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Employee Spotlight: Orlando Rodriguez, Customer Success Specialist

As we continue to grow, our partners’ success becomes an even more critical piece of the puzzle. That’s where Orlando comes in. This month, we chatted with him about his background, fostering trust and collaboration, and his secret to keeping customers coming back. Can you share a bit about your background and how it led […]

The Future for Commodity Price Forecasting for QSR’s, Fast Casual Dining, & Family Dining

Whereas cyclical supply and demand seasonality used to be the key factor for food cost stability, today factors are more widespread and the stakes are higher. Note the volatility tornado whipped up by geopolitical, environmental, and operational variables from the past few years: 2019’s wettest North American growing season on...

The Path to Advanced Analytics: Buy vs. Build

In order to track and use data efficiently, your business needs to integrate some form of advanced analytics solution that will help you both track and analyze key metrics, and ultimately, make better decisions. Choosing an analytics solution While most leaders know the importance of using an analytics solution for...

The ASF Factor: Pork Prices and Market Mayhem

While the countries affected by this outbreak have been doing everything possible to try and stop this virus, it has already led to worldwide devastation, with one in four pigs affected by ASF since the first outbreak was reported. Although some experts believe that this outbreak will end soon, there...

Year-Round Grilling Gives Meat Retailers Opportunities

Before DecisionNext, commodities market analysts would spend hours manually collecting data from various sources. Barbecues don’t solely belong to summer anymore. As more consumers, especially those fromyounger generations, continued to grill on Labor Day and throughout the fall, grocery stores are...

Navigating Dynamic Dairy Markets [Webinar Recap]

Three big takeaways from the webinar include: 1. No Shortage of News in Dairy Markets With a keen eye on 2020, Lucas Fuess is aware of the extreme volatility seen through the entire dairy value chain. As the Director of Dairy Market Intelligence for HighGround Dairy, Fuess...

Where Meat-Buying Intuition Meets Artificial Intelligence

DecisionNext has produced this whitepaper which focuses on how its patented machine-learning technology combines with your industry expertise to produce a competitive edge. In this case, we will dive into how today’s new tools build powerful forecast scenarios in order to nail the timing of a buy for holiday beef ribs in highly unpredictable market […]

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