Weekly Overviews
AI-generated trend analysis for each tracked week
Week of 2026-07-14
# The 60-Second Scan - **The real story this week: texture is the product.** The launches that stand out aren't selling new flavors, they're selling engineered…
Week of 2026-07-07
# The 60-Second Scan - **Summer is running on reruns, and that's the story.** Launches were up 8.5% to 218, but the ideas behind them weren't new. All three of…
Week of 2026-06-30
# The 60-Second Scan - **Lawson spent the week engineering desserts for the camera.** Its two most novel launches don't taste new, they *look* like something t…
Week of 2026-06-23
# The 60-Second Scan - **The frozen treat came apart this week.** Three summer launches sell the *experience* of ice without the freezer: {{STORE:7-Eleven}}'s …
Week of 2026-06-16
# The 60-Second Scan - **The dessert that isn't finished until you finish it.** The week's clearest format thread is sweets that hand you a step: {{STORE:7-Ele…
Week of 2026-06-09
# The 60-Second Scan - **Korea is shipping the format, not just the flavor.** This week's most novel launches at {{STORE:7-Eleven}} aren't new tastes, they're …
Week of 2026-06-02
# The 60-Second Scan - **Bigger is the bet, again.** All three chains ran oversized lines at once: {{STORE:FamilyMart}}'s 巨大オールスター祭 (Giant All-Star Festival), …
Week of 2026-05-26
# The 60-Second Scan - **Beauty and supplement actives are showing up on snacks.** {{STORE:Lawson}} put lycopene into a {{PRODUCT:45bed93dc6856695a9e419f48d60a…
Week of 2026-05-19
# The 60-Second Scan - **Konbini's category walls keep coming down, and the pace looks like it's picking up.** This isn't new, stores have been blurring format…
Texture Words Get Fused
# The 60-Second Scan - **Brands are fusing texture words into new ones.** They haven't stopped describing texture, the growing move is the portmanteau: mash tw…
Week of 2026-05-05
# The 60-Second Scan - **Format mimicry returns, with new mechanisms.** Last week's "format A wearing format B's clothes" angle resurfaces with three additions…
Week of 2026-04-28
# The 60-Second Scan - **The wagashi canvas keeps stretching.** This week, {{STORE:7-Eleven}}'s {{PRODUCT:e28704e77cda582ff5893c37ae2b21f4:Cloud Dorayaki with …
Week of 2026-04-21
# The 60-Second Scan - **Format is the flavor this week.** Konbini launches competed on *how* a familiar product is delivered, not what's in it. {{STORE:7-Elev…
Soft Is Standard. The New Texture Grammar Emerges
# The 60-Second Scan - **Soft reached saturation this week, and the new texture grammar is already appearing.** Three staple soft-texture signals (shittori, fu…
Week of 2026-04-07
# The 60-Second Scan - **Texture is becoming the product.** {{STORE:FamilyMart}} launched a bread series named after a mouthfeel, not a flavor. Across all thre…
Week of 2026-03-31
# The 60-Second Scan ## The Week in 30 Seconds - **Product families are the format this week.** {{STORE:7-Eleven}} launched multiple coordinated series rather…
Week of 2026-03-24
# The 60-Second Scan ## The Week in 30 Seconds - **Summer has arrived at the konbini.** 18 summer-tagged products this week: cold pastas, somen dipping sauces…
Heritage Ingredients Go Grab-and-Go
# The 60-Second Scan ## The Week in 30 Seconds - **Protein hits its peak.** High protein reaches proliferation phase for the first time, with 29 products acro…
Week of 2026-03-10
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