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Courtesy of International Delight Published Jan. 8, 2021 Share it Leftovers is our look at a few of the product ideas popping up everywhere. Some are intriguing, some sound amazing and some are the kinds of ideas we would never dream of. We can't write about everything that we get pitched, so here are some leftovers pulled from our inboxes.  Will coffee drinks yell 'Yabba Dabba Doo' for this new creamer? The latest partnership to hit the food space between two companies is determined not to get stuck in the Stone Ag...

Similar trends are underway in other countries. In a 2020 survey by the market research publisher Packaged Facts, 36 per cent of American respondents identified as flexitarian, compared to just three and five per cent, respectively, who were vegan or vegetarian.  Flexitarianism was most common among those under 35, which is similar to findings in Buying used Manufacturing a new product typically uses up resources and generates emissions and waste, so reducing, reusing and recycling are key to sustainability. For those reasons, more and more environmentally conscious consumers are buying go...

Alaric DeArment WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT — One of the most common reasons that retailers give for pet-medication programs is that pets are part of the family. As analyst Debbie Wang of investment firm Morningstar told Drug Store News in April 2012, more empty nesters and young couples putting off having children are driving increases in pet ownership, and with that comes a need for pet healthcare. (THE NEWS: Vet, FTC meeting affirms pharmacists' animal medication role. Click here for the story.)  This is why retailers like Kmart and Costco have been pushing their pet med busine...

British hospitals stretched as COVID-19 cases surge. Trump signs COVID-19 relief bill, averts U.S. government shutdown. Workers wearing protective gear disinfect benches as a precaution against the coronavirus at the arrival hall of the Incheon International Airport in South Korea on Monday.(Kim Sun-woong/Newsis/The Associated Press) Several Canadian regions report new variant of coronavirus first detected in U.K. A new variant of the coronavirus first seen in Britain has been detected in several regions of Canada, amplifying worries about its spread. The discoveries come as Canada topped 15,...

The coronavirus pandemic has altered nearly every aspect of consumers' lives — canceling in-person events, halting travel and moving everyday activities, like work and school, into the home. This, in turn, affected not only how shoppers spent their money, but what they spent it on. Products in the home and office categories flew off the shelves early on in the pandemic as consumers adjusted to their new normals of working remotely and spent almost all of their time at home. Most other nonessential retail categories, however, didn't fare as well. Apparel retailers have faced steep losses in ...