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Beware of Gluten-Free Claims

  By Birgit Blain Branding & Marketing, Food Safety, Labelling Regulations

  Gluten-free has spread like wildfire. In hot pursuit of sales, brand owners are jumping on the bandwagon and gluten-free… LEARN MORE

Tagged   brand, branding, brands, food, food safety, gluten-free, labelling, trust
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How to Earn Consumer Trust

  By Birgit Blain Branding & Marketing

“Trust me, I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV.” This statement demonstrates that trust must be earned.… LEARN MORE

Tagged   brand, brand strategy, branding, brands, food, loyalty, promise, trust
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Best Before Date Confusion

  By Birgit Blain Branding & Marketing, Labelling Regulations

Consumers don’t understand what best before dates really mean. And in my experience, some brand owners don’t make the connection between… LEARN MORE

Tagged   best before date, brand, branding, food, labelling, shelf life, trust
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Innovation Primers

  By Birgit Blain Innovation, Product Development, Trade Shows
Photo courtesy of Ace Bakery

Food innovation can take many forms: from appearance and taste, to novel applications, unique packaging and placement in unconventional categories.… LEARN MORE

Tagged   food, innovation, product development

Clean Labels: A Marketing Opportunity

  By Birgit Blain Branding & Marketing, Product Development, Trends

  Canadian attitudes to food are changing rapidly, with increasing numbers of consumers paying more attention to food labels. Their search for… LEARN MORE

Tagged   brand, brand strategy, food, food safety, marketing, product development, promise, shelf life, trends

How Traceability can Increase Profitability

  By Birgit Blain Food Safety, Traceability

  Highly publicized food borne illness outbreaks and recalls have weakened consumer trust in the safety of our food system.… LEARN MORE

Tagged   automation, brand, efficiencies, food, food safety, funding, software, traceability

FUNDING for SMEs

  By Birgit Blain Food Safety, Funding

Financing a business is a challenge for any company, but especially for small food businesses. The pressure is on to comply… LEARN MORE

Tagged   food, food safety, Food safety modernization act, funding, safe food for Canadians act, SME

CRONUT BURGER LESSONS

  By Birgit Blain Food Safety, Food Service, Retail

  Summer in Toronto brings back the popular CNE (Canadian National Exhibition), an annual event synonymous with fun and food.… LEARN MORE

Tagged   brand, food, food safety, Food safety modernization act, foodservice, recalls, safe food for Canadians act, traceability

Trends and Innovation from CRFA

  By Birgit Blain Branding & Marketing, Food Service, Innovation, Product Development, Retail, Trade Shows, Trends

Innovation is the lifeblood of a brand. Packaged food brands need to innovative to stay relevant in today’s rapidly changing… LEARN MORE

Tagged   branding, brands, food, foodservice, innovation, kale, maple, matcha, pretzels, product development, sous vide, tea, trends
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