Future food shortages: consumers, retail, farms, energy industry, biofuels

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Future food crisis and why there are global food shortages. Population growth is often blamed but we have enough food to feed the world without hunger of famine. Food price crises of 2007-8 and 2011-12 were caused by many factors including flood, drought, failed harvests, damaged crops, disease.

But the biggest single change was burning food as biofuels. In 2011 over 40% of all wheat grain grown on farms in America was burnt in vehicles.

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EMOTIONS and Future of Food Retailing, food industry trends, consumer lifestyle choices. Future of Food and Retail Trends Keynote Speaker - VIDEO

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Food industry trends in retail - small food outlets to major retail chains. Food sales are all about emotion and consumer passion: quality, health, flavour, additives, colourants, natural food, organic food, preservatives, sourcing of animals, animal welfare, sustainable fisheries, fair trade, kosher, hallal, vegetarian, vegan - there are already hundreds of niche food markets.

Expect this diversification to continue - with specialist retail food...  Video made in 2011 - very accurate on future of retail industry.

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How pet ownership is changing food ethics and meat eating. Impact on food retail, food manufacturing wholesale and distribution - keynote speaker

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Expect radical changes in food ethics: changes in how consumers think and feel about the food they eat. Expect rapid growth in semi-vegetarians, as part of a progressive shift away from meat eating in developed nations and among middle class consumers in emerging nations.

What does this all mean for sales of organic meat, milk, fruit and vegetables? Expect further growth in transparency, traceability, as part of drive to build trust. Impact on farmers, farming, animal rearing, land use, pesticide and fertiliser use. Keynote by Patrick Dixon, Futurist speaker, for Boehringer Ingleheim.

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Fill supermarket trolleys: customer journeys, future retail trends - keynote speaker - VIDEO

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How retail chains and supermarkets persuade customers to buy.

Manipulating the customer journey around the store with well-placed special offers, combinations of products, eye-catching displays and other retail marketing promotions. Experience of Tesco, Safeway, Sainsbury, Morrisons, Carrefour and Wal-Mart.

Video for Hermes client event in the UK

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Mobile Price Comparison: impact on retail customer sales / ecommerce

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Retail impact of online price comparison using mobile devices, smartphones, aggregator sites. Shopping patterns and customer behaviour. Online sales growth from retail sites, where customers compare prices in stores or shopping malls and then buy online or from a competitor store nearby.

Aggregator sites will grow rapidly, creating strong price competition, eroding viability of physical retail outlets, especially in electronic consumer goods,...

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Growth of Budget Brands AND Super Premium. Retail industry trends

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How sales of budget brands AND super-premium brands are both set to grow. Future of retail industry and trends in sales of luxury goods and services. Economic crisis, austerity, fall in personal disposable income, increase in taxation, rise in unemployment, cuts in government spending.

All these economic factors will force more people to buy budget brands. However, expect the wealth gap between the rich and poor to increase in every nation, especially...

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Five seconds to win a customer. Moments of Truth: Future Trends in Retail - Futurist Keynote Speaker

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Why every second counts in retail - and how companies lose customers faster than they realise. Vital trends for the future of retailing from Futurist keynote speaker Patrick Dixon. Marketing and selling to customers should be fast, easy, convenient and satisfying.

Keep your customers happy, listen to them, keep close to how they are really thinking about your products and services. In a time-poor world, customers are increasingly fed up with companies...

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Packaging for a better world - Tetrapak Food + Drink Packaging innovation - VIDEO

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How Tetrapak food and drink packaging is creating a better future for consumers across the world, particularly in low income, emerging nations, saving lives and providing healthy food which needs no refrigeration.

Motivational keynote speech by Patrick Dixon for Tetrapak Global Leadership Team.

Food and Drink industry trends.

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Future of food and drink industry: fast, quality, value. Keynote conference speaker Patrick Dixon

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Future of convenience stores, corner store retailing, food and drink industry, OXXO brand owned by FEMSA in Mexico. Fast food and drink, drink bottling including Coca-Cola, logistics, distribution, manufacturing, wholesaling, warehousing. Nutrition, performance and health foods, obesity, diabetes and social responsibility. Futuro de las tiendas de conveniencia, venta al por menor tienda de la esquina, la alimentación y la industria de las bebidas, una cadena OXXO propiedad de FEMSA en México. De comida rápida y bebidas, envasado bebidas como Coca-Cola, logística, distribución, fabricación, venta ...

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Future of Fast Moving Consumer Goods

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Household goods, food and drink trends - for The Leading Edge Strategy Group client event in London.  Impact of recession  on household demand, wholesale, manufacturing and retail.  Managing risk  and seizing opportunity in fast moving consumer good sector (FMCG).  Changes in consumer behavior and mood.  Impact of global warming and climate change concerns.

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Food is an Emotional Business! Future of Beverages and Food Industry - keynote VIDEO

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Food and beverages manufacturing, wholesale, distribution, packaging and retail. Food marketing and sales is an emotional business. Appealing to consumer tastes, flavours, instincts, passions, prejudices, lifestyle aspirations, childhood memories, associations, brand preferences, fears, hopes and dreams.

Customer demographics impact on the food industry. Good and bad news travels fast in food retailing. Conference...

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Why online shopping is TOO SLOW - faster home delivery - retail

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Online retail is shockingly slow - for all physical products, compared to downloards. Customer focus - vital to business survival, yet often dangerously lacking. What does it actually feel like? - your own customer experience? Lessons for supply chain management and logistics from web users / digital consumers. Companies can lose 30% of all web traffic if pages take more than a few seconds to load. Digital customers becoming very impatient... especially time to deliver goods ordered online. Mobile phone apps create expectations that products delivered seconds after ordering. Pressure on overnight delivery or same day delivery.

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Customer Focus! Future of Food Industry - demographics, emerging markets

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Future consumers. Developing business in emerging markets eg India, China, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, South Africa, South East Asia, Turkey, Mexico, Argentina. Impact on food and beverages industries. Cultural challenges of working in emerging markets. Adapting culture, methods, organization to emerging markets. Future of food packaging, retail, wholesale, distribution, manufacturing. Threat of China food packaging companies, innovation...

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Future of Retail Industry including food and drink / beverages - keynotes

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Future of food industry and retail sector – Futurist articles, videos and keynote presentations on the future of the food and retail industry by conference speaker Patrick Dixon. Patrick Dixon is one of the world's best-known Futurist keynote speakers, has worked with hundreds of the world's largest companies and has been ranked one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today. Clients include Carlsburg, Unilever, McDonalds, PepsiCo, Kraft Jacobs Suchard, Sara Lee, Diageo, Danone, Femsa, Co-op Group, Steinhoff, Tulip, Bord Bia - Irish Food Board, European Coffee Federation, Food Business Forum, Swedish Groceries Association, Givaudin, Nutreco, RPC, British Frozen Foods Federation, Schwan's Frozen Foods, Tetrapak, Smurfit Kappa. Retail chains: Saks 5th Avenue, Proffitt's, Loveman's, Parisian, Macrae's, Herberger's, Carson Pirie Scott, Boston Store Department Stores and Younkers. Patrick Dixon has given keynotes on retail related issues to audiences in North America, Central America, Latin America, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Baltic States, Scandinavia, Africa, Central Asia, South East Asia and Asia Pacific.

Future of Restaurants - Tips for Success in every restaurant - keynote

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Important tips for successful restaurants. Trends in restaurant, numbers eating out.

Focus on the whole experience, sense of magic, theatre.  Get the menu right - most restaurants need to start over again.

Make sure your restaurant looks good from the street and smells good as people enter.  Make it an event to remember.

Train your waiters how to look.  Pay attention to the little things.  Create a virtual restaurant online.

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