Why lunch breaks are important to your health. By Leila Moss-Kelly, Corporate Communications Manager Only a third of UK workers say they take a proper lunch break, with many citing workload, stress levels and workplace culture as barriers.
However, ensuring you have proper respite from work during the day can have numerous benefits for your physical and mental health. The Science of Breaks at Work: Change Your Thinking About Downtime. I know you don’t want to take a break right now.
Why? Because you’re too busy. Taking Breaks Found to Improve Attention. Have you ever felt like you needed to take a break to keep your attention?
And, have you often fought the urge thinking that you needed to concentrate harder — only to end up losing your focus? New research suggests you should have listened to you inner self and taken a break. Scientist say the new findings overturn traditional theory about the nature of attention and demonstrates that even brief diversions from a task can dramatically improve one’s ability to focus on that task for prolonged periods. The study zeroes in on a phenomenon known to anyone who’s ever had trouble doing the same task for a long time: After a while, you begin to lose your focus and your performance on the task declines.
Some researchers believe that this “vigilance decrement,” as they describe it, is the result of a drop in one’s “attentional resources,” said University of Illinois psychology professor Dr. Gen Z changes the taste of the food industry - Bizwomen. A generation that has eating autonomy, willingness to cook and major spending power is prompting food industry innovation.
A survey by The Hartman Group discovered 70 percent of Gen Zers — classified by the survey as ages 12-20 — say they have total control over their snack choices, per SmartBrief. Almost 2,000 Gen Zers were surveyed. Gen Z, which this year becomes the largest generation, has an estimated $143 billion in spending power annually. Today’s teens have taken on their own food preparation and spend more meals alone than other generations due to busy family schedules, the survey found. Gen Zers still depend on their parents to do the shopping, but they routinely put together their own breakfasts, lunches and snacks. Autonomy in the home and access to information online has given Gen Z confidence in the kitchen, the survey found. Gen Z changes the taste of the food industry - Bizwomen. What does Generation Z want from food? Snack attack: Gen Z favors quick bites over big meals. When it comes to Gen Z's food preferences, meals are out and snacks are in.
Here’s how brands can take advantage of this generation’s penchant for on-the-go grazing. Gen Z presents the packaged food category with an opportunity for business similar to a bus full of kids with empty stomachs and handfuls of cash pulling up to a Taco Bell. When you consider that Gen Z, who has the most discretionary income of all generations, directs the bulk of their dollars toward food purchases (78 percent of Gen Zs spend the majority of their discretionary cash on food), the snack food business should prepare for some hungry new customers. (5) The History of Ice Cream. Why Is Soft Serve on So Many Restaurant Menus? Soft serve has long been the preferred accompaniment to a Tastee Freez burger and fries, and the machine-churned frozen dairy treat, pumped into swirled peaks, easily evokes ice cream truck nostalgia.
But now, soft serve is also the sole dessert offering at pizzerias, comes topped with olive oil and amaro at buzzy hot spots, and even appears as the final course in tasting menus. Soft serve, it seems, has become the restaurant dessert du jour. It’s a trend that Eater SF critic Rachel Levin noted in her review of San Francisco sushi restaurant Robin, which offers a soft serve made with sake lees and scattered with pistachios and blueberries. In San Francisco, she says, “the infallible crowd pleaser” has become a “dessert crutch.” There, it’s at Tartine Manufactory, Alta, and Sir and Star at the Olema, to name a few, while on the opposite coast in New York, soft serve has appeared on the menus at Olmsted, Lilia, and a bevy of fast-casual spots. Want to win Gen Z’s respect? Show some respect for the environment. When it comes to sustainability, Gen Zs are hungry for change.
More than any other generation, Zs expect brands to be conscious of the mark they leave on the environment. Earth Day began in 1970 as a way to raise awareness about environmental issues. “It’s a day to remind ourselves that we need to do something,” said Sunakshi Verma, a Penn State junior, in an interview with the Daily Collegian. And yet, some college students wonder if spending just one day a year focused on the environment is enough. The Sustainable Food Packaging Revolution - Raveneer's Corner. Creative sustainable food packaging is a craze that is set to gain momentum in the years ahead as more and more companies are going all out to be ‘seen as green’.
And according to Innova Market Insights, plant based foods and clear holistic labels are also set to rule, driven by our growing concerns for the environment and personal well-being. Educate, Entertain and Engage your Audience An emerging theme is the consensus that packaging is the mechanism to communicate sustainability to consumers and as a result to ultimately change their behaviour. As the mantra goes, ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recyle’ and by marketing products in an eco-friendly and creative way is helping consumers jump aboard the sustainability train. Green labels are obviously the first steps in communication and Ravenwood’s linerless labels tick all boxes where sustainability is concerned. ‘Green Supreme’ So with your labels in check, sustainable food packaging should then follow suit.
10 Great Examples of Sustainable Food Packaging. In recent times, most of the consumers are environmentally conscious.
They look for products that are sustainable and offer eco-friendly food packaging. With the corporate demands, enhancing consumer preferences and prospective policies of the government, the use of sustainable food packaging will no more be just a choice. Top 5 reasons why we snack. Food provides us with the fuel we need to survive and thrive, but there are plenty of other reasons why we find ourselves at the trough, and these triggers are often the culprits behind a derailed diet or excessive weight gain.
Read on for the most common temptation scenarios and tips on how to successfully work through them. We snack because: We're stressed"People use food to soothe and comfort themselves when they're experiencing an emotion that they either don't want to or don't know how to deal with at the time," explains Susan Wnuk, a Toronto-based clinical psychologist who specializes in eating disorders and weight-related problems. That's why a looming deadline, an overbooked schedule or apprehension about an upcoming event can have us making a beeline for the pantry, whether we realize it or not. Read also :Brain Busters Fight the urge: Be mindful. What Is a Snack, Why Do We Snack, and How Can We Choose Better Snacks? A Review of the Definitions of Snacking, Motivations to Snack, Contributions to Dietary Intake, and Recommendations for Improvement.
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website.By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Snacking and Dessert Trends 2019: The Emergence of New Flavors. December 5, 2018 Outlook for snacks and desserts calls for more experimentation and functionality including more gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan options. Snacking and Dessert Trends to Watch in 2019 Operators will place more spicy, dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan, portable and globally influenced dessert items on the menu in 2019. Consumer interest in great-tasting snacks and dessert items, which also offer some health benefits, will take center stage. Consumers Scream for Ice Cream as Treat Gains Snack Status.
NATIONAL REPORT — Ice cream is now more than just a dessert treat, new research shows. In fact, nearly two-thirds of Americans (65 percent) say that ice cream is their favorite food to eat in the summer, according to a new online survey from Mars Ice Cream conducted by Harris Poll. Millennials are the age group most likely to name it their favorite. Additionally, Americans are twice as likely to name ice cream over pie (27 percent), and prefer ice cream over savory favorites like burgers (63 percent), hot dogs/brats (52 percent) and ribs (45 percent).
The perfect location for eating ice cream varies widely. Nearly half (48 percent) of millennials say "in bed watching TV" is where they choose to enjoy ice cream, while 18 percent of Americans eat it on the go in their cars. More than 2,000 adults in the United States took part in the June poll. Wall's launches THREE new snack-sized ice creams - and you might recognise them from your holidays.
WALL'S has launched three new snack-sized ice creams and they all are a twist on classics. The Wall's Duo is already a best-seller in Turkey, so it might be familiar to anyone who has holidayed there before and chowed down on the ice cream as a treat. It has 93 calories and is aimed at kids, with a vanilla and chocolate ice cream combo encased in a chocolate flavour coating. While the Feast Sandwich is a twist on the classic Feast ice cream.
New Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Snack. Ben & Jerry's just released a new (non-ice cream!) Product, and it means you no longer have to sneakily pick out the chunks from your roommate's pint of chocolate chip cookie dough. Their just-launched Snackable Dough, which comes in both chocolate chip and peanut butter chocolate chip varieties, has pasteurized eggs and heat-treated flour—meaning it's completely safe to eat. It comes by the ½ pound, contains "eight" servings and is the next best snack you can reach for in your freezer. Halo Top Unveils New Snackable Mini Ice Cream Bars – Halo Top Pops – At Just 50-60 Calories. Ben & Jerry's – Advertising Campaign. The World's Top-Selling Ice Cream Brands. When you reach into the freezer case for ice cream this summer, there’s a good chance that you’ll be handing your money over to .
From the velvety luxury of Magnum to the chocolatey crunch of Cornetto to the fun-filled decadence of Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever dominates our list, with eight of the 15 top-selling ice cream brands in the world and a 22% share of the global market. In first place: Magnum. According to Euromonitor, which supplied the data for our list, the brand’s Belgian chocolate-drenched ice cream bars racked up $2.54 billion in sales in 2015. Popularity & fame. Cornetto readies push for snack market. Museum of Ice Cream. LA’s New Museum of Ice Cream Is the Coolest. 10 innovative ice creams tapping into future trends. 6 Ice cream trends we’re looking forward to this Summer. 2019 Ice Cream Trends Coming to a Freezer Near You. The latest scoop on ice cream trends: ‘Marrying health and indulgence’
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