Blog Marketing Monday

A series of brief articles being published by Mutrition on Monday's being
Marketing Monday.....to start the week with a marketing inspired thought that makes your food business healthier

Marketing Monday ---- veggie & pulses in can or jar?
When you're looking for shelf-stable vegetables & pulses, what do you prefer, can or jar?
During a recent supermarket visit I noticed the difference between the shelfves of cans and jars.

Marketing Monday ---- Bring-Your-Own-Packaging Retail
Bring-Your-Own-Packaging: A Retail Revolution?
A bold concept in theory—great for the planet, but is it also great for people?
In practice, it presents real challenges—not just for profitability but also for consumer adoption.

Marketing Monday ---- Market ing & Market intel
A shout out to these 2 topics, they're so related
Last week the annual Marketing Facts Book 2025 landed on my doorstep.
Chapter 0 marketing diagnose covered the analyses of the market, to be started at the customer and highlighted a DIKW pyramid of Rodenberg.
A confirmation...

Marketing Monday ---- Fruit/veg marketing
Fruit & veg consumption decreased last year ;-(
Fresh Produce Centre stated that fruit declined 4% and vegetable declined 2% (see comment link to article). Does the marketing of fruit & veg favours extra attention?

Marketing Monday ---- Horecava marketing thoughts
The week after 4 days Horecava, largest foodservice event in lowlands.
The marketing take aways of Mutrition (and fellow food pro's)

Marketing Monday ---- (supermarket) bread, delicious & nutritious?
Is bread category differentiated or standardized?
Last month I've joined the second session of 'graan gesprekken' about 'tasty tarwe' (wheat).

Marketing Monday ---- marketing = like offshore sailing
This first marketing Monday of this new year = about the metaphor 'marketing is like offshore sailing'.
This first marketing thought = about the question how you're going to optimize your marketing coming year?

Marketing Monday ---- Chocolate pack & branding
With December halfway, a topic on chocolate fits well in this chocolate month;-)
I'd like to share an observation around branding on chocolate packaging where there's great opportunity to optimize!

Marketing Monday ---- Well-being a competitive advantage?
If it is up to WOW | World of Wellbeing, it is! Not just a benefit, a basic right that from a company point of view creates a competitive advantage, I'd say….oh yes, bring it on…..