Chloe Alverson

Packaging producers are turning to pouches and cartons for sustainability purposes.

Many warehouses are shifting toward the use of robotic lift trucks (RLTs), with recent industry surveys showing that the adoption of RLTs has increased 14% during the past year.

As the grab-and-go style of convenience stores has changed a bit during the past couple years, experts note that convenience stores still continue to perform well despite ever-changing needs of consumers.

Fresh tasting, clean label and safe are all attributes that are driving beverage-makers to utilize high-pressure processing methods.

Consumers still are enjoying their coffee at home and many are “trying to have the out-of-home coffee house experience at home.”

Consumers increasingly are turning to energy drinks and shots to get them through their day, helping drive the growth of the energy drinks market.

Big-box and club stores have been popular since the mid-1970s. They differ from traditional department and chain stores due to their large size, buy-in-bulk products and membership requirements.

Michigan-based Blake’s Hard Cider is setting out to expand hard cider’s drinking occasion beyond the fall months through its new products and territory expansion.

This year’s State of the Industry report on energy drinks and shots finds that the energy drink market is showing healthy growth, while energy shots look to find their footing in the “new normal.”

The plant-based milk industry continued to grow and thrive over the course of the last year. With consumers opting for dairy alternatives, many of these milks have become mainstream.