Every year FMI - The Food Industry Association releases a report on the state of the food and beverage world. Never is this update more important to maintain your consumer focus than now, when the global pandemic has fundamentally shifted the food landscape. This year's report seeks to understand shoppers’ pandemic-motivated purchasing, cooking and eating...
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Big changes are coming in the grocery store aisles, in particular to the Nutrition Facts label. The new label (image below) will need to be implemented by manufactures in July of 2018 with the exception of those with less then $10 million in annual food sales who have been given an additional year to comply. At...
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How far would you go to understand your consumer? Would you go so far as to immerse yourself in their lives and home for a week? Italian agency Le Balene is doing just that...
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For years food companies have been complying with the mandated NLEA information under the assumption that they help consumers make better food choices. Based on FDA labeling laws, industry initiatives and the Affordable Care Act we've seen calorie counts added to the sides of food packages, the front of packages, restaurant menus and even the...
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We're big fans of Freakonomics (and economists Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt) here at Pivot. They recently featured a podcast (with an unintentionally misleading title "How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying") on the economic value of brands by exploring the hidden side of store brands and informed shoppers. "You could take two identical objects...
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