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74% of Grocery Purchases Are Repeat Purchases, Leaving 26% for Product Discovery
Key takeaways:
Three-quarters of grocery purchases are habitual repeats, leaving CPG brands fighting for just 26% of cart space devoted to trial.
Food manufacturers face the highest switching barriers of any category, requiring discounts...
Food Exec Brief: Bankruptcy Wave Surges, FDA Crisis Deepens, Price Sensitivity Dominates
Welcome to this week's Food Exec Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup covering the accelerating wave of food sector bankruptcies threatening industry stability, critical FDA staffing deficiencies creating regulatory enforcement gaps, and consumer behavior permanently...
Product Purity Pivot: U.S. Health Guidance Is Forcing a Supply Chain Reckoning
By Frank Layo, Managing Director, Consumer and Distribution at Maine Pointe
Key takeaways:
The FDA’s “healthy” guidance is a market reset, not just compliance. With the rule effective Feb 25, 2025 and full compliance by...
Welcome to the New Era of Smart Manufacturing, Where Workers Are Empowered to Work...
By Antoine Bisson, co-founder and CEO of Poka
Key takeaways:
Shift the focus from “more automation” to “more empowerment.” Smart manufacturing delivers the most value when frontline workers can easily access, understand, and act on...
PepsiCo’s Return to Value Pricing: What This Snack Strategy Signals for 2026
Ahead of Super Bowl weekend, PepsiCo announced it is lowering suggested retail prices on many of its best-known U.S. snack brands by up to nearly 15%, including Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, and Tostitos. PepsiCo said...
CPG Strategies to Win the Shelf in 2026
By Michael Bortinger, Director of Marketing and Partnerships at Tastewise
Key takeaways:
In 2026, distribution is just the start. Retail is performance-driven. Brands don’t “win the shelf” in a line review; they earn renewal weekly...
How Modern Technology Is Rewriting the Story of Food Sanitation
By Prasant Prusty, founder and CEO of Smart Food Safe and Sriparna Sarkar, a digital marketing and content strategy professional at Smart Food Safe
Key takeaways:
Technology is making sanitation measurable and proactive by using...