Finding an Authentic Influencer Fit for Your CPG Food Brand Digital
August 30, 2024

Finding an Authentic Influencer Fit for Your CPG Food Brand

The explosion of social media influencer marketing has opened up new frontiers for CPG food brands to connect with younger consumers. But as we know, navigating this space can be tricky. Younger audiences like Millennials and Gen Z are highly distrustful of traditional advertising tactics and overt corporate messaging. They…
7 Social Media Tools and Trends For Your Next Food Marketing Campaign Digital
July 31, 2024

7 Social Media Tools and Trends For Your Next Food Marketing Campaign

For food marketers, keeping up with the latest social media trends and platforms demands constant adaptation. And lately, relying on traditional advertising avenues or even tried-and-true social networks doesn’t cut it. Just in the last year, platforms like TikTok and Instagram have emerged as full-fledged search engines, redefining how consumers…
Your Food Brand Website Isn’t an Ecommerce Engine — It’s the Driver for Brand Engagement Digital
June 17, 2024

Your Food Brand Website Isn’t an Ecommerce Engine — It’s the Driver for Brand Engagement

The consumer’s path to purchase just isn’t as straightforward as it used to be. Hybrid shopping — shopping in person and online — is now the norm. And if consumer packaged goods brands are to keep up with consumer behavior, they must re-evaluate their owned digital channels — their websites,…
4 Reasons Food Advertisers Must Invest in TV Brand Building — Yup, Even Smaller CPG Brands Consumer Insights & TrendsMedia
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,…
Food Advertising Creative Taps Popular Trends From A.I. to Cannabis Consumer Insights & Trends
January 30, 2024

Food Advertising Creative Taps Popular Trends From A.I. to Cannabis

In this quarter’s food marketing creative trends report, the “food meets fashion” trend continues with QSR brands collaborating with popular shoemakers. Meanwhile, AI continues to impact the CPG category, and mainstream restaurant chains court cannabis culture. Finally, Pop-Tarts wins the internet with a college bowl game victory stunt that goes…
Fast-Breaking, Ongoing, and Macro Trends: Which Ones Are Worth the Chase? Consumer Insights & TrendsDigital
November 28, 2023

Fast-Breaking, Ongoing, and Macro Trends: Which Ones Are Worth the Chase?

You might be skilled at capitalizing on macro trends in the food industry, like healthy eating, certain sauces and condiments, or flavor pairings. Fast-breaking trends? Not so much. When you do identify a trend on social media, it feels like you’re late to the party. And by the time you…
Unmute the Myths: Tuning into the Real Benefits of TV Advertising for CPG and Commodity Board Marketers 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…
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From Artificial Intelligence to Real World Comfort Cravers, Food Creative Embraces the Now Consumer Insights & TrendsFood Campaigns
August 18, 2023

From Artificial Intelligence to Real World Comfort Cravers, Food Creative Embraces the Now

In this quarter’s Food Advertising Creative Trends report, QSR brands employ ChatGPT-written ads, CPG brand Impossible Foods creates a meatless musical, Branded commodity Milk PEP spoofs plant-based dairy alternatives, Kraft Foods gets massively comfortable with post-Covid cravings, and Heinz celebrates brand obsessed fans. Read on for more.  McDonald’s/Burger King -…