A New Take on Pumpkin Spice

Whenever we talk about trending fall recipes, someone inevitably makes a joke about the “PSL.” But, while we can sense some upturned noses at the Starbucks-ian trend, the fact is, people love pumpkin! Here, we dive deep into the heart of all things pumpkin spice to see how this trend is growing.

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Announcing Shopper Select!

Everybody shops differently — there’s no two ways about it. So one thing is clear: flexibility and power of choice is paramount to shoppers, now more than ever.

So, as a company that values thinking of new ways to change how we shop for food online, we’re thrilled to announce our new Shopper Select product, designed to put more choice back in the consumer’s hands.

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Freshop and Foodtown Launch with Chicory’s Shoppable Recipes

It’s been a busy summer of behind-the-scenes movement here at Chicory. We expanded our office (pics to come!!), grew our team, made some major product updates, and more! But most fun for us New Yorkers has been the launch of a number of new local grocers in our shoppable recipe user experience. Our partnerships with Foodtown and Freshop are just the start of our expansion into working with more regional grocery retailers.

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SEO Advice For Food Bloggers

There is nothing better than being searchable. These articles will help you to brainstorm and plan out your rise to the top of Google's search results because, for the most part, people don't go to page ten to look for a recipe. Help establish yourself as a thought leader and someone who provides trustworthy content. LET'S DO THIS!

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Announcing Our Partnership with Wakefern

For any kid who grew up in the New York Metro area in the (read: me!), when we hear “ShopRite” we immediately start singing the can-can jingle. It’s iconic. ShopRite is iconic. Which is just part of the reason why we were so very thrilled to announce last week that we joined forces with ShopRite’s parent company, Wakefern, to roll out ShopRite across our shoppable recipe network.

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Chicory and Wakefern Launch Shoppable Recipe Partnership

Chicory and Wakefern Food Corp. today announced their shoppable recipe partnership initiative. The partnership between Wakefern, the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the U.S. and the merchandising and distribution arm for ShopRite stores, and technology company Chicory will make it easier for shoppers to send recipe ingredients directly into online shopping baskets on ShopRite’s ecommerce ordering site, shoprite.com.

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Chicory Announces Partnership Making 3,000+ Campbell’s Kitchen Recipes Instantly Shoppable

Launching today, consumers can now order all the ingredients needed to cook any recipe on Campbell’s Kitchen with just a few clicks, thanks to an integration with Chicory. The partnership transforms Campbell’s into a one-stop platform for readers to learn more about Campbell’s products, look for recipe inspiration, and then purchase all the ingredients they need to make the recipes via our Recipe Activation ecommerce technology.

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Chicory CEO Yuni Sameshima to Speak at Groceryshop

Yuni Sameshima, Co-Founder and CEO of Chicory, has announced this week that he will be joining the speaker lineup at Groceryshop, a new conference from the team at Shoptalk. Sameshima will speak as part of the “Next Generation Shopping Experiences: New Technologies and Business Models” track and will cover how Chicory is delivering new customer experiences. The talk will include a major announcement about Chicory and is set to take place on Monday, October 29th at approximately 8:30AM, PT.

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Food Blog Traffic Trends

Today I have a bunch of charts to share that I hope transform your blogging game. Or, at the very least, I hope you find them interesting. As Marketing Manager here at Chicory, I'm constantly checking on our blogger network to see how we're performing. I break our traffic down on an hourly basis to identify opportunities for optimizing Chicory performance across the 400+ publications where we appear.

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Summer 2018 Recipe and Food Trends by Chicory

As we've learned with each passing year, when the weather warms up, recipe traffic patterns take a sharp left turn. It's always fascinating for us to observe the tried-and-true recipes (people loooooove lasagna, chicken and crockpot cooking, you guys) that are well-trafficked year-round suddenly shift. You could almost mark the day when the weather on the East Coast warms up by taking a look at our network traffic patterns to see when shrimp and corn on the cob start trending over the usual cheesy pasta bake.

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