Chicory’s Bi-Weekly Recipe Trends: Week of 5/26

As Americans collectively entered our umpteenth week of staying home, the unofficial kickoff to summer that is Memorial Day weekend came and went, providing us with a glimpse of the unusual summer to come. The traffic and ordering patterns observed in our network over the holiday weekend allowed us to surmise how consumers will behave not only in the season ahead, but even more long-term.

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5 Ways Consumer Behavior Will Change Due to the Upcoming Recession

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.

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Chicory’s Bi-Weekly Recipe Trends: Week of 4/13

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.

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