Chicory Network Trends: 12/1/2020-12/7/2020

We dug into the trends in our recipe network to look forward to Christmas food trends and found some interesting patterns emerging this month. Some new patterns emerge (consumers leaning into seafood instead of their usual pork and beef, particularly in stews and soups) and some yearly classics make their way out of the woodwork (cookie recipes dominating Christmas).

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Bi-Weekly Chicory Recipe Trends: Week of 11/09/2020

The period from October 27th to November 9th, 2020 included major cultural and political events in the United States, including Halloween and the 2020 presidential election. Chicory’s shoppable recipe network indicated that more consumers celebrated Halloween through food than ever before, consumers’ eating habits were filled with stress eating and consumers are gearing up for Christmas early.

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Bi-Weekly Chicory Recipe Trends: Week of 8/31/2020

In a year unlike any other, we examined changes over the past two weeks in recipe engagement and online grocery orders within our shoppable recipe network to determine if and how consumers are changing their habits now that fall is here. The data shows that many shoppers are returning to old habits that were pushed aside since March 2020 and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Chicory’s Bi-Weekly Recipe Trends: Week of 8/17/2020

The end of summer and the start of the cooler fall season typically marks a major shift in trends in Chicory’s shoppable recipe network. Typically, a “return to routine” and the back-to-school season mean greater views and orders across our recipe network, but in an anything-but-ordinary year where engagement has surged since March, past years’ trends are no longer the norm.

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5 Out-of-Date Blogging Practices (And What To Do Instead)

Whew! It feels like we blinked and all of the sudden it became March 2016. And time moves even more quickly when it comes to the online media landscape. Things go from trendy to the trash in no time (like those jelly sandals you HAD to have in 6th grade). So before you catch yourself getting behind, take a look to see if you're still implementing these five out-of-date blogging practices. Take our advice and go from 2000-and-late to DAMN DANIEL (if you haven’t seen that vine, you have to). 

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Chicory’s Bi-Weekly Recipe Trends: Week of 7/6/2020

Following the Fourth of July holiday, we dove deep into recipe trends to see how the holiday affected recipe usage and online grocery ordering behavior. However, traffic patterns within our network of 1,500 shoppable recipe sites also showed a country divided. Some shoppers were trying to figure out how to celebrate while remaining inside, at home, while others were eagerly whipping up patriotic treats for a small crowd. Regardless, shoppers throughout the country are eagerly seeking out reasons to celebrate (especially if there’s a tasty cocktail involved).

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