Consumer Insights & Trends Retail

June 29, 2020

The New Grocery Landscape, Is It Fleeting or Here to Stay?

With all the changes wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, only a crazy person would try to predict which of those changes in the grocery industry will stick and which will fall by the wayside. Well ... here I go. In July 1848, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, editor of Le Figaro and a novelist (mostly romances), wrote,…

John Stranger, VP/Group Supervisor

Consumer Insights & Trends Digital Other

June 18, 2020

Monetizing Recipe Content: How Food Commodity Boards Can Capitalize as Online Grocery Surges

If there’s anything food marketers have learned over the past couple of months, it is how important an e-commerce channel strategy is. With consumers urged to stay home, online grocery shopping has grown exponentially. Home delivery has become an essential service for those who are elderly or immunocompromised, and it has…

Jessica Stampe, Sr. Account Executive

Food Campaigns Media Other

June 2, 2020

“Viral Advertising” Takes on Whole New Meaning for Food Marketers During COVID-19

When it comes to the state of creativity in food advertising content, it goes without saying that the coronavirus has had a dramatic impact. Commercial shoots, like all nonessential activities, have been shut down during the crisis. But with so many people staying at home, consumers are spending more time…

Kirk Evans, VP/Assoc Creative Director

Digital Food Campaigns

May 26, 2020

How Influencers Help Cultivate Food Trends

Anyone who has worked in social media marketing has been asked the million-dollar question: “How can we make our content go viral?” But this is a loaded question. The answer depends on so many stars aligning. While "going viral" isn't a good social strategy, we have developed a formula that…

Carina Ost, Social Media Supervisor

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Food PR Foodservice

May 1, 2020

The Hustlers, Innovators and Visionaries: a Collection of Foodservice Insights

With America (and the world) forced to hunker down, it’s no surprise that the entire foodservice industry has been affected from every angle. Although some states have begun to open, for most of America, going out to a restaurant is not even an option. This unprecedented time has tasked food…

Emily Nordee-Rogers, PR Director

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Food Campaigns Media

April 22, 2020

Top Trends in Recent QSR, CPG & Branded Commodity Marketing

The first quarter of 2020 was proceeding nicely for food marketing creative efforts, when seemingly overnight, the world changed. Huge repercussions are currently being felt far and wide throughout the industry, and it will be interesting, to say the least, to see how food messaging and content pivots in the…

Kirk Evans, VP/Assoc Creative Director

Consumer Insights & Trends Digital

April 15, 2020

The Food Industry is Pushing Innovation to New Heights

There’s a lot we can learn from the leaders who decided to be proactive rather than reactive, who quickly identified the potential benefits of technical innovation and created advantages during a time when few seemed to exist. They’ve offered us a glimpse of how the food industry is capable taking…

Keith Butler, VP/Digital Strategist

Empty Restaurant Covid-19 EvansHardy+Young

Food PR Foodservice Other

April 7, 2020

Foodservice Marketers: 6 Ways to Retool Programs and Support the Industry During COVID-19

Adaptability is essential in food marketing, even under ordinary circumstances. Not surprisingly, today’s profound uncertainty amid the COVID-19 crisis demands a degree of agility that most food marketers have never fully exercised. With immediate and mounting impacts on the foodservice industry, – the least of which may be the cancellation of…

Andrea Schepke, PR Director

Tito's Hand Cleanser Bottle EvansHardy+Young

Food Campaigns Food PR

March 26, 2020

5 Food & Beverage Brands Stepping up Right Here, Right Now

With COVID-19 taking over headlines, newsfeeds and digital happy hours, it’s hard to think about anything else. But the fact is, as food marketers we’re playing an integral role in providing stability and peace of mind to millions of Americans. As a few food brands are showing us, how we…

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Kroger Mobile Delivery EvansHardy+Young Food Marketing

Consumer Insights & Trends Other Retail

March 5, 2020

Grocers Take Drastic Measures in Effort to Gain Consumer Approval

Supermarket operators are trying tactics to satisfy their customers in ways that even just a few short years ago would have been unthinkable. A store where you just pick up your choices and walk out – with no checkout and no scanning? This model, Amazon Go, is being tested by any number of…

John Stranger, VP/Group Supervisor