For those that can't cook, deciding what to eat once meant choosing between a restaurant or a microwave meal. Enter the meal kit; ingredients are delivered with instructions on how to cook a perfect dish. By helping people rediscover the joy of cooking, this sector is on track to be worth $5 billion.

Prepd sells beautiful, bamboo-covered lunch boxes for grown-ups. As takeout lunches become more common, the company promotes an easy alternative: tasty homemade meals. In conjunction with a smartphone app, Prepd helps office workers to create gorgeous, healthy lunches that are Insta-ready.

The effects of climate change won’t discriminate between genders, but research suggests that men may not be doing as much as women to limit their impact on the planet. What stops men from buying eco-friendly goods, and how can brands shift perceptions to ensure sustainability appeals to all?

Berlin-based HelloFresh has been delivering prepared recipe ingredients since 2011. But as customer retention rates continue to fall, the brand is using data-driven product development to identify customer favourites to keep them coming back.