Typically, I’m neither for nor against shrimp. This morning, though, I felt very deeply about them. On my drive to work, I listened to a podcast. The specific episode of this podcast deals with color—its nature, how we experience it, why it matters, etc. As color is a crucial issue […]
Last year, my (former) physician sent me from his office with a prescription for “eat more bran.” Bran didn’t help. Bran, it turns out, was one of the reasons I had to see the doctor in the first place. As I would learn through self-diagnosis a few weeks later, I […]
There are few things I’d rather do than photograph dogs. It’s the perfect mix of so many of the things I enjoy; not only do I get to spend time with dogs, I get to spend time behind the camera, and I get to see the dogs’ owners’ faces when […]
If you were of drinking age in the 80’s and 90’s, you probably know that a beer drinker had few options back then (in America, at least, and especially in the AB-dominated Midwest). There certainly weren’t many imports at that time, the craft beer movement had barely taken root, and […]
Typically, I pay more notice to my VHS collection of MacGyver episodes than to political conventions, but in 2004, even I cared about politics, as a handful of bloggers was issued press credentials for the Democratic and Republican conventions. This small act of validation signaled a large-scale shift in the […]
If you don’t already know The Nutrition Education People, I hope you’ll get to know them soon. They’re the heart behind the St. Louis District Dairy Council (SLDDC), a nonprofit nutrition education organization whose mission, since 1932, has been to communicate the role and necessity of dairy as part of […]
Store brands, over the last two years, have protected or increased their market share in 75% of the top 100 consumer packaged goods categories* For over a decade, private label brands have outpaced national brand favorites in several categories. The economy, to a significant degree, has driven consumers to explore […]
I love this word: “Particibrands.” Trendwatching.com (an entity I have a strong affection for) defines the Particibrands trend as “to remain relevant, brands have no choice but to follow, adapt to, but most importantly participate in consumer culture, in all its joyous chaos and excitement.” So what does this mean […]
Landshire is a manufacturer and marketer of packaged sandwiches and snacks distributed throughout the United States. Landshire had a business-to-business website and needed a consumer-driven website that also promoted their companies’ growing capabilities. Moreover, Landshire was receiving pressure from Walmart to boost sales or face the loss of shelf space. […]
Baldwin Richardson Foods is a manufacturer of ingredients and products for the industrial and foodservice markets. Additionally…they produce and market (3) distinct consumer brands. Challenging? Yes. In approaching the development of this new website, our two largest tasks were to 1) develop a brand face for Baldwin Richardson as an […]
Why repackage? Among other reasons, surveys say that 70% of consumers make their buying decisions at the shelf* and that 68% of purchases are impulse driven.** These decisions are based on many factors, and in this economy price is usually close to the top of the list, but not always. […]
