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An Interview with Leslie Sarasin, President & CEO of FMI

In honor of Women’s History Month, The Food Institute Report is highlighting influential female executives in the food industry for each of its three March editions and getting their thoughts on the industry. In this …

Optimizing Online Shopping

According to Nielsen, at the close of 2019, brick-and-mortar food distribution represented the largest share of grocery sales—especially for fresh food. Despite this factoid, things are changing fast. In Nielsen’s words, “e-commerce maintained its meteoric …

Coronavirus’ Impact on E-Commerce

As Chinese consumers stay home to avoid the coronavirus, delivery and e-commerce companies have an opportunity for growth. People are turning to ordering groceries online from companies with quick delivery times, reported CNBC (Feb. 6). …

Is AI the Next Phase of E-Commerce?

Many e-commerce businesses are beginning to take advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) to help in searching, sorting, and finding relevant data. Giants such as Amazon, eBay, and Flipkart are standing on the cutting edge of …

Time-Constrained Consumers Replace Meals with Healthy Snacks

Millennials and Generation Z consumers trying to balance work with other activities, along with more singles in homes, are demographics driving a trend toward healthier snacking that is replacing full, sit-down meals, experts say. Snacking …

Retail Prescribes Food as Medicine

Grocery stores are for more than simply picking up groceries these days as consumers look to retailers for health-related resources and nutritional assistance. Filling Food Prescriptions In April 2019, Giant revealed it was piloting a …

Reducing Sugar and Sweetness

Sugar reduction is a popular option for the three in five U.S. consumers who would rather cut back on sugar than consume artificial sweeteners, according to Innova Market Insights. Manufacturers are taking note of this …

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4 Key Disruptors in Packaged Food

The packaged food industry is undergoing a rapid evolution. Industry giants are re-engineering household-name products to meet modern preferences and diversifying into healthier, fresher, and more sustainable offerings. The following four key trends are fundamentally …