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Small-Format Grocery Stores and Your Brand

In a time of online shopping and trendy foods, grocery stores need to be able to adapt.  Now that shopping can be made convenient in so many different ways, what can grocery stores do to keep up with the times?  In the past few years, there has been an effective solution: small-format grocery stores.  So,…

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2019 National Restaurant Association: Hot Food Trend Alert

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…

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Forbes Agency Council Panel: Tips to Refresh Your Brand

Looking for Simple Ways a Business can Refresh Your Brand? As a member of the Forbes Agency Council, I am invited to participate in expert panels. It’s a great exercise that provides different viewpoints on the same topic. This panel provides 15 tips for refreshing your business’ brand across platforms. Here’s my take: Focus On…

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Market Trend: Why Is Trust Diminishing with Big Food?

A Market Trend Can Shift Your Market Segments A food market trend in 2014 was private labeling. In 2015, grocery stores begun utilizing grocery delivery or pick-ups. That same year, a U.S. Census Bureau reported that millennials, the demographic of young people born between 1985 and 2000 with the highest familiarity of emerging technologies in…

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2018 Food Trends: Local Food Brands Edition

It’s the start of a new year and that means one thing in the food world: predictions of 2018 food trends are upon us. We are going to be reading all sorts of new foods, flavors and eating trends that consumers will be looking to add to their menus and shopping lists. But does that…