Products & Trends

  • Frozen Saba Banana: Already Selling in New Zealand — Just Not Where You’d Expect

    New Zealand’s frozen food aisle has a blind spot. Walk into any Asian supermarket in Auckland, or visit Costco New Zealand, and you will find frozen Saba banana — a staple of Filipino cuisine — moving consistently off the shelf. Yet in mainstream supermarkets, this product is nowhere to be found. This is not a…

  • New Zealand Is Changing — and the Food Market Is Following

    Demographics & Food Market · New Zealand 2026 New Zealand Is Changing —and the Food Market Is Following New Zealand’s population is more ethnically diverse than at any point in its history. With the 2023 Census confirming that Asian communities now make up 17.3% of the total population, the implications for food retail, foodservice, and…