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Food Advertising Creative Closes Out 2022, Looks Toward Super Sunday Consumer Insights & Trends
February 10, 2023

Food Advertising Creative Closes Out 2022, Looks Toward Super Sunday

In this quarter’s food advertising creative roundup, CPG Liquid Death Water stages a “Taze” Test, Ocean Spray Cranberries get “jiggly” with it, and QSR Dave’s Hot Chicken markets FOMO while Dole pushes YOLO. Meanwhile, Chipotle uses AR to encourage people to stick with their resolutions, and snack brands begin to…
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4 Ways to Reduce the Impact of Food Inflation on Consumers — Without Cutting Your Prices Consumer Insights & Trends
December 20, 2022

4 Ways to Reduce the Impact of Food Inflation on Consumers — Without Cutting Your Prices

To cope with spiraling food costs during the inflation crisis, consumers are doing two things. First, they're finding different, cheaper supermarkets, like Lidl, Dollar General, Food4Less and Family Dollar. This means higher-end retailers like Sprouts, Wegmans, Fresh Market, Harris Teeter and Publix are lagging behind in in-person visits. Secondly, consumers…
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Supermarkets in the Post-COVID World New Shopper Trends Impact Brick and Mortar Consumer Insights & TrendsRetail
September 8, 2021

Supermarkets in the Post-COVID World New Shopper Trends Impact Brick and Mortar

At the end of the movie The Candidate, Robert Redford turns to the consultant who just helped him get elected president of the United States and says, “What do we do now?” I think leaders in the supermarket industry probably feel the same way right now. With online grocery sales…
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From Languishing to Flourishing: 5 Health & Wellness Shifts Every Food Marketer Needs to Know Consumer Insights & Trends
August 19, 2021

From Languishing to Flourishing: 5 Health & Wellness Shifts Every Food Marketer Needs to Know

In April 2021, Adam Grant published a piece for the New York Times, “There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing,” in which he succinctly named the collective emotion of 2021. In response, Dani Blum wrote “The Other Side of Languishing Is Flourishing,” providing a proactive step-by-step…
A Trend That Is Here To Stay : Plant-forward Food Consumption
A Trend That Is Here To Stay: Plant-forward Food Consumption Consumer Insights & Trends
March 10, 2021

A Trend That Is Here To Stay: Plant-forward Food Consumption

The pandemic has caused many changes in consumer behavior, leading to discussion about how ephemeral those changes are, or alternatively if they are trends that have become 'the new normal'. Will everyone be baking their own bread from now on, or once commuting hours come back, will that fall by…
3 Consumer Value Shifts That Will Have an Impact on Food Marketers in 2021
3 Consumer Value Shifts That Will Have an Impact on Food Marketers in 2021 Consumer Insights & TrendsOther
January 14, 2021

3 Consumer Value Shifts That Will Have an Impact on Food Marketers in 2021

If you’re reading this, it means you survived the most disruptive year in modern history. Profoundly put by Brené Brown, 2020 was the year of the FFT or “effin’ first time.” If there’s anything we learned in 2020 (where do we even begin?), it’s that there were a whole lot…
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3 Increasingly Popular Media Platforms Your Food Brand Should Investigate Right Now Consumer Insights & TrendsDigitalFood CampaignsMedia
November 23, 2020

3 Increasingly Popular Media Platforms Your Food Brand Should Investigate Right Now

The confluence of better technology and COVID-19 stay-at-home orders has caused new and improved media platforms to emerge, and they are experiencing unexpected growth. While some of these platforms were around prior to the pandemic, consumers now engage with available digital platforms more frequently to stay informed, entertained and educated.…
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How Top Food Brands Can Unlock New Opportunity Amid Changing Shopping Habits Consumer Insights & TrendsRetail
November 3, 2020

How Top Food Brands Can Unlock New Opportunity Amid Changing Shopping Habits

In 2009 Phillippa Lally conducted a study, reported in the European Journal of Social Psychology, to determine how long it took people to turn a new behavior into a permanent habit. She found that it ranged from 18 to 254 days. Today’s consumers are fast approaching that 254-day mark in…