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Food & Drink

Heinz launches customisable Love Lid to suit personal condiment rituals

Heinz has launched the Love Lid, its first customisable ketchup topper. With three flow settings – Like, Love and Crazy Love – fans can calibrate their squeeze to match fries, hot dogs or burgers.

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Food & Drink

Stat: The consumer impact of the UK’s GLP-1 boom

GLP-1 use is accelerating across Britain, reshaping how millions of people eat, drink, exercise and shop. Research from consultancy firm PwC finds that 5% of UK adults, or nearly 3m people, currently use GLP-1s, while 9% have taken them at some point. By the end of 2027, PwC expects usage to reach 13%, equivalent to about 7m people.

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Retail

Foresight Friday: Alison Farrington, foresight content manager

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, foresight content manager Alison Farrington provides some takeaways from the Tax Free World Association (TFWA) Asia Pacific conference in Singapore.

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Luxury

The Future Laboratory presents insights into the future of food and drink at…

More than 300 luxury professionals convened at London’s The Londoner hotel for the Walpole British Luxury Summit 2026 – a day focused on dissecting the new rules of true luxury in a rapidly evolving landscape.

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Food & Drink

Stat: Cultural signals emerge in the age of rising GLP-1 use

GLP-1 adoption in the US is accelerating, with Morgan Stanley forecasting 19m users by 2026 and 55m by 2035 – equivalent to 15% of the population. Expanded access and oral formulations are expected to drive uptake beyond early adopters.

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Travel & Hospitality

Stat: How wellness-minded flyers are reshaping the inflight menu

Travellers are extending their focus on health and wellbeing into the air, prompting airlines to rethink what good inflight food looks like.

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Design

DIY punk aesthetics rewrite Burma Burma’s non-alcoholic menu

Burma Burma Restaurant is embracing punk aesthetics with a new spirit-free cocktail menu designed by Mumbai-based studio Naughty Naughty.

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Food & Drink

The Trend: Coffee Shop Raves

Coffee shops are emerging as the new hubs for daytime raves, driven by a generation of sober-conscious consumers seeking real-life connection and fun.

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Food & Drink

The Space: Dubai opens the first restaurant led by an AI chef

Opened in July 2025, Dubai’s Woohoo features menus created by an AI system rather than a traditional chef.