July 07, 2020
Craft beer sales are surging at stores, but craft breweries are still struggling. Cheap beer is surging, but it's still losing market share.
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July 01, 2020
The pandemic has accelerated demand for plant-based meats and immunity-boosting products from companies such as Impossible Foods and Unilever.
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June 22, 2020
“This is the year of the beverage” is how IRI’s Larry Levin describes the market research company’s 25th annual New Product Pacesetters report for 2019.
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June 17, 2020
Even before the pandemic, sales growth in the sector was forecast to outpace that of national brands for the fourth straight year, according to IRI.
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June 17, 2020
In response to the unprecedented and evolving impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the consumer packaged goods industry is focused on adapting supply chains, manufacturing and marketing to meet the rapid changes in demand.
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June 15, 2020
Even as restaurants start to re-open, analysts say we're likely to keep eating more of our meals at home for some time to come, which is affecting grocery prices.
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June 03, 2020
Keeping work and home life separate can be especially difficult while working remotely as a result of COVID-19. Get to know the CEO of IRI, Andrew Appel, and glean some insight into big data, and what leadership looks like in a pandemic.
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June 03, 2020
With uncertainty abounding, strong data sets and understanding shoppers’ behaviors become critical to developing strategic plans.
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June 03, 2020
Chris DuBuis is with IRI, a Chicago-based food research company. DuBuis tells producer Peter Tubbs, the lockdown has driven up sales from the cooler as shoppers look for different cuts that have value and they can prepare at home.
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June 01, 2020
To date, over 1,000 animal processing plants in the United States have seen COVID-19 infections among their employees. Twenty-six of those plants are in North Carolina, the second largest producer of pork by value, and the third largest producer of chicken.
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May 14, 2020
Companies like Kellogg, Hershey and Nestle are tapping the lessons of the last recession as they seek ways to keep newly frugal consumers from trading down
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May 13, 2020
Grocery shoppers’ purchasing behaviors may be changing because of high unemployment and economic uncertainty.
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May 06, 2020
Nowadays, “buy online pick up in store” is as normal as, well, doing groceries.
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May 01, 2020
A Chicago-based research firm just released a new tool to track coronavirus purchases.
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April 29, 2020
For the first time in the past two decades fluid milk posted an increase in retail dollar sales for the past 52-week period.
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April 29, 2020
Many weeks into the coronavirus crisis and the toilet paper shortage shows no signs of letting up.
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March 23, 2020
Worried Americans are scrambling to buy wellness products they think will protect against coronavirus. Some may do harm.
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March 11, 2020
The world is changing at pace and our preferences as consumers are more complex than they were a decade ago.
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March 09, 2020
Everyone's talking about the potential for artificial intelligence in the enterprise, but what's actually been achieved to date? Are the majority of companies comfortable with the technology and how it can be used, and are many already using it?
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February 05, 2020
Nishat Mehta, President, IRI Media Center of Excellence, improving the consumer experience through more relevant advertising.
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