Meal Solutions Offer Options for Consumers and Opportunities for Retailers
The past several months have created millions of more confident home cooks, many by necessity. With restaurants and office buildings closed, American consumers have been spending more time at home and in the kitchen. According to Midan’s July COVID survey of meat...
The “Future of Foodservice” Series: Influencer Partnerships Offer Win-Win Opportunities
In this multipart blog series, Midan team members are sharing how restaurants, retailers, distributors, producers and chefs have had to rethink foodservice — and what we believe the meat industry can do to match that creativity to find new ways of doing business....
Data Shows Consumers Reaching For Fewer Meat Snacks
The coronavirus pandemic has upended how consumers eat as well as what they are eating. For most retail categories, this has been a boon – with significantly more dollars being spent on groceries to offset the decrease in dining out. But one category has lagged behind...
Blended Proteins: A Healthy Balance For Retailers And Flexitarians
As consumer attitudes toward meat are undergoing significant changes, new lines of meat alternatives are hitting the shelves every day. These changes are being driven by shifts in the U.S. population toward younger generations with increasingly diverse ethnic profiles...
The “Future of Foodservice” Series: The Power of the Foodservice/Processor Partnership
Meredith McDuffie has a passion for foodservice. She’s spent more than 20 years in the industry, working as an operator as well as in sales, marketing and culinary roles. Her love and knowledge of food trends, back of house operations, restaurant marketing and...Future of Ag Podcast with Tim Hammerich “Midan Marketing: A Small Giant in the Ag Industry”
What started as a two-person firm founded by farm kids Michael Uetz and Danette Amstein sixteen years ago has grown into a full-service meat marketing agency with 100+ team members. Listen as Michael and Danette share stories about their journey to build a strong team...
The “Future of Foodservice” Series: D2C is Here to Stay
In this multipart blog post series, Midan team members are sharing how restaurants, retailers, distributors, producers and chefs have had to rethink foodservice – and what we believe the meat industry can do to match that creativity to find new ways of doing business....
Multicultural Consumers Are Vital to Your E-Comm Meat Purchases
Every day, the U.S. population is becoming increasingly diverse. In fact, 44% of Millennials, the largest living generation, are considered multicultural.1 The traditions and heritage of multicultural consumers – including U.S. Hispanics, African Americans and Asian...Reminisce and Reframe: Lessons from Jack’s Old South
In March and April, social media was inundated with pictures of friends trying their hand at bread baking. Now, as the weather has gotten warmer, there’s a new trend emerging: “Just bought my first smoker, what should I cook on it first?” With “safer at home” measures...
The “Future of Foodservice” Series: Lessons in Creativity Through the Meat Lens
Few industries were hit as hard by COVID-19 as the foodservice industry. Overnight, nearly every restaurant in America was forced to close its dining rooms, find new revenue streams and (the 2020 word of the year) pivot. Luckily for restaurants, many of the qualities...
Understanding Social Media for the Meat Industry
You’ve heard that social media is important – but with dozens of channels, unlimited content types and a new normal, knowing where to start can be tough, especially when the meat industry has experienced so much change. This blog will give you some tips on how to...
How COVID-19 has upped the stakes for meat branding
I have made only three trips to the grocery store since the pandemic hit in mid-March. At first, I resorted to Instacart because two family members had potentially been exposed to COVID-19 and we were self-quarantining. When I started, Instacart through Publix was the...
Meat Processors in the Spotlight: Five Best Practices for Transparency
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive, heartbreaking devastation both in the number of lives lost and the number of livelihoods threatened. The meat industry has been hit especially hard: 67 meat plant workers have died and more than 17,000 have been sickened. In...