Webinars

Kantar research on what happened in the food to go sector during the pandemic and what the future looks like.

A recording of the ALS Laboratories Webinar is now available for members to view.

Lumina Intelligence UK is a leading research organisation covering the UK food to go market.   In this member meeting, Katie Prowse shared exclusive data from their Food To Go Market Report 2021.

29/4/2021 at 2.30pm - Over the course of the pandemic there has been increased focus on lean manufacturing systems and removing people, paper and even audit visits from the equation. Even training has moved out of the classroom.   Has the pandemic led to permanent change and is a more technology enabled and streamlined approach that is here to stay? 

In this session we examined some of the trends from some of those leading this transformation:

Speakers included:

Mike Wilson, Chief Automation Officer, The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), an independent Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) set up to bridge the gap between academia and industry.     Mike discussed work they have been doing to increase automation in the food industry.

Simon Bos and Hugo Walker, Mezze, discussed the technology they have developed for streamlining order management systems and Customer Service within the UK FTG industry

Nick Edwards, Papaya UK, discussed how technology can provide real time compliance management information and communication within food manufacturing.

Members can login to get access to a recording of the webinar.

The market is set to undergo changes as it emerges from lockdown but it is expected to bounce back strongly and grow beyond where it was before COVID arrived, according to researchers at Mealtrak who presented to a members meeting on 15th April 2021.

Webinar presentation on future Food To Go Trends that the IGD gave to members.