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GMA honors McCormick, Pinnacle Foods Innovation Awards

August 2, 2016

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) honored McCormick & Company and Pinnacle Foods with the 2016 Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Awards.

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Nielsen names 2016 Breakthrough Innovation winners

Breyer’s, Cheez-It, Chobani and Dole among the brands named.

Jeremy Gerrard

July 13, 2016

More change in the CPG industry will occur in the next five years than in the last 50 as companies will need to focus on mastering consumer experiences and not just consumer goods.

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CPG focus needs to be digital

CPG companies must stay up to date when it comes to e-commerce trends or risk being phased out by the competition

Jeremy Gerrard

March 15, 2016

Companies are facing a “winner-take-all” situation, with half of the sales growth coming from digital channels.

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Changing preferences create opportunities for innovation

Consumers are shifting toward on-the-go and clean-label products.

Jeremy Gerrard

December 15, 2015

Continuous collaboration between consumer goods manufacturers and technology suppliers is necessary to speed up the implementation of new processing and packaging solutions.

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Six top supply chain trends

The Boston Consulting Group and Grocery Manufacturers Association say transportation and network redesign are the most pressing concerns for CPG companies.

October 27, 2015

Other trends include rising freight costs, declining service levels and growing inventories.

Hershey and Palantir partner to form CPG consortium

Jeremy Gerrard

July 21, 2015

Global chocolate manufacturer the Hershey Company and Palantir Technologies, Inc.—a software company closer associated to the CIA and US Department of Homeland Security—have teamed up to build a consortium of consumer packaged goods manufacturers.

Report: Transportation biggest worry for CPG manufacturers

Jeremy Gerrard

July 1, 2015

Getting products to retailers is increasingly an uphill battle for consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies as 80 percent of CPG supply chain leaders say transportation is now their greatest worry, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA).

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Resources scarce for consumer packaged goods companies

A recent survey from Tetra Pak indicates professionals in the packaging industry know natural resources are scarce, but fail to understand the impact.

Jeremy Gerrard

January 23, 2015

The top three impacts to companies include greater price volatility around supply/raw materials; long-term shortage of supply resources; and decreased ability to manage costs.

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