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Coffee, tea, non-alcoholic drinks, pantry staples and home cooking. What grocery prices and sales data say about what people eat and drink now.
Food and Drink Explainer
No plastic is a search phrase, not a specification. Here is exactly what three makers claim about the parts that touch the water, and the failure the CPSC file keeps repeating.
Food and Drink Buyer’s Brief
A settings count is not a unit of measurement, and one maker now publishes espresso capability as a straight yes or no. Here is…
Food and Drink Buyer’s Brief
Built-in grind settings run from 13 to 45 across four machines, and milk frother means three different mechanisms. Here is what each maker publishes,…
Food and Drink Buyer’s Brief
Four makers publish their dimensions in four different orders, so the first number is not always the width. Here is what each one actually…
Food and Drink Buyer’s Brief
The bar number on the box is a pump rating, not the pressure your coffee sees. Here is what five makers publish on their…
Food and Drink Trend Report
Home carbonation was supposed to replace the case of seltzer. The filings say the machines have stalled, the cans cost 5.2% more per case,…
Food and Drink Buyer’s Brief
The olive oil spike that doubled prices in 2023 and 2024 has fully unwound at the source. Producer prices in Spain are back below…
Food and Drink Explainer
Spices were exempted from the reciprocal tariffs in November 2025, the IEEPA law behind them was struck down in February 2026, and importers are…
Food and Drink Price Trail
Retail rice is up 4.9% in a year, and the USDA crop numbers behind it are stark: the smallest harvested area since 1972/73 and…
Food and Drink Market Shift
The IEEPA tariffs on coffee and spices were struck down and refunded in 2026. The Section 232 metal duty inside a can of beans…
Food and Drink Trend Report
Japan’s green tea exports nearly doubled in 2025 and kept surging in 2026, led by powdered tea including matcha. Leaf prices in Japan jumped,…
Food and Drink Trend Report
Gallup found U.S. drinking held at a record-low 54% in 2026, while AB InBev and Heineken reported double-digit growth in no-alcohol beer. Here is…
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