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Dan Frommer joins Matt to discuss trends and new products from the Summer Fancy Food Show.

The Specialty Food Association's Summer Fancy Food Show is where the next year of grocery shelves gets decided, and Dan Frommer, founder of The New Consumer and one of the sharpest minds tracking how people spend their money, was there for all of it. Dan joins Matt to unpack the trends and new products they spotted on the floor of the Javits Center this week in New York. We talk about sparkling water, functional cookies, and some emerging categories that surprised even us. Check out Dan’s 2026 Mid-Year Consumer Trends Report. Brands mentioned on the episode: Mr. Pickles Industries Wandel Mad Mutz The Great Chestnut Experiment Ginja Snap Folkland Foods Buffs Rodeo Snacks Monte's Fine Foods Gamsa Foods Sooki Dirty Virgo Nomina Sparkling Water David Protein Field Goods Yakitori Guy Sauce Manischewitz 50 Hertz Subscribe to This Is TASTE: ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Matt Rodbard

Guest: Dan Frommer

Topics covered

• Summer Fancy Food Show
• food trends
• new products
• grocery industry
• consumer spending

Keywords

• Summer Fancy Food Show
• food trends
• grocery products
• Dan Frommer
• consumer trends

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Specialty Food Association, The New Consumer, Mr. Pickles Industries, Wandel, Mad Mutz, The Great Chestnut Experiment, Ginja Snap, Folkland Foods, Buffs, Rodeo Snacks

Products: Sparkling Water, David Protein

Places: Javits Center

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