Lisa Harris and Alex Hayes are food and drink consultants specialising in innovation and insights.
What’s the future for cheese and butter? This question was posed to us by a major UK manufacturer who wanted to inform their ideation and innovation pipeline in those two categories. Read more...
The Independent newspaper interviewed us regarding the unstoppable rise in hot honey innovation. Find out why this ingredient snowballed into the mainstream in 2024, and our hot take on the cultural drivers behind it. Read more...
We hosted a bakery trends tour and mini-conference in collaboration with an existing client in Milan. The brief was to introduce the executive team and board to Italian food culture and grocery, with a specific focus on bakery and bar culture. Read more…
A premium retail client requested our future forecasting and F&B insights as part of their ongoing ideation and innovation process. We were asked to focus on horizon trends within their core hamper categories, including coffee, biscuits and preserves. Read more...
We were thrilled to be a part of the Gastronomous Future of Food Festival 2024, in collaboration with the Crown Estate. We sat on the expert panel for the Future Grazing: Food Trends event at Brityard, hosted by Bompas & Parr.
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We were consulted on the rise of matcha in the UK. Where it came from and where it’s headed.
Food Navigator asked for our expert industry opinion on ultra-processed food (UPF) in children’s food.
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A bespoke innovation project, reporting on two key categories, and presenting future opportunities.
We hosted a future forecasting seminar for the Ellen McArthur Foundation and members of their Big Food Challenge.
The British Baker asked for our expert food consultant opinion on ultra-processed food (UPF) and how this might impact the future of food. Read more…
The Guardian asked our expert opinion on the repositioning of chewing gum in the US. We shared our thoughts with journalist Arwa Mahdawi on why brands are going after health and how.
We collaborated with Délifrance again on their 2024 future of bread research. We advised the team on emerging consumer behaviours and category trends, and sat on the expert panel at their launch event, bringing the report to life.
American food manufacturer Hormel asked Harris and Hayes for our expert take on food tribes, and how they play into food trends. We explored how social media can make small tribes feel big, and the importance of a holisitic approach to a complex, multifacted food system.
We carried out an independent review of the current Costa offering, scoping out new opportunities to make them famous for food.
Time Out featured Harris and Hayes' expert opinion on the future of plant-based eating. We were interviewed for our hot take on the recent decline in alt-meat sales, current trends and motivations in plant-based eating, and what value really means in the vegan space. Read more
We were interviewed by CBS for our expert opinion on the growing tinned fish trend, and how social media is driving it.
From regenerative farming and maximalist food experiences, Harris and Hayes share the food innovations we’re anticipating in 2024. Read more…
Trendscape is our bespoke forecasting service, which empowers clients with a unique take on the future of food and drink in their sector. Our three-step process will equip your team with near and far-future inspiration to feed into your NPD and innovation pipelines. Find out more.
We were delighted to be part of the Six Inches of Soil test screening. Six Inches of Soil is a feature film, officially launching in 2024, telling the inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities. We are huge supports of them and their mission, and helped source some fantastic sponsors for the event. Find out more.
We were invited to comment on why dairy and plant-based milk brands are at loggerheads and explain the confusion it’s causing consumers. We gave a Harris and Hayes opinion on how brands can rise above the ‘milk wars’, grow share and innovate in an ever-more saturated market. Read more
