So why are so many consumer packaged goods brands in trouble? Just watch their TV commercials for a good idea. A cereal maker, trying to tell us their cereal is healthy because it’s non GMO despite the fact that there is enough sugar in a box to put us all in shock. How about Hershey’s advertising their sugar bomb sandwich with marshmallows and graham cookies? You would think that with all their data they would know better.
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According to CNBC “shoppers are increasingly shunning the center of grocery stores and hugging the perimeter as they trade packaged food for fresh food. That’s bad news for an industry that’s already struggling Packaged food sales have declined, and earnings have disappointed. Some companies have cut jobs and shuttered factories”.