The Fight Against Covid-19 Spread Had to Start in the Food Industry I am a member of the Forbes Agency Council. One of the perks is that I am invited to “pitch” article ideas if they are relevant and can add to a more substantial marketing conversation. To that end, I’m sharing an article I…
Food packaging design missteps could cost you! Whether you are a new product, an up-and-coming product, or have been on the shelves for years—you may be making some monumental mistakes with your food packaging design that could cost you in the end. New Products: Are you struggling with where to start with your food packaging…
As noted on Money.com, “Millennials are stingy when it comes to spending in certain categories. Yet even as they aren’t following in the footsteps of their consumer forebears in terms of embracing big-ticket items like houses and cars, millennials spend far more freely on certain other items compared to older generations.” Here are 10 things…
FACT: The U.S. is home to 87.5 million Millennials (ages 18 to 29). The infographic below will provide valuable insight on how to market—successfully—to this growing demographic in America. Because, the fact is, it will only continue to grow. Millennials are a key consumer demographic for online marketers. Learn how to market your…
Hot Food Trend: Plant-Based Proteins The most disruptive hot food trend I saw at the NRA (National Restaurant Association) in Chicago had to be meat substitutes and plant-based proteins. The lines were long for samples and access to speak to a sales or brand representative. information. The plant-based protein craze starting at the top with…
Stay Relevant: Just Because They Used to Love You, Doesn’t Mean They Always Will Branding works. Seriously. You should listen to me. I don’t even drink vodka, but these ads have captivated my heart in a way that only fuzzy kittens, Oreo’s, Manolo Blahnik’s and MoroccanOil can – and I actually use those products! Branding…
Trends may come and go, but, in the world of food packaging design, some trends have longevity. Things such as minimalism, bold colors and sustainability will likely stand the test of time. Your packaging is a marketing and communication tool for your brand and your business. Make sure it is working as hard as it…
Food entrepreneur marketing workshop One of the more fulfilling and meaningful things I get to do is act as a mentor for FamilyFarmed‘s Good Food Accelerator. I’ll let their website describe the organization: The Good Food Accelerator (GFA) gets emerging Good Food CPG (consumer packaged goods) brands ready for prime time, giving them the skills to…
It’s 7 p.m. on a Saturday night. Hardware store. A yellow cardboard sleeve is snuggled tightly around a large, black plastic case. The packaging is void of any fancy imagery, except for one lone halftone photo that tells you exactly what you are going to find when you unwrap the sleeve and pop open the…
To identify and isolate areas for improvement in shopper marketing program strategies and tactics to further your CPG brand growth against set KPIs:
This shopper marketing audit will detail and contrast your CPG brand shopper marketing and messaging versus that of industry standard competitive practices and will include, but not limited to:
Marketing Communication Audit Report
The deliverable will be a white paper with NewPoint Marketing findings and recommendations related to marketing activities in one retail partnership or DMA/market as defined by the client.
Brant brings 20+ years of experience to NewPoint as chief brand communicator and marketing-plan contributor.
Brant’s specialty is bringing an outside, investigative perspective that can feel alternately “rigorous” or “exasperating” depending on your point of view. Yet, he never fails to uncover a business’s unique selling proposition—one which can serve as a brand foundation for marketing that is compelling, creative and “sticky.”
Throughout his career, Brant’s applied his skill set to a broad range of business applications along the food supply-and-service chain. His services have provided vital clarity for all types of operations, from the more conventional food and food equipment manufacturers to the adjacent enterprises that partner with them, such as the Purdue University College of Agriculture.
Food industry marketing expertise—from retail to food-service and food-service equipment— is a natural outcome of having deep knowledge in every facet of a business’ operation. With 10 years in branding and business development, preceded by 15 years in mass media and promotions, Stephanie is an FMI Emerge mentor, holds an executive-level expertise in sales, marketing, media, and production management.
This exceptionally diverse skill set adds value for NewPoint clients by providing a full complement of perspectives on food-industry brand management endeavors.
Wired for a hawkish attention to detail while also maintaining a high-resolution view of the big picture, Stephanie is uniquely able to provide astute branding direction and simultaneously apply the business principles necessary to squeeze more bang out of every marketing buck.
A member of the Forbes Agency Council and quoted in the New York Times, USA Today and Adweek, Patrick Nycz is the author of Moving Your Brand Up the Food Chain: Marketing Strategies to Grow Local and Regional Food Brands. He is an FMI Emerge mentor, an American Advertising Federation’s Silver Medal Award winner, and the Founding President of NewPoint Marketing, a full-service food industry marketing firm focused on food industry brands On a mission to grow.
Patrick’s vision for NewPoint emerged from his team’s success using this proven model for food industry clients and is fueled by NewPoint-funded food buyers and food manufacturers research around tracking consumer, industry, and ongoing food trends.
Since starting her 20-year career in commercial graphic design at one of the foremost catalog retailers in the world, Kristy’s visual branding skills have organically narrowed into the food-industry niche.
In that time, she’s directed graphic identities for snack food and restaurant startups, print materials for multiple agricultural seed companies, display graphics and merchandiser signage for major food-equipment manufacturers and everything in between.
Today, as one of the key brand architects for NewPoint clients, she continues to lead our visual research & development team, always working to find the innovative median between the best practices worth honoring and the accepted rules worth breaking.