Jul 23 2024 Guilde Internationale des Fromagers Confrerie de Saint-Uguzon Paris, France Recognizes Cheese Professionals in Buffalo, NY
BUFFALO, NY (July 11, 2024) – Roland Barthelemy, Prevot of Guilde Internationale des Fromagers traveled from France to recognize and induct ten cheese professionals in the United States on July 11, 2024 in Buffalo, NY during the 640th Chapter Induction at a ceremony during the annual American Cheese Society Conference. The individuals inducted are considered not only experts in […]
Feb 19 2024 Grocery Food Prices Remain on the Rise
The price for food at home increased 0.4% in January compared to December, marking the highest monthly increase in a year, according to the latest Consumer Price Index. Food at home has gone up 2.6% over the last 12 months.
The overall food index also rose 0.4% in the first month of 2024.
Four of the six […]
Oct 17 2023 Top 2024 Food and Beverage Trends Revealed by Specialty Food Association Trendspotter Panel
NEW YORK — The Specialty Food Association (SFA) Trendspotter Panel has predicted what will be hot in specialty food for 2024. Ranging from soup to cell-based meat and seafood to peach to value–and more–the Trendspotters have set their sights on a diverse list of trends for the $194 billion specialty food industry.
“Maximizing pleasure and minimizing stress, as […]
Jul 27 2023 Exploring the momentum of cheese snacking trends and innovations
Consumer demand for cheese as one of the favorite snacks globally has risen following the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic influenced snacking trends that have led to heightened demand for comfort foods, ease of convenience, and healthy snacks. (1) A significant portion of the global population (52%) is shifting towards consuming snacks which have increased during […]
Jun 01 2023 Supermarkets surpass Amazon in online food shopping satisfaction study
The Feedback Group, which provides actionable stakeholder feedback, released findings from new national research conducted with 1,000 online food shoppers about their experience shopping for food and groceries.
Supermarkets topped the list with an impressive overall satisfaction rating of 4.40 on a five-point scale. Amazon followed closely behind with a score of 4.30, while mass […]
Jan 11 2023 Grocery e-commerce sales jumped 2.4% in December
Online U.S. grocery sales totaled $9.1 billion in December, up 2.4% from $8.9 billion in the year-earlier period, according to the monthly Brick Meets Click/Mercatus grocery shopping survey.
Driving the growth was a combination of more households buying groceries online and slightly higher order values.
Pickup, which includes instore, curbside, lockers and drive-up, accounted for $4.4 billion in sales, […]
Oct 03 2022 Bold Commerce brings checkout lane impulse buys to online grocery
Bold Commerce, the ecommerce technology company that powers checkout and subscription experiences for leading retailers and DTC brands, today announces its newest curbside checkout feature for brick-and-mortar and omnichannel retailers. Curb Up enables retailers to recapture the high-margin impulse purchases lost with the growth of curbside checkout by introducing upsell and cross-sell opportunities after an order has been […]