by Jeff Slater | Sep 8, 2024 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice
In an era when health-consciousness is reshaping consumer preferences, OliPop has emerged as a disruptive force in the $38 billion U.S. carbonated soft drink market and $200 billion beverage market. OliPop, this prebiotic soda brand, has skyrocketed to a staggering...
by Jeff Slater | Sep 2, 2024 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice
Insomnia Cookies’ Journey from Dorm Room to Doorstep As I listened to Guy Raz’s interview on How I Built This with a Jewish kid from the University of Pennsylvania who sold cookies for a living, I felt a bit of brownie déjà vu. (My wife started and I joined her...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 25, 2024 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice
Millie’s Sipping Broth is a new category that reinvented the bouillon cube. Few brands manage to carve out a unique niche and dominate it. Millie’s Sipping Broth has done just that, transforming the simple concept of drinkable soup into a lifestyle brand...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 19, 2024 | Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
Phil Donahue passed away today, August 19, 2024. Rest in peace. I’m reposting a blog I wrote about the time my wife and I were guests on his show with the founders of Häagen-Dazs, November 19, 1986. And yes, I realize how young we look. In the mid 1980’s, an...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 18, 2024 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Books
A provocative new book called The Power of Instinct by Leslie Zane I read many marketing and branding books and rarely find original thinking. This book is different, or I should say – distinctive. I’m a big fan of a counterintuitive or contrarian perspective,...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 11, 2024 | Marketing Advice
Understanding the basics of behavioral economics is also helpful for brand and marketing professionals. While traditional economic theory posits that people make rational decisions based on a careful weighing of costs and benefits, the field of behavioral economics...
