Curated Guide to Research
MediaPost's comprehensive guide to current research in the marketplace.
Search results for "food"
- With 49% of consumers indulging themselves three or more times a day, snacking has become a U.S. "lifestyle," according to Circana.
- The study examined how ad creative impacts 61 metrics including lift, search intent, click-through rates and more in the consumer product group, automotive and other verticals. Creative quality can lead to 23% aided ad-recall, which drops to 2% for ads with poor creative quality. The study found that consumers looking for a product are 20% more likely to notice and 13% more likely to enjoy ads with improved visuals such as human presence, product images, or prominent logo placement.
- MikMak's latest benchmark study on e-grocery commerce reveals Walmart and Target are the brands in most shopper's baskets.
- Piper Sandler's semiannual survey also sees a shake-up in footwear. And the Willow Project is intensifying environmental concerns.
- Retail experts predict a record $24 billion holiday spend -- and not just because everything costs more.
- Biggest pain points? Understaffing, unhelpful associates and too-high prices.
- A common data model has been critical to Whataburger's radically personalized...and personal...approach to all aspects of the digital experience for customers. Whataburger's Digital & Strategy Director, Keith McLellan, explains how its deep profiles recognizes at all touchpoints who you are, what you like and buy, and how. And perhaps most importantly they know when you stop buying and how long they have to win you back. This level of super-segmentation allows for crafting highly personalized and more emotional appeals, to know who to message, how and especially when, to create a data driven but very human digital conversation.
- Reigniting interest in buffet-style dining in the last year has been a challenge across the fast casual category. Cicis is using it as an opportunity to energize the brand and enhance onsite customer experiences around food, entertainment, and restaurant design. Cicis Pizza's CMO, Stephanie Hoppe, shares what they've learned along the way about embracing Cicis' roots, driving adaptability, and cultivating an always-on optimization mindset to power a successful "Endless Pizzabilities" brand relaunch that bets big on experiences fueling Cicis' continued growth.
- After being named as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2021, Avocados From Mexico has continued working on bringing Innovation to the next level. Avocados From Mexico's Director of Media, Data and Analytics, Jovanny Martinez, discusses how Avocados From Mexico drives both brand and performance marketing by building purposeful innovation through creative testing, media optimization, and measurement.
- TikTok was third in total ad spend -- but it slowed in November, while Facebook rebounded. Shopify revenue declined during the holidays in the food, beverage and wellness categories. according to research by Ampla Technologies.
- Hartman Group's analysis of this year's trends shows just how hungry Americans are for new ideas in food.
- Sales of plant-based prepared frozen meals rose 5% while "everything else" declined, said Brightfield Group's Meg Bluth.
- Americans believe that food inflation has hit 22.8%, 9.7 points higher than the 13.1% annual rate reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and 5.1% higher than in February, according to Dunnhumby, a global customer data science company. “Dunnhumby first reported on the mismatch between consumer sentiment and reality regarding food inflation some seven months ago,” per Supermarket News.
- Food and beverage brands make up half of Gen Z's top 40.
- As they make trade-offs, people are less impressed with national brands.
- The pandemic transformed the ways consumers shop for groceries with more than 70% of US Households buying groceries online last year. What does that mean for advertisers? How do we adjust our marketing approach to capture consumers moving seamlessly between online and in-store? Head of Brand Activation, Lisa Mathison, will share how Hostess Brands has leveraged omni-channel media planning and buying to reach consumers shopping when, where, and how they want.
- Through a combination of app and loyalty program usage along with local events, Fazoli's is crafting a data strategy that funnels local intelligence back to franchisees and managers so they can interact with customers in more personalized ways. At MediaPost's Brand Insider Summit QSR, Fazoli's Senior Manager/Brand Marketing, Erin Stevens, shares how cross-functional teams across the organization use this data to test and learn new engagement tactics as well as inform individual outlets how to better serve customers.
- As the 90-year-old Krystal restaurant brand looked to appeal to younger demos, the marketing team focused on college towns and some of their strongest influencers - star athletes. Executing on this smart plan took more than posing Quarterbacks with store owners. Krystal Restaurants' Director of Marketing, Kaitlin Stoehr, shares what the company learned about crafting local campaigns around recruiting this special class of social influencers, creating authentic live engagements, and then amplifying this content effectively in the community.
- As Insomnia Cookies sought to rebrand its late-night snacking model around new flavors and "Cookie-vation," they invented the "Cookie Lab" at their flagship location in Philadelphia. Nicole Geyer, Insomnia Cookies' Brand Manager, explains how the Lab became a genuine research site as well as a branding tool and even a tourist attraction. But it took a strategy - around everything from facility design to customer recruitment and data gathering. From leveraging invisible messaging to unforeseen uses of maple syrup, the lab has rendered more than a few surprising results.
- As inflation drove up costs and pricing, the Checkers brands felt it was leaving a core value-driven customer behind. Instead of overall discounting, the brand leveraged its CDP to identify and specifically message this segment with highly targeted discounts to motivate purchasing. Barry shares how they modeled this often elusive cash-based clientele and created tightly localized cross-channel media to drive bargains to the ones who needed them most.
- H-E-B's strength shows that regional retailers can do a great deal to differentiate themselves online, building simple and easy-to-use tools for online shoppers, says Grant Steadman, Dunnhumby president of North America.
- "Companies delivering on time and keeping their promises despite supply-chain issues are being held in high regard," says Harris Poll CEO.
- Among the takeaways for CPG brands from the Attest study: Trustworthy nutritional labeling is strongly linked to consumer loyalty.
- Spending for the holiday is expected to reach $23.9 billion this year -- up from $21.8 billion in 2021, the second-highest year on record, according to a National Retail Federation survey.
- Searching for the best snacks to enjoy on Super Bowl Sunday? Instacart this week launched its first social Super Bowl brand campaign.
- As of November, 28.2% of podcast listeners had used restaurant delivery in the past 30 days, compared to 14% of non-listeners.
- A changed business model can be likened to a new frontier, says Shelley Stewart III, McKinsey partner and leader of the firm's Institute for Black Economic Mobility. To pursue additional growth, he believes companies need to "look outside of the core."
- Email is the most popular way that consumers want to receive money-saving deals on food and groceries.
- Study confirms shoppers' growing commitment to mass merchandisers like Walmart or Target as their primary store, rather than conventional grocers.
- Baird Equity Research is tracking search trends as students go back to school this fall. The search data skewed flat to lower for most keywords, with 22 of 60 terms declining more than 5%, according to the data.
