Japanese Food Market Insights Blog

What Korean Cafes Teach Japanese Food Brands in the U.S.

For Japanese sweets, bakery, and tea brands, the U.S. growth of other East Asian bakery cafes is a useful comparison....

What $9.99 Ramen Teaches About Lean Japanese Food Formats

Why a $9.99 Bowl Matters Now Growth in the U.S. Japanese food market does not depend only on raising quality or...

Win the U.S. Little-Treat Occasion with Japanese Dessert Flavors

Even when U.S. consumers tighten their budgets, they do not eliminate pleasure. They often replace a major splurge with...

Build a U.S. Entry Point for Sake and Shochu

When sake and shochu struggle to expand in the United States, the constraint is often not quality. It is uncertainty...

Turn Yuzu from a Novel Flavor into a Repeatable U.S. Occasion

More U.S. consumers recognize yuzu, but recognition does not automatically produce repeat purchases or healthy retail...

Gen Z Soft Socializing Opens a U.S. Opportunity for Japanese Tea, Snacks, and Light Meals

Young Americans have not stopped wanting connection. Many are stepping back from expensive, loud, alcohol-centered...

How GLP-1-Shaped Grocery Baskets Could Change Japanese Food Pack, Nutrition, and Merchandising Strategy

GLP-1 adoption may alter not only dieting behavior but also how shoppers think about quantity and food quality. Food...

How Japanese Food Importers Can Win in America's New Affordability Era

U.S. food inflation may have moderated, but shopper behavior has not simply reverted. Food Dive's coverage of an Acosta...

What Oi Ocha and Shohei Ohtani Teach Us About Limited-Edition Packaging for Japanese Foods in the U.S.

Japanese provenance alone does not guarantee that a U.S. shopper will pick a product off the shelf. The Food...