Chandi Gmuer, Vice President of Consumer Research and Product Testing atConsumer Science, discusses National Brand Equivalents and if they are still a useful measure in the current private brand retail landscape. For the U.S. private brand industry, National … Continue reading
Category Archives: Dallas / Fort Worth
Is NBE (National Brand Equivalent) Dead?
TCU Experimental Food Science
Senior students in the Experimental Food Science class from Fort Worth neighbor Texas Christian University kicked off their fall semester by spending an afternoon with us in the laboratory. Students gathered in groups and met side by side with Consumer … Continue reading
Announcing joint venture with S4RB
Solutions for Retail Brands (S4RB) has announced a new joint venture with Consumer Science, a division of MMI (Marketing Management, Inc.). Together, the organizations will combine their resources and expertise to bring private brand retailers improved product performance assessments, better … Continue reading
Quality Assurance Association Sensory Workshop
Consumer Science ran a sensory workshop for the Quality Assurance Association (QAA) www.qualityassuranceassociation.org in Dallas / Fort Worth this May. Thirty QA professionals from leading retailers, manufacturers and associated industries were educated on the physiological background to sensory science and … Continue reading
Longhorn IFT Annual Expo
Consumer Science attended the annual expo for the Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas section of the Institute of Food Technologists, in October. The Longhorn section (www.longhorn-ift.org) offers more than 900 regional members an opportunity to come together, network, and develop … Continue reading
Sensory Testing in partnership with the Community Food Bank
Consumer Science is proud to partner with their local Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas based food bank (www.food-bank.org) for sensory research. Workers at the food bank take part in applicable sensory panels and Consumer Science makes a donation to their … Continue reading
TCU @ Consumer Science for Sensory Testing
No, not the football team! A group of Texas Christian University (TCU) MBA students from Dallas / Fort Worth, TX took a field trip to Consumer Science this past summer. They got a first had opportunity to see how a … Continue reading