New Report Offers Insight Into Americans’ Changing Eating Habits

February 27, 2015 Acosta Sales & Marketing

Acosta Sales & Marketing, a leading full-service sales and marketing agency in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, today released The Evolution of Eating Hot Topic Report. The research report explores changes in U.S. consumers’ eating habits over the years — from creating “hybrid homemade meals” to the rise of snacking — and provides guidance on how the food industry can best respond to these changes.

Giant Eagle To Close All Eight Good Cents Locations

First, Bottom Dollar shut its doors, and now Good Cents is closing. A shake-out of sorts is reshaping the Pittsburgh grocery market — at least the discount end of it.

42% Of Millennials Think Private-Label Foods Are More Innovative

February 27, 2015 Karlene Lukovitz, Media Post

It's no secret that store brands have seen explosive growth in recent years, and a new Mintel report documents that positive perceptions of these products have taken hold among significant numbers of Millennials and other consumers.

AFF Analysis Shows Science Can Prevail, Counter Misperceptions

A five-year analysis of media coverage of the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG)  annual release of its “dirty dozen” list showed efforts to counter this misinformation by the Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF) resulted in EWG’s once dominant one-sided media coverage to decline by more than half (99.8% down to 48%).  Further, the analysis showed the AFF began enjoying its own “one-sided” stories with almost 30% of total “dirty dozen” media coverage reflecting AFF science and information only at one point during the campaign.

National Mango Board To Host Ripe & Ready To Eat Mango Conference

February 27, 2015 National Mango Board

The National Mango Board (NMB) will host a free Ripe and Ready to Eat Mango Conference on March 26, 2015 at the Hilton Long Beach Hotel in Long Beach, CA. The conference will be divided into three sessions that will focus on the following topics: 1) The What, Why and How, of the Mango Ripening Program; 2) Technical Challenges of Ripening Mangos; and 3) How Fruit Ripening Affects Sales.