Nicholas Adams
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Nicholas Adams
@MidwestIRC
Bringing clarity to the food and beverage packaging industry via research and strategic consulting



Top 4 most provocative slides (of many) from Coefficient Capital / @fromedome's excellent Consumer Trends Food & Beverage 2026 report. Link below.





Bryan Johnson reveals that water from glass bottles has MORE microplastics than water from plastic bottles ''When you look at the data, the microplastics don't come from the glass, they come from the lid and it's the paint that goes in the lid and then it chips off'' ''That's why it's very counterintuitive. You think a plastic water bottle is made of plastic and a glass water bottle is made of glass. The glass bottle has more microplastics than the plastic bottle. This is why testing is the best thing to do, it's very dangerous to have assumptions''

A statement from Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, on our discussions with the Department of War. anthropic.com/news/statement…




The US economy is now reliant on older Americans like never before: Americans aged 55+ now represent 45.3% of all US consumer spending, the highest in at least 28 years. This is nearly DOUBLE the ~28.0% seen in the early 2000s. By comparison, those aged 54 and younger are down to just 54.7%, from ~72.0% in 2000. The gap between the two groups has narrowed by ~35 percentage points over the last 25 years and is on track to converge for the first time in history. This comes as 73.7% of all US wealth is held by those over 55, up from 56.2% in 2000, according to Fed data. The US wealth divide is accelerating.







Arizona Iced Tea to $4.99




