Packaged Facts: Blog

by Daniel Granderson
June 22 2018
breakfast
eggs
food and beverage
protein

Wall Street Journal, Packaged Facts weigh in on the great egg debate

Is this the age of the rehabilitated egg? Find out...

by Daniel Granderson
June 18 2018
food
food retail
snack food
snacks

Snacking Is the New “Big Cheese”

Marketers are aggressively trying to spur and meet demand for what many consumers look for in cheese: dairy goodness, indulgence, and new flavor experiences.

by Daniel Granderson
June 11 2018
cats
dogs
pet
pet health
veterinarians
veterinary
Walmart

Retail Stores Take on Vets

What happens when Walmart opens up permanent veterinary clinics in its stores?

by Daniel Granderson
June 1 2018
breakfast
food
food trends
foodservice breakfast

The New Culinary Case for Eggs

Eggs have always been a restaurant and home kitchen workhorse, but lately they have garnered new levels of respect.

by Daniel Granderson
May 16 2018
credit cards
finance
money
money and finance
smartphones

Goldman Sachs Reaches for the Apple (Pay Credit Card)

Backed by the marketing muscle of Apple as the world’s largest company by market value, the reach of its ecosystem, and the loyalty of many of its customers, the card could make a splash at the deep end of the consumer payment pool, at top-of-digital-wallet and incent more iPhone users to migrate to Apple Pay.

by Daniel Granderson
May 9 2018
ecommerce
internet
online purchases
online retail
pet food
pet products

Amazon Continues Advance in U.S. Pet Market with New Private Label Pet Food Brand

Packaged Facts’ report “U.S. Pet Market Outlook, 2018-2019” predicted the launch of a new premium pet food brand by Amazon. It's now a reality with the introduction of Wag, Amazon's dry dog food brand.

by Daniel Granderson
May 3 2018
cats
dogs
pet
pet products
pet retail
pet trends

Clean Pets Mean Happy Pet Owners

The “pets as family” trend, fueled by empty-nesting Boomers and Millennials who know no other kind of pet ownership, has put grooming services and products front and center

by Daniel Granderson
April 27 2018
marketing
social media

#MRX: Packaged Facts Ranked Among Top 20 Most Influential Market Research Companies on Twitter During Q1 2018

Recently Empirica, a social media intelligence and research company, released its list of the most influential market research companies on Twitter through the first three months of 2018. Packaged Facts ranked #9.

by Daniel Granderson
April 17 2018
cats
dogs
mergers and acquisitions
pet food
pet market
pet retail

What We're Reading: 14 Acquisitions in Pet Food Industry So Far in 2018

So far in 2018, pet food companies and ingredient suppliers have announced at least fourteen mergers and acquisitions, according to PetfoodIndustry.com.