From recent safaris and store visits, we share some of our latest themes, trends and insights ahead of our September 15th safari. If you want to join our safari, get in touch or book your place here. Continuing expansion: Salad Project, atis, Farmer J If you've spent much time in London recently, you've probably spotted at least one of these fresh focused, quality oriented bowl (and fieldtray) specialists. And if you visited recently, your chances of coming across one will be much higher....

Across Europe there's a lot under way across the food-to-go landscape. Here we focus on some of the concepts that gave impressed us recently across the DACH region - with some great things under way across Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Building upon and beyond heritage products There is a longstanding tradition of bakery feeding into the German food-to-go opportunity in particular, and the combination of bakery and coffee has been a key emphasis over many years. Sausage, leberkäs and...

From our global supermarket analysis framework, and our assessment of broader food and drink missions and the opportunities within them, here are our five top recommendations for UK supermarkets to grow beyond their current ceiling. Increase the focus on fresh Fresh is emotive. What's more, it creates a very strong link to the product itself. Clearly there is a strong health-led angle driving consumers desire to shop and eat fresh food. And they like solutions - adding part or fully prepared...