Brand packaging so pretty it inspired this designer to want to write about it! Or sing, if I could. I can’t—nobody wants to hear that. A design that is so simple, yet I could go on for days about it! Where to start? The stark contrast of the black, bold san serif font against a…
See the Shelf: Top Retail Planogram Sales Tools A retail planogram (POG) exists to maximize sales. Retail food buyers are graded on how much sales volume is generated by the mix of products they set in the POG. If you own a food brand and want in that retail planogram, you better come prepared to sell. Typically…
Beautiful Beer Packaging by Goose Island I know, I know, another beer blog. I can’t help what inspires me! Unlike my previous blog about Busch Light’s brand growth, I’m getting back in my lane and talking about Goose Island’s beer packaging and visuals. A few weeks ago, I was perusing the beer aisle at the…
How do you make your food packaging great? The average supermarket in the U.S. holds roughly 40,000 different items (FMI Food Marketing Institute). That’s 40,000 different food packaging designs. This stands the reason that great design—among other key things—is a necessity when you want to ‘raise your hand’ in the crowd of 40K and say…
We can all take some inspiration from the beautiful job the folks at Wright® did when redesigning the brand packaging for their 1.5lb bacon stack pack. This is brand packaging redesign done right. Subtle upgrades that elevate the brand into the modern era—but not too drastic of a change that they lose their audience. You…
Choosing renewable food packaging will not only benefit your company but society too There are many reasons why your food brand should switch to renewable food packaging. One reason is that society is becoming more aware of product packaging and its effect on the environment. As a result, demand has increased for renewable food packaging…
With such a wide ray of options, it can sometimes be hard to figure out which food packaging material is best for your food product Listed below are some of the top eco-friendly food packaging materials you can choose to use! Metal Companies have been using the material metal for packaging since the 1990s. The…
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…
Seasonal Food Marketing Effective and Loved by Consumers When you think of winter what do you think about? Maybe Christmas, red and green colors, snow, snowmen, presents, trees, New Year’s. etc. What do you think about when you hear the word “spring”? Probably lots of pastel colors, Easter, Easter bunny, flowers, rain, etc. How about…
Looking for ways to make an impact while drawing in new customers? Look no further. Capture and satisfy environmentally conscious consumers by introducing eco-friendly products and packaging. These days consumers are becoming more and more mindful of their impact on the environment. As a result of this shift in customer focus, sustainable business practices have…
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.