The Crisp Blog

Part of our Team Spotlight series, featuring Crisp employees and what lights them up at work.

If you’re following the food industry, you’ve probably seen your share of predictions and trends for 2021. It’s a year we’re all eager to understand, as COVID-19 has brought both temporary disruptions and long-term transformation to the retail market. But as a growing food brand, what does the 2021 outlook actually mean for your business?...

Part of our Customer Spotlight series, featuring brands in the Crisp network and their growth stories.

For small and medium-sized food producers, POS is the holy grail of metrics. After all, no sales — no business. But what are you missing when all your analysis time is spent diving into POS numbers?

The responsiveness of the food supply chain in the face of COVID-19’s swift and profound upheaval has been remarkable. But the experience also served as a clarion call to leverage the power of data, technology, and collaboration to better foresee and adapt to changing consumption patterns and supply chain disruptions. Through digital transformation, the retail...

2020 has been a chaotic and turbulent year for the food industry in particular. The COVID-19 pandemic was a shock to the food supply chain, forcing companies within it to move from gradual evolution to overnight transformation amidst rapid changes to product availability and consumer behavior. While businesses scrambled to achieve 10 years’ worth of...

In previous blog posts about how food businesses can be a successful partner to retail buyers, we’ve discussed how important it is to share data that only you have with your customers in the food supply chain. Our goal at Crisp is to help food manufacturers be the partner of choice. However, while your data...

Understanding which products are likely to appear in a shopper’s cart is a valuable advantage for retailers. The possibilities are vast – that is, as good as your ability to gather and analyze product and buyer data. Crisp uses machine learning and historical data to help retailers predict product demand on a vast and complex...

The rampant spread of COVID-19 and the subsequent actions taken to “flatten the curve” have disrupted daily life in ways and at speed never before experienced. One overarching characteristic of grocery shopping in the COVID-19 era is ‘switching’. McKinsey reports that 75% of consumers have tried a new store, different way of shopping, or brand...

Suppliers with access to clean retail data can deliver excellence and boost profitability for retail partners. Learn their stories.