In a recent webinar, Lu Ann Williams, Director of Innovation at Innova Market Insights, shared the company’s top 10 food trends for 2020. Trend 1: Storytelling: Winning with words. Storytelling is crucial to success in the market going forward. Innova research found 56% of global consumers say the stories around a brand influence purchase decisions. The top reason consumers want to know the story behind products is to learn the origin of the ingredients.