Tastewise

This Tuesday, join us for a candid conversation about what 2026 holds for food & beverage CPGs. There are a lot of "trend webinars" going on these days - Kevin Ryan joins us to cut through the noise and figure out what actually will move the needle next year. It will be right here on Linkedin Live - click "rsvp" on the event below to get the details!

Industry giants: Karyn Schoenbart and Tod Johnson share their perspectives on today’s consumers with decades of market research expertise under their belts. From The NPD Group to Circana to Duo Partners , these pioneers have shaped how we as an industry understand the market - and the people who drive it. #TastewiseGrowthSummit

What happens when some of the industry’s brightest women come together to discuss The New Route to Market: Where Agility Meets Insight? Tess S., VP of Marketing at dsm-firmenich and Sacha Derevianko, Director of R&D at The Campbell's Company, took the stage with Tastewise’s Jennifer Pantin to discuss how agility and insight are redefining food innovation. #TastewiseGrowthSummit

Thrilled to have my red shoes on stage today at the Tastewise Growth Summit. Anna Nguyen you are a rockstar! Thanks for letting me share the stage with you. Thank you Michael Bortinger, Jacques Botbol and Alon Chen for the opportunity!! #Growth #Taste #Food #Foodservice #Experience #Operators #Learning MTY Food Group Esrock Partners

Taylor Crown, Global Food Away From Home Lead at Accenture, joins the “Decoding Operator Demands: How Market Shifts Reshape Foodservice” panel at our Growth Summit, highlighting the importance of taking an end-to-end approach to navigate changing market needs. #TastewiseGrowthSummit

First, there was ChatGPT. Then came a flood of tools, data, and possibilities. At our Growth Summit, Alon Chen takes the stage to talk about what really drives transformation - not AI itself, but the speed and confidence to move through it.

Spotted: Michael Bortinger and Alon Chen from Tastewise, along with André Moraes from PepsiCo warming up before taking the stage later today. Stay tuned for more updates! #TastewiseGrowthSummit

The Tastewise Growth Summit 2025 Agenda Is Live! 🚀 Next Wednesday in Chicago, we’re bringing together the brightest minds in food & beverage: leaders redefining how our industry moves faster, bolder, and smarter. Here’s a look at who we'll be learning with: Alon Chen: Faster, Bolder, Smarter: Redefining Food & Beverage Leadership André Moraes: Inside PepsiCo: Reinventing Growth with AI as a Transformation Partner Justin Thomas: How Kraft Heinz is Accelerating Creativity & Marketing with Gen-AI Nickhil Tekwani: From Experiments to Impact: Building Responsible and Practical AI Solutions Tess S., Sacha Derevianko & Megan Bullock: The New Route to Market: Where Agility Meets Insight Taylor Crown, Carrie Gillespie, Terry Wicks, Michael Schwartz: Decoding Operator Demands: How Market Shifts Reshape Foodservice Jennifer Cox, Anna Nguyen, Kevin Wilson: From Menus to Margins: How Operators Are Adapting Now Jean Van Damme: Inside Walmart & Sam’s Club: Delivering Consumer Experience at Scale Dan Scheunemann, Sandra Hong, Michael Schwartz: Cutting the Chaos: Integrations as the New Growth Engine Nay Tjatur: Inside the Mind of Gen Z: Consumer Perspectives Unfiltered Tod Johnson & Karyn Schoenbart: Reinventing Consumer Understanding in the Age of AI Tyler Dean Kempf: Yes, And: The Human Advantage in the Age of AI Make sure you're part of the conversation - only a few seats remain. Register at the link in the comments. #TastewiseGrowthSummit

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