Executive Briefing

Erewhon is going to crush it in NYC (eventually)

Sorry, that tiny kiosk inside a Kith club doesn’t really count. Also: Lululemon’s stale sweats, PwC’s sketchy holiday forecast, and more. Read more →

Sweetgreen 2025 summer seasonal menu

Executive Briefing

People want new stuff all the time

But it has to be good. Also: Why Sweetgreen’s fries are canceled. And notes from Q2 earnings. Read more →

Consumer Trends 2025

From the Editor

Introducing the Consumer Trends 2025 Mid-Year Report

AI is polarizing. Pets are family. Podcasts move culture. Read more →

Oats Overnight founder and CEO Brian Tate

In Conversation

How to build a better subscription business

Oats Overnight gets 90% of its DTC customers to subscribe immediately. Founder Brian Tate shares its strategy. Read more →

Food Feelings

Consumer Trends

Introducing the Consumer Trends Food Feelings Matrix

We asked thousands of Americans to rate 96 food and drinks, from almond butter to whiskey. Here are the healthiest and funnest. Read more →

Consumer Trends

How Americans really think about seed oils, Poppi & Olipop, and MAHA

In-depth research from our latest Consumer Trends report. Read more →

From the Editor

Introducing the Consumer Trends Food & Wellness Special 2025

What do Americans say they want to eat? What are they actually eating? And what do they really think about seed oils? Read more →

David Protein at Westside Market

Executive Briefing

David Protein and the new retail roadmap

Does Whole Foods matter when you have TikTok and Huberman? Read more →

Executive Briefing

What Ozempic users are buying, a year later

Answering a big question as America’s favorite weight loss drugs go increasingly mainstream. And a What’s Working dispatch: How Made In builds ‘durability of earnings’. Read more →

Executive Briefing

The things that inspired me in 2024

A year-end gift guide for the mind. Read more →

From the Editor

Introducing Consumer Trends 2025

TikTok Shop is huge. Is drinking actually on its way out? And are Gen. Z beauty customers loyal? Read more →

Molly Baz

In Conversation

Molly’s World

Molly Baz, food media star and world builder, on creating her new sauce brand Ayoh, playing the YouTube game, and what she wants to do next. Read more →

Consumer Trends Highlights

Consumer Trends

Shopping never ends

Consumer spending is looking good heading into the holiday rush, and online grocery is growing again. The latest Consumer Trends Highlights. Read more →

Row 7 vegetables

Brands

You say you want to eat more, better vegetables. Here’s your chance.

Row 7’s veggies are optimized for flavor, now available at Whole Foods. Can Dan Barber and a community of chefs inspire Americans to eat healthier? Read more →

From the Editor

Introducing the Consumer Trends 2024 Mid-Year Report

What’s driving growth in the beauty industry? And what’s the deal with Zyn? Read more →