You have a tiny downtown apartment, and you're addicted to bagels, but you're too lazy to run to Tim Hortons each time you get a craving. If this sounds like you, maybe you'd like LG's bizarre microwave with built-in toaster slot on the side.
It looks more like an old video cassette player, but apparently, it'll toast your bread or bagels for you, and despite what it looks like, won't hurl your baked goods across the kitchen when they're done. Instead of ejected them with force, the device beeps and it's up to you to open the little door to let your breakfast out.
This is a neat way to keep the food warm, but also a guaranteed way to forget them, leaving you to deal with green, furry bagels the following weekend.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Vertical Toasters
- Opportunity to innovate on the design and functionality of vertical toasters for compact living spaces.
- Combination Appliances
- Potential for creating more combination appliances that offer multiple functionalities in one device.
- Convenience Cooking
- Disruptive innovation opportunity to develop kitchen appliances that make cooking easier and more convenient.
Where This Applies
- Appliance Manufacturing
- Opportunity for appliance manufacturers to explore the market for combination microwave toasters and develop innovative products.
- Modern Kitchen Equipment
- Potential for companies specializing in modern kitchen equipment to create innovative solutions for compact living spaces.
- Smart Home Technology
- Disruptive innovation opportunity for smart home technology companies to integrate combination microwave toasters into their product lineup.
