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Gavin Rothwell

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Director at Food Futures Insights
📍 St Albans, England, United Kingdom

Gavin Rothwell is the founder of Food Futures Insights and a leading expert on European food-to-go and retail with over 25 years of experience. He specializes in helping businesses grow by understanding future trends, drawing on his BscEcon from the University of Wales, Cardiff and extensive prior experience at IGD.

His professional life is deeply integrated with a passion for discovering global food and retail concepts firsthand. He frequently travels across Europe and North America to see how different markets are evolving, turning his work into a continuous journey of exploration and insight gathering for his clients.

He is best known for his immersive "retail and food-to-go safaris" in leading cities, a unique approach he established to help clients experience market innovations directly.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
St Albans, England, United Kingdom
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Food-to-Go Markets
He is an authority on the food-to-go sector, with a specific focus on benchmark European markets like Dublin, London, Stockholm, and Paris to identify emerging trends.
Retail Innovation
Closely tracks and analyzes major strategic shifts in food retail, including in-store concepts, private label evolution, and strategic partnerships between major brands.
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Career

Work history

10-2019
Director
Food Futures Insights
11-2019 - 5-2020
Director Of Membership Services
British Sandwich Association
11-2019 - 5-2020
Director Of Membership Services
The Pizza, Pasta and Italian Food Association
1-2012 - 10-2019
Head of Food-to-Go and Retail Safaris/ Senior Retail Insights Manager
IGD
4-2010 - 1-2012
UK Research Manager
IGD
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Education
1993 - 1997
BscEcon
University of Wales, Cardiff
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