Impossible Burger Great Patty Pickup Party EvansHardy+Young

Food Campaigns

September 17, 2020

Creative Coronaviral Food Marketing Continues

Last quarter, we were just beginning to see the effects of COVID-19 on food marketers struggling to deal with creative production issues and appropriate tonality in our brave new world. Brands were entering the coronavirus conversation conservatively, taking great care not to offend consumers. But now that a new normal…

Kirk Evans, VP/Assoc Creative Director

Meal Kit Trends Post COVID EvansHardy+Young

Consumer Insights & Trends Other

September 14, 2020

5 Consumer Trends Driving a Resurgence in Meal Kits Right Now

For the meal kit industry, 2020 will be remembered as the year of the comeback. What consumer trends are driving the resurgence of meal kits right now? Many of the early consumer behavior shifts we saw this year were directly related to COVID-19. However, now months into the pandemic, we’re…

Jessica Stampe, Sr. Account Executive

Chowbotics Sally the Robot Grocery Trends

Consumer Insights & Trends Other

August 20, 2020

The Mother of Invention: Pandemic Induced Innovation in the Food Industry

If necessity is the mother of invention, then the pandemic has produced the mother of all necessities. Innovation has accelerated to levels never even dreamed of in the retail food industry because rapid and dramatic change is currently essential to survival. Forty-five percent of consumers have changed at least one brand preference since…

John Stranger, VP/Group Supervisor

Reschedule or Rethink crossroads EvansHardyYoung

Experiential & Events Food PR Foodservice

August 13, 2020

The Food Event Dilemma: Should You Reimagine or Reschedule?

Are food industry events an inevitable casualty of 2020? Or is it possible to reimagine them (i.e., take them online) and still meet the needs of both participants and organizers? It’s a tough call, especially in an industry so deeply rooted in relationships, sensory experiences and in-person events facilitating the…

Andrea Schepke, PR Director

Consumer Insights & Trends Food Campaigns Food PR Other

August 6, 2020

4 Unique Paths to a Great Food Collaboration

When it comes to food brand collaborations, doesn’t it seem like there are no rules? The more bizarre a collaboration is, the more it seems to resonate with younger customers. Anyone else conjuring up memories of KFC’s Yule log that made your house smell like fried chicken? The seemingly odd…

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2020 Loading Bar Editorial Calendar Reboot EvansHardy+Young

Food PR Media

July 30, 2020

This Sneak Peek at Upcoming Food Editorial Calendars Could Help Retool Your Fall Marketing Strategy

When planning media, food marketers rely on relevant editorial in order to be more strategic with their tactics and implementations. Editorial content calendars are an important tool for the purpose of intentionally scheduling and assigning content for marketing, advertising, public relations and social media strategies. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, planned…

Lily Katz-Smolenske, Senior VP Media Director

Consumer Insights & Trends Other

July 21, 2020

Food Marketers, You’re Now Being Measured By Your Actions As Much As Your Products

From the pandemic to the Black Lives Matter protests and subsequent boycotts and buycotts, food marketers are navigating the most complex marketplace in recent history. This environment has made consumers even more deliberate about the brands they support based on how they treat their employees, the planet and the communities in which…

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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

Media Consumption by Generations EvansHardy+Young

Digital Media Other

May 31, 2020

8 Media Questions You Should Be Asking When Recalibrating Your Food Media Plan During COVID-19

As the COVID-19 crisis seemingly begins to wane, the havoc that remains in its wake is still very much present. While many personal and business enterprises begin reassessing, at EvansHardy+Young (EHY) we are continuing to carefully recalibrate our clients' advertising media strategies. Like them, you're likely facing some of the same challenges…

Lily Katz-Smolenske, Senior VP Media Director