Webinars

Sarah Weise

It’s 6:15pm.

You’re tired, the kids are hungry, and you’re staring into the fridge.

Renee Lee Wege, Jaclyn Marks

Discover new classic foods, flavors, and beverages redefining menus and retail shelves, from ube to Basque cheesecake as well as foods and flavors of the future like creamy stracciatella cheese and piloncillo, an unrefined sugar that can add depth to a variety of baked goods. In this fast-paced session, we’ll connect these on-the-rise ingredients to the powerful macro forces transforming the year ahead including the rise of fiber as the next big health trend and the resurgence of animal meat. Walk away with clear implications and inspiration for your 2026 innovation strategy.

Sabrina Alberghi

This webinar will break down how Easter has evolved from a single-meal holiday into a multi-day, brunch-led revenue window, and what that shift means for bakery innovation, assortment strategy, and retailer conversations. We’ll unpack the four highest-impact bakery plays brands can deploy now to drive trade-up, basket build, and repeat consumption across the Easter weekend.

Nick Lenzi

Nick Lenzi, SVP of Marketing at Lipari Foods, shares insights into two of the fastest growing global food types in the US - Mexican/Central & South American and Middle Eastern/Mediterranean.

Suzy Badaracco

Breakfast is no longer confined to traditional formats or limited to one department. Today’s consumers want flavor-forward, global, functional, and emotionally satisfying morning options that reflect their evolving routines. From za’atar-spiced egg wraps and croissant-style kolaches to savory yogurt parfaits with cornbread crumble, the most exciting breakfast innovations are cross-departmental. Dairy, deli, and bakery are uniquely positioned to collaborate—merging flavor, convenience, and format flexibility to dominate the AM daypart. This session explores how the breakfast landscape is shifting and how to use category synergy to deliver bold, craveable solutions. Attendees will learn how to time launches with seasonal and cultural cues, optimize breakfast for grab-and-go, and blend global familiarity with regional comfort. Whether targeting health, indulgence, or all-day snacking, cross-category breakfast innovation is the next growth engine for the perimeter.

Miri Eliyahu

Explore the forces shaping how consumers will shop, eat, and engage with deli, dairy, and bakery in 2026, from evolving tastes and values to global cultural influences. This webinar delivers fresh insights and practical inspiration to help you stay ahead of trends and turn change into opportunity.

Jonna Parker, Miles Agatha-Currier

Join Circana for a quarterly series exploring how IDDBA’s Guiding Trends are manifesting themselves in retail and beyond. Circana will provide the latest shopper, sales, and consumption performance trends for the period on Dairy, Deli, and Bakery as well as an in-depth look at how IDDBA's Guiding Trends are shaping up in 2026. This webinar will go deeper and wider than the monthly article series touching well beyond retail sales and is sure to become a must-see for any retail decision-maker; deli, dairy, or bakery brand; or supplier.

Jeff Gholson

Join Jeff Gholson, Senior Vice President of Procurement at Rise Baking, for a quarterly bakery commodities outlook. Jeff will share insights on grains, butter, cocoa, sugar and help you prepare for the challenges and opportunities you'll be facing in the near future.

Krystal S. Dawson

Join Krystal S. Dawson from NIQ Strategic Analytics & Insights for an exclusive presentation on the breakthrough products and trends that have redefined success in North America's CPG industry in 2025. Discover insights from the annual NIQ BASES Breakthrough Innovation report, highlighting products of all sizes that have achieved sustained growth, consumer appeal, and innovation. Gain a deeper understanding of market dynamics, evolving consumer preferences, and the driving forces behind these standout innovations.

Suzy Badaracco

Part 4: Newstalgic Nibbles: Modern Twists on Classic Bakery Snack Flavors

Armin Pearn

Speaker Armin Pearn introduces how Dairy Data Warehouse (DDW) is helping transform the dairy industry through smarter use of data available on farms. He will explain what “big data” means in the dairy world and delve into how to improve efficiency, profitability, and sustainability. You’ll also discover how to support different parts of the industry from genetics and cow monitoring to nutrition and feeding by referring to everyday practices and examples. By uniting fragmented data on farms into one standard date set the industry can make more informed data driven decisions, reduce environmental footprints, and help the entire dairy value chain move toward a more sustainable future.

Fred Puech

Foodservice businesses face a challenging 2026 due to rising tariffs, high uncertainty, and an economic slowdown, which is squeezing already low margins. This webinar, hosted by Fred Puech, PhD, Managing Director of Keenalytix and pricing expert, provides a pricing action plan aimed at protecting both your volume and margins in such an environment.