Most food and beverage companies are investing in AI. Far fewer are seeing actual returns.
New research from Aptean and Vanson Bourne — based on a survey of 300 food and beverage leaders — reveals a widening gap between AI investment and AI impact. Three structural gaps are holding the industry back. A strategy gap, where AI projects run in isolation and nothing connects. A governance gap, where no one owns the outcome. And a specialization gap in which generic AI models don’t understand how shelf life, allergen segregation, or lot traceability actually work.
This report benchmarks where food and beverage organizations stand today across five stages of AI maturity, and what companies seeing real returns are doing differently.
Inside, you’ll:
- See where your organization stands relative to 300 F&B peers;
- Identify which gaps are limiting your AI returns and why;
- Understand what AI maturity looks like at each stage; and
- Get practical guidance for moving your organization forward.
