Food & Drinks Innovate Asia Virtual Conference 2021 is an online conference plus a virtual exhibition that brings together the brightest minds in the food and drinks industry to explore revolutionary ideas and cutting-edge technologies to ride the new wave of consumerism in Asia especially in Indochina region. The two-day event is filled with action-packed stories, conversations, and connections with 600+ delegates who from mainly from government authorities, food and beverage producers, farms, food retailers, end-users (restaurants, malls etc,.) and the solutions providers.
Eight tracks will be presented during the two days program, namely: Foodtech Investment, Product Innovate, Packaging Innovate, Food safety Innovate, Supply chain Innovate, Marketing Innovate, Malaysia track and Thailand track. It is the place where international and local trailblazers, visionaries, and trendsetters sharing and debating their actionable strategies to stay competitive in the food and drinks industry in the era of digital age.
Session title: Evolution of Eating Occasions in Post Pandemic Era
Session description: Eating Occasions are becoming more complex as consumers balance demand for healthy, flavorful food with increasingly time-pressed lives. These pressures have only been amplified as the pandemic uproots traditional routines. Snacks, ready meals and foodservice are tying to meet demand for convenient food that is also experiential and indulgent. Under the pandemic, former interest in portability has yielded to at-home products that are easy-to-prepare, convenient and offer access to cuisines that are often difficult to cook from scratch. Also, the pandemic blurred lines between foodservice and retail. Restaurants were forced to pivot to delivery, take-out or creating new products for retail. Homebound consumers found ways to recreate the restaurant experience at home via delivery, meal kits or new culinary adventures. Meanwhile, “grow-it-yourself came from consumers’ needs for transparent food origins instead of a form of home entertainment in the pandemic. These new business environments and consumers lifestyles are gradually influencing the food industry.
Session date and time: Wednesday, 25th August at 10:50- 11:10am SGT
Speaker name: Sunny Moon, Research Consultant