With thousands of businesses closing during the social distancing period and over 30 million Americans having filed for unemployment so far, experts across the country are expecting the United States to be placed in a recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Here at Chicory, we predict that we’ll continue to see major changes to consumer grocery shopping and purchasing behavior for months to come.

The coronavirus pandemic is impacting the grocery industry in unprecedented ways. What will grocery’s new normal look like?

As we pass the one month mark “on pause”, we’re slowly beginning to adjust to the new normal. Consumer shopping patterns are shifting and entered a new phase: hunkering down.

We’re excited to announce our partnership with RSi Ansa, the SaaS digital transformation company, to provide better data, faster for our shopper marketing partners.

As we enter our fourth week of working from home here at Chicory, things seem to be settling down into what’s been broadly referred to as the “new normal.” In looking at trends in our recipe network around content and ingredient usage, telling themes emerge that help us understand what the next phase of response to the coronavirus pandemic looks like for consumers who are leaving the panic buying phase and entering into a more settled pattern.

With 44 states having declared stay-at-home orders since March 19th, consumers are looking for ways to keep busy at home with their fully stocked pantries. As consumers continue to adapt to this new way of life, they look for new rituals and new ways to keep busy. But why is it that bread-baking has swept the US as the latest trend?

With 1 in 3 Americans being brought to stay home, we look into our data to see what behaviors consumers exhibit when it comes to alcohol consumption.

As shoppers continue to stay home, we see that they are looking to superfoods as both medicine and preventative medicine at home in an effort to keep their health in tact.

Here at Chicory, recipes are at the core of our business. Not only do we work with tons of recipe publishers and food bloggers--meaning we look at, easily, hundreds of recipes every week--but we've also invested the time to build out a complex recipe taxonomy that enables us to link ingredients to products.

Coronavirus continues to alter rituals and disrupt daily life for millions, we look into the current recipe trends to learn more about how households are affected and how they cook.

Solving the challenges that alcohol ecommerce presents have never been more top of mind in our industry as they are today. Our VP of Marketing Hillary Reeves presents her recommendations on becoming competitive in this space.

“Omnichannel” is here to stay, there’s no denying that truth. But what makes a brand a strong omnichannel competitor? How does one master omnichannel marketing when they’re not a direct to consumer brand? We tackle these questions and then some in the latest article by our VP of Marketing, Hillary Reeves!

The time has come: we’re proud to announce that after 8 months’ diligent work, our Engineering team has successfully launched our new business intelligence tool! Such a huge accomplishment called for a celebration. Read through to learn what this project took and how it will help us work smarter.

With the CCPA, or the California Consumer Privacy Act, having gone into effect starting January 1st, this marks a major shift for data collection in the United States. See our predictions as to what will change with legislations like CCPA and GDPR becoming increasingly popular.

As the year comes to a close, we time to look through our data and find the the most beloved recipes often could be found across many blogs and sites

We’re elated to share that our co-founders, Yuni Sameshima and Joey Petracca were honored as part of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Class of 2020 in Retail & Ecommerce. Take a minute to sit down with our founders and hear their thoughts and reactions on what this means to them.

Chicory founders, Yuni Sameshima and Joey Petracca, were announced as honorees in Forbes’ esteemed 30 Under 30 list Class of 2020 in the Retail & Ecommerce category.