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Beyond the Counter & Kitchen: Emerging Trends in Dairy, Deli, and Bakery - Borderless Breakfast: Redefining the Morning Menu Across Departments

Suzy Badaracco

FEB 12, 2026 | Data/Trends

Breakfast is no longer confined to traditional formats or limited to one department. Today’s consumers want flavor-forward, global, functional, and emotionally satisfying morning options that reflect their evolving routines. From za’atar-spiced egg wraps and croissant-style kolaches to savory yogurt parfaits with cornbread crumble, the most exciting breakfast innovations are cross-departmental. Dairy, deli, and bakery are uniquely positioned to collaborate—merging flavor, convenience, and format flexibility to dominate the AM daypart. This session explores how the breakfast landscape is shifting and how to use category synergy to deliver bold, craveable solutions. Attendees will learn how to time launches with seasonal and cultural cues, optimize breakfast for grab-and-go, and blend global familiarity with regional comfort. Whether targeting health, indulgence, or all-day snacking, cross-category breakfast innovation is the next growth engine for the perimeter.

Learning Objectives:

  • Decode Modern Breakfast Drivers Understand the behavioral, emotional, and cultural forces reshaping breakfast preferences in 2026.

  • Unlock Cross-Department Collaboration Discover how to blend dairy, deli, and bakery elements into unified, craveable breakfast offerings.

  • Anticipate the Next Wave of AM Innovation Identify emerging formats, flavors, and global influences that will define the future of breakfast.

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Speaker Bios

Suzy Badaracco

President of Culinary Tides, Inc.

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