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Explore The Changing Market

Understanding what is driving market changes for your CPG, foodservice and restaurant brand — from macro to micro data — informs everything we do. Please read these thoughtful perspectives from our insightful team.

Owners of a food truck.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 9.11.23

Today’s weekly roundup features what drives consumers to seek global street food, why taste matters in plant-based food consumption, Smucker’s plan for purchasing Hostess, and what strategists predict for the upcoming holiday’s retail sales.

Catering to college students varying dietary needs.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 9.4.23

Explore this week’s roundup to find stories about how colleges are challenged with meeting students dietary needs and demands, how to find the right micro-influencer, what drives Gen Z’s snack brand preferences and who actually invented pumpkin beer.

Fall flavors like Butternut Squash Soup come to C-stores early this season.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 8.28.23

Today’s roundup includes fall-inspired menus found at C-stores, a podcast featuring Red’s All Natural founder, Mike Adair discussing consumer expectations for frozen food products, results from a study on produce prescription programs and Dairy Queen’s 85-cent Blizzard promotion.

Young adults eating snacks.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 8.21.23

Read this week’s roundup to find new insights from the State of the Industry: Snack and Bakery report, learn about regional grocery apps that cater to Gen Z, discover how C-stores are differentiating themselves from quick-service competitors and why Starbucks is seeking growth in small towns.

Past trends inform future innovation.

Series: Top Food Trends That Influenced The Past Decade

In this first blog of our latest series, Top Food Trends That Influenced The Past Decade, we’ll examine how trends from the past ten years have influenced the food industry, meeting fluctuating consumer or market needs, and how these trends may help shape the future of food.

Healthy, functional and easy-to-make bowls.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 8.14.23

We cover the latest food and beverage news in this week’s roundup including consumer curiosity trends, how late-night dining is making comeback, new pizza kiosks hitting airports and colleges, coffee that delivers a buzz from more than caffeine and fun new products from Eggo, Pop-Tarts and Crocs!

Group of elementary school kids in the lunchroom.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 8.7.23

Discover these hot topics in today’s weekly roundup: nine states plan to reinstate free school meals, a new study reveals omnichannel shopping insights, FoodLM enhances food-related search queries, C-Stores can learn from their quick service competitors on ways to improve their digital ordering platforms and new headlines from Heineken and Anheuser-Busch.

Online and mobile grocery orders.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 7.31.23

Learn how Amazon plans to reestablish itself as a player in grocery, where CPGs can implement AI technology to improve product development and consumer purchasing behavior, how Chips Ahoy! is resonating with Gen Z and more in this week’s roundup.

Strawberry and raspberry dessert.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 7.24.23

Barbie is taking over the big screen and the food industry with pink-themed products and menu items. A new fungi protein discovery could disrupt the sweetener market. Batbox brings eatertainment to the next level and new Greek yogurt-based pizza dough and plant-based sushi come to market with cleaner ingredient alternatives. Find all this and more in this week’s roundup.

At home Ice cream sales are up.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 7.17.23

Ice cream is so hot right now, and Amercians are buying it in bulk! Regional grocers might have a disadvantage in e-commerce compared to Walmart, but with a few refinements in pricing and pickup service strategies, they can compete. A new network, GLEAM, is helping foodservice professionals reach their full potential. And, Hostess is creating some fun new products to satisfy snack cravings. Read our roundup to learn more.