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The Logic of Food Shopping

This webinar reveals what we’ve learned this year from quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, highlighting the shopper perspective on the most…

Modern macronutrients: A strategic guide to ingredient opportunities

The way consumers think about nutrition labels is changing fast.  In our latest white paper, we explore how shifting health priorities, diverse cultural…

Health & Wellness 2025: The Interplay of Vitality and Longevity

As wellness takes on an increasingly diverse meaning, consumers seek more than just immediate benefits: they aspire for better quality of life for a longer…

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February 24, 2025 | Infographic

Is one-stop shopping dead?

Food and beverage sourcing has grown increasingly fragmented, leaving retailers eager to recruit more trips from more shoppers — or to grow basket sizes…

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February 20, 2025 | Article

Functional ferments: Talking gut health with Julie O’Brien, CEO of Firefly Kitchens

The gut health craze certainly isn’t new, but there is still a great deal of untapped potential for innovation — especially within the functional food…

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February 13, 2025 | Article

The democratization of premium indulgence

The notion that premium foods and beverages are reserved for a particular class of consumers has faded. Today’s shoppers increasingly seek indulgence…

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February 10, 2025 | Report

Eating & Drinking Occasions Landscape 2024: Underlying Currents of Change

Understanding differences in how eating behaviors shift across the day and by generational cohorts — as they did in 2024 — is key to finding new opportunities.…

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February 10, 2025 | Infographic

Diving back into dinner

Understanding differences in how eating behaviors shift across the day and by generational cohorts — as they did in 2024 — is key to finding new opportunities.…

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January 29, 2025 | Webinar

Inside “Premiumization and Everyday Value(s) 2025”

This free webinar will provide a sneak peek at key insights from the report, "Premiumization and Everyday Value(s)", which uncovers the consumer perspective…

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January 27, 2025 | Infographic

Willpower and wellness

Love them or hate them, ‘tis the season of resolutions. Many of your customers are actively pursuing a new goal or revisiting an old one they didn’t…

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January 16, 2025 | Article

Ideas in Food 2025: Spotting what’s next in wellness

From the proliferation of GLP-1 medications to persistent scrutiny of UPFs, movements like “Make America Healthy Again” and the growing interest in…

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January 13, 2025 | Infographic

Shifting perspectives

Over the last decade, consumers’ quality definitions have shifted to focus more on food production (such as minimal processing and sustainable production)…

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