Food & Agribusiness
Supporting global beverage clients in soft drinks, beer, wine, spirits and coffee with research, analysis, M&A planning, Global Financial Market products and Risk Management.
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What’s going on in the beverage world? Our coffee comes in a can, our seltzer is spiked and our beer is aged in whiskey barrels. Consumers are fervently demanding more products that blur category lines. If beverage companies want a piece of the pie, they need to reevaluate their historical product portfolio, their structure, and their strategy for product development.
Brazil is one of the main coffee-consuming countries in the world. In recent years, premium coffee has emerged as a critical driver of consumption growth. Now, there’s a BRL 3bn opportunity in Brazilian specialty coffee.
The traditional category management driven marketing and new product development (NPD) status quo is being challenged by the trend towards category blurring. Driven by a combination of socio-economic factors, digitalisation, regulatory changes, and category challenges, the 'what to drink' decision and the consumer’s path to purchase are being fundamentally altered.
Tequila has been on a tear in recent years, with growth in international demand...
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Major changes are occurring today in how wine reaches the US consumer. Changes...
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