Consumer Insights & Trends

June 25, 2025

The Pantry Essential Playbook: How Food Brands Can Win Permanent Spots on 2025 Dinner Tables

The elaborate TikTok food trends that dominated 2022 are fading fast. Gone are the minute-and-a-half-long recipe videos featuring detailed measurements, step-by-step instructions, and complicated ingredient lists. What's replacing them isn't just simpler content - it's a deeper shift in how consumers are thinking about meal planning and grocery shopping. With…

Isabella Del Mese, Social Media Supervisor and Influencer Manager 0

Digital Media

April 25, 2025

10 Deliciously Devious Marketing Lessons from White Lotus Season 3

The third season of HBO’s hit series “White Lotus” served up more than just murder, mayhem, and meditation in Thailand—it delivered a masterclass in modern marketing. As the characters navigated spiritual awakenings and deadly encounters at the luxurious resort, brands were cooking up partnerships faster than a Thai street food…

Dennis Hardy, President / CEO 0

Food Campaigns

April 9, 2025

Unlocking Growth Through Small Bets: A Strategic Guide for Food Marketers

In today’s hypercompetitive food marketing landscape, even established brands struggle to cut through the noise. While foundational strategies like OTT campaigns, social media activations, and PR outreach remain critical, forward-thinking CMOs are increasingly layering in small bets—nimble, low-investment initiatives with outsized potential for brand elevation. These tactical plays aren’t replacements…

Dennis Hardy, President / CEO 0

Media

April 1, 2025

The Food Marketer’s Strategic Prompting Playbook for Effective AI Collaboration

CPG food marketers who've dabbled with AI know the frustrating feeling all too well: They spend precious time and resources experimenting with a growing list of prompts and parameters, trying unsuccessfully to wrangle the AI model du jour into meaningful food marketing solutions. As inconsistent and lackluster outputs stack up,…

Tori Brumfield, VP/Director of Client Services 0

Consumer Insights & Trends

February 4, 2025

Gaining a Competitive Edge with AI: A Quick Start Guide for Food Brand Marketers

Food brand marketers like you often feel like they’re walking a tightrope. On one hand, you’re contending with rapid shifts in how people discover and choose products, which means you must innovate and stay on top of trends. On the other hand, budgets have never been tighter, which means you…

Tori Brumfield, VP/Director of Client Services 0

Digital

November 13, 2024

Craft a Genuine and Consistent Brand Voice Across Social Platforms: A Food CPG Marketer’s Guide

Maintaining a consistent brand voice across diverse social media platforms is a significant challenge for today’s food CPG marketers. How do you keep your brand's personality intact when jumping from LinkedIn's professional atmosphere to TikTok's fun-loving, trend-driven culture? This comprehensive guide offers practical strategies for developing and implementing a flexible…

Andrea Cade, Social Media Director 0

Digital

October 9, 2024

5 Powerful Ways CPG Brands Can Hook Gen Z on Social Media

As digital natives, Gen Z wields immense influence and trendsetting power, helping to reshape how brands connect with their audience. So for CPG companies like yours, understanding and adapting to their unique behaviors on social platforms is crucial. The challenge lies in balancing authenticity with ROI. Gen Z values transparency…

Andrea Cade, Social Media Director 0

Digital

October 1, 2024

Engagement Rates: The New North Star for CPG Digital Marketing Success

Finding ways to accurately measure digital campaign effectiveness is always a high priority for food marketers. But pinpointing conversions or calculating hard ROI can be elusive, particularly for top-of-funnel initiatives. And if you’re working with incomplete metrics, you won’t feel confident in your strategy or budget decisions. More and more,…

Andrea Cade, Social Media Director 0

Consumer Insights & Trends Media

May 14, 2024

4 Reasons Food Advertisers Must Invest in TV Brand Building — Yup, Even Smaller CPG Brands

The performance plateau for CPG brands is real. If you think a performance-based mix of online search, social, and display ads covers all your marketing needs, you may be on the edge of a major sales drop. Once saturation kicks in, you're left with a closed loop of existing customers,…

Justin Poe, VP/Media Director 0

Media

September 20, 2023

Unmute the Myths: Tuning into the Real Benefits of TV Advertising for CPG and Commodity Board Marketers

TV isn’t just the multiplex-sized screen on your living room wall anymore. There’s never been more video content, or such a wide audience consuming it — at home, during commutes, and at work. Yet CPG and Commodity Board marketers remain resistant to TV ad spend. Why? The truth is, there…

Justin Poe, VP/Media Director 0