Tag: consumer
Americas: CrownSmart engages consumers with cans
Crown Holdings and Zappar have released CrownSmart to deliver augmented reality (AR) to brands and consumers, as well as other services like gaming, couponing...
Americas: Consumer consumption behavior challenges manufacturers
Evolving attitudes and behaviors are creating shifts in the foods and beverages consumers choose.
Consumers in the US are using fewer dishes and ingredients in...
Europe: LRQA joins Consumer Goods Forum as member
Assurance services organization LRQA will join the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) as a member, extending the company's food services portfolio beyond food safety.
LRQA also...
America: US agencies release nutritional guidelines to consumers
Health and Human Services (HHS) and USDA have released updated nutritional guidelines that encourage Americans to adopt a series of science-based recommendations to improve...
Americas: More consumers prepare food in slow cookers, finds report
Slow cookers have been around for over four decades but increasing interest in freshly prepared meals has made them the hot — so to...
Americas: Serve the booming solo eaters market, says analyst
Single-person households in the US are 38 million strong and growing, which have an impact on snacking in terms of eating behaviors, packaging, and...
Americas: Competition affects one’s sense of taste, say researchers
Research by Cornell food scientists reveals how a person’s emotional state – particularly in the competitive, wide world of sports – affects the perception...
Americas: Menasha acquires Canadian packaging company
Menasha Corporation has acquired Canadian family-owned Portable Packaging Systems.
The acquired company will operate as part of Menasha Packaging Canada L.P., a subsidiary of Menasha...
Europe: Memories influence choice of food, say researchers
The stronger our memory is of a certain food, the more likely we are to choose it – even if it is the more...
Europe: More are consuming omega-3, finds DSM study
More people in European countries are using omega-3 supplements, according to The 2015 Global Consumer Usage & Attitude Study by DSM.
It surveyed 11,000 shoppers...