Ecommerce, CPG and consumer Insights for the Online Grocery Community
Context vs. Behavior: Evidence Shows Contextual Commerce Media Drives Stronger Results
It’s clear: offsite retail media has exploded. Brands can expand their scale like never before. More doesn’t always translate to better, though. This blog explores why reaching shoppers anywhere is not the same as reaching them in an active mindset and at the right moment.
Why Lean Into Managed Service
Today’s campaigns require a new level of sophistication: audience layering, multi-format creatives, omnichannel execution, real-time optimization, and full-funnel reporting. Simply put, they demand far more time and expertise than most internal teams think. Our latest blog dives into why Chicory’s managed approach delivers a level of value that self-service tools or standard programmatic platforms simply cannot adopt.
Not All Offsite Is Created Equal
The retail media landscape continues to mature, and RMNs are looking to expand offsite. The question is: how do they do it effectively? Our new blog explores how Chicory’s contextual commerce media ensures that offsite expansion doesn’t come at the expense of performance or trust.
Infographic: Consumer Mindsets Through the New Year
As the calendar turns, consumers are resetting their grocery routines. Our latest infographic explores how consumers approach meal planning, budgeting, and discovery at the start of the new year.
From prioritizing healthy and budget-friendly choices to seeking inspiration across recipe and retail channels, these insights uncover how brands can meet shoppers in an active mindset when resolutions are fresh and engagement is high.
The Evolution of Retail Media & The Rise of Offsite
RMNs are evolving fast. As the landscape changes, RMNs are moving beyond onsite placements to connect with shoppers across the open web. Our latest blog breaks down why offsite retail media is on the rise, and how brands can maintain performance while scaling their reach.
2026 Brings Two Major Sporting Events. Keep Your Brand in Play.
2026 is a banner year for sports. With both the Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup around the corner, brands must be ready to meet consumers where they are. In this new blog, we break down how brands can turn cultural events into real outcomes, and how Chicory can help.
Chicory Expands its Premium Inventory to Reach More Consumers in an Active Mindset at Meaningful Moments
Chicory, the leading contextual advertising platform, announced today its strategic expansion to include partnerships with various grocery and meal planning apps, including MyFitnessPal,Listonic, and OurGroceries. Together, these partnerships deliver brands contextually relevant, high-intent ad inventory and unique media experiences that reach consumers in a decision-making moment.
A Winning Combination: An Active Mindset and The Right Moment
Today’s shoppers no longer follow a linear path to purchase; between searching, scrolling, streaming, and shopping, traditional funnel models simply can’t capture the complexity. Consumers now encounter brands in fragmented, multi-touchpoint journeys, both online and in-store. Our new blog explores how the key to unlocking a consistent brand experience and full-funnel impact lies in showing up in both the right moments and the right mindsets—and how Chicory helps brands do just that.
Incrementality: The True Measure of Success
Brands and agencies today find themselves in a sea of conflicting advertising metrics: CTRs, ROAS, ATCs, and sales lift. One question remains: did the campaign actually work? Last week, our very own Yuni Baker-Saito joined industry leaders at Digiday’s "Retail Media Advertising Strategies" event to answer just that, and discuss why incrementality is such an important metric for defining success.
How Chicory Uses AI to Deliver Smarter Campaigns
Effective advertising should serve to enhance the consumer journey, not interrupt it. To continue reaching shoppers in active planning and purchasing moments, we’re making our solutions smarter by leveraging generative AI for contextual targeting. Our new blog uncovers three key things to know.
A Guide to Navigating Consumer Mindsets in 2025
2025 has been quite the year. Between price sensitivity, shifting shopping habits, and evolving expectations, today’s shopper is approaching every trip to the store with entirely new considerations. That’s why we surveyed 1,000 Gen Pop and Gen Z consumers to better understand how they’re thinking and behaving in this environment.
Infographic: The Mindset of Today’s Consumer
Fall is right around the corner, and with wide-spread price sensitivity, tariff talk, product shortage concerns, and more, consumers continue to face unprecedented levels of economic uncertainty. In response, we surveyed 1,000 shoppers to get a temperature check on how they’re feeling, thinking, and changing their behavior in this uncertain time.
Gen Z Is Relying Less on AI than You Think
It feels like every week we hear new quotes on AI’s emerging dominance in everyday life. Make no mistake—AI is everywhere, but when we surveyed over 500 Gen Z consumers to understand how they use AI tools to make grocery shopping decisions, we found they’re relying less on the emerging tech than you’d think. Here’s what we discovered.
The Power of Context — Enhanced
Consumers continue to be inundated with an increasing number of ads. As the landscape continues to evolve, reaching them in the right context will be key. This blog explores how Chicory helps brands reach shoppers in the right mindset with closed-loop sales measurement and minimal lift.
Infographic: 2025 Holiday Shopping Trends
As the 2025 holiday season approaches, grocery behavior is shifting in meaningful ways. Today’s shoppers are navigating rising prices, blending old traditions with new digital habits, and turning every grocery run into a multi-purpose mission. From earlier planning cycles to more store-brand swaps and last-minute add-ons, it’s clear that holiday decisions aren’t made in a single aisle—or a single moment.
Driving Trial, Simplified With Contextual Commerce
Pressure keeps piling on for marketing teams. Between juggling tighter budgets, higher expectations, and shifting consumer behavior, brand managers are being asked to prove impact without added resources—this is especially challenging when it comes to product trial. In this blog, we explore how Chicory can help your brand get in front of consumers who are ready to try something new.
Navigating Economic Uncertainty in 2025
As 2025 unfolds, the American shopper is navigating a landscape shaped by inflation, price volatility, and ongoing economic uncertainty. To better understand them, Chicory surveyed 1,000 U.S. consumers (500 Gen Z and 500 non-Gen Z) to see how economic conditions are shaping the way people shop for groceries, cook at home, and discover new products.
The Rise in Functional and Flavor-Forward Beverages
The scroll is fueling the shopping cart like never before. This time, consumers are shifting away from basic hydration in favor of “beverage experiences,” including flavor, function, and fizz. This blog explores how this shift from plain water is inspired by social trends and health consciousness, and how brands can reach these shoppers in their experimentation phase.
Gen Z Cooking ‘Fakeaways’ and Swapping Steak for Beans, New Chicory Data Shows
As grocery prices rise, Americans are turning to recipes, private labels and cheaper proteins to stretch every dollar, according to new data from contextual advertising platform Chicory.
Turning a New Leaf for Plant-Based Brands
After years of rapid growth, the plant-based category has entered a new era. As consumer priorities shift, so have their expectations for how plant-based products perform. In this blog, we explore how appetite for the plant-based category isn’t going anywhere, and how brands can meet shoppers to spark the next wave of plant-based growth.