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Utilizing Segmentation To Better Understand Meat and Poultry Consumers

In theory, every product that goes into the food supply chain should be created with the end user (the consumer) in mind. And that thinking applies just as much to fresh beef, pork and chicken as it does to ice cream or Goldfish® crackers. Starting with the end in...

4 Things Marketers Can Learn From Crop Harvesting

Lessons from our family’s farm playbook — passed down by the generations before me Every summer, I leave my day job as managing principal of a full-service marketing agency to help with wheat harvest on my family’s farm in Kansas. As the sixth-generation farmer to be...

Poultry People: What Midan’s Segmentation Research Reveals About Poultry Eaters

I may be a beef girl at heart, but poultry is still a staple in my home. Living in rural Alabama, I pass miles of chicken houses on my way into town and can’t help but marvel at how different chickens are from the cattle I’m familiar with. One thing I’ve never...

It’s About To Be Pork’s Big Moment (Don’t Mess It Up!)

The fresh meat supply of both beef and pork has fluctuated over the last several years. Right now, pork supply is robust compared to beef as exports of pork have softened and beef has started to contract. According to USDA numbers, the U.S. is currently producing...
Reflecting on Meat’s Role

Reflecting on Meat’s Role

Earlier this year, “The societal role of meat – what science says” was published in the Animal Frontiers journal. This...

The Power of Consumer Segmentation

The Power of Consumer Segmentation

Have you ever watched an ad or a short video and been perplexed, or even said out loud, “I don’t get it.” Happens to...