COVID-19 continues to reshape consumers’ food purchasing behaviours, ranging from the products they buy to the places they shop.
Glanbia Nutritionals has been tracking recent changes in food purchasing behaviours through weekly consumer surveys in the US. Early on we saw a decline in restaurant visits and a rise in the purchase of packaged retail foods, with protein and energy bars standing out as go-to nutrition solutions.
Globally, 30% of food is wasted each year while in Ireland alone, over 1 million tonnes of food is wasted annually. FoodCloud is a social enterprise that combats food waste by connecting retailers and food businesses which generate large volumes of food to charities in need.
In the early days of COVID-19 emerging globally, Glanbia Ireland put in place measures to safeguard vital services for its farmer suppliers during the national effort to minimise the spread of the virus.
As part of a support campaign ‘We Are With You’, Glanbia Ireland launched a series of measures to help support and protect the national food chain by ensuring the provision of nutritious dairy products.
The online grocery sector has changed dramatically since the outbreak of COVID-19. With strict guidelines on social distancing, and various hygiene guidelines now in place, consumers have had to radically change their shopping behaviour. Switching to online groceries has been one of the most significant resulting shopping trends.
Globally, there has been an uptick in interest in immune system supplements, as well as foods to boost the immune system. FMCG Gurus1 reports that in the past year alone, consumers worldwide are making changes to their diets and lifestyles to improve their immunity. The most common reason for making changes was the desire to be proactive about their health.
As Americans adapt to the changing situation, which now includes widespread shelter-in-place restrictions, many have changed the way they shop to minimize their time outside the home. In Week One of Glanbia Nutritionals’ research tracking consumer behaviour around food, respondents reported a marked increase in food and nutritional supplement purchases. Week Two results showed a purchasing decline for many items, indicating that consumers are now well-stocked.
Glanbia Nutritionals’ weekly consumer survey is tracking shifts in consumer perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours around food and nutritional supplements.
In uncertain times, when anxiety runs high, dependability becomes more important than ever. Our recent consumer survey revealed evidence of this, with a number of changes in consumer trust emerging. Consumers tend to trust what they know - and this includes well-known food brands.
The Great Pink Run with Glanbia has been a firm date in the diary of Glanbia employees in Ireland for six years where employees and their families and friends come out to support Breast Cancer Ireland in their effort to raise much-needed funds for Breast Cancer Research.
Glanbia is proud to be involved as the title sponsor of the Great Pink Run with Glanbia - Breast Cancer Ireland’s flagship fundraising event which takes place annually in October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Singapore is home to the latest GN Innovation Centre boasting a 400 square metre applications lab and pilot plant.
The GN team based in Singapore are excited to welcome our customers to work side-by-side with our application experts on their projects and tailor our ingredient solutions to the ever-changing preferences of Asian consumers. We understand that working on site collaboratively with our customers accelerates the development process and provides better outcomes on finished products and this is how we prefer to work with our partners.