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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report | May 2026
Protein Inflation Is Diverging Ahead of Summer As summer grilling season approaches, the DecisionNext Finished Goods Index is showing a growing divide across the protein …
Read ArticleThe DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report - May 2023
Are you tired of constantly monitoring the prices of various inputs and wrangling spreadsheets just to track the unit cost of your finished goods? Look no further than …
Read ArticleUnlock Crop Price Forecasting
Crop price forecasting is a critical tool for farmers, traders, and other market participants to make informed decisions about buying, selling, and hedging crops. Machine …
Read ArticleThe Challenging Environment of Retail Ad Planning
Today, there is a lot more riding on the ability to effectively execute in retail ad planning. For example, the years since the Covid pandemic have seen the average price …
Read ArticleWhy are you still using cattle prices to forecast graded beef cuts?
“What’s been going on with the beef price forecast?” Sound familiar? Since COVID, pricing models at the cut level don’t seem to work anymore. We know why and we know how …
Read ArticleFebruary - Hamburger Index
The 2023 Q1 DecisionNext Hamburger index is 106.5, meaning that the aggregated input costs for a ¼ lb hamburger is expected to be 6.5% higher in Q1 of 2023 than in Q4 of …
Read ArticleThe Risk of Precision
“I’d rather be vaguely right, than precisely wrong” -John Maynard Keynes We think this phrase from the notable 20th century economist and mathematician helps highlight …
Read ArticleFebruary DecisionNext White Bread Index™
Figure 1. DecisionNext White Bread Index, February to June 2023 Figure 2. February and June 2023 Ingredients Cost for 1,000 lb Dough Batch The DN White Bread Index is 108 …
Read ArticleForecasting Soy Oil with DecisionNext
In response to demand from customers in the bakery, retail, foodservice, and distribution sectors, the DecisionNext platform has expanded it’s out-of-the-box modeling …
Read ArticleJanuary DecisionNext Hamburger Index
The 2023 Q1 DN Hamburger index is 115, meaning that the aggregated input costs for a ¼ lb hamburger is expected to be 15% higher in Q1 of 2023 than in Q4 of 2022, for a …
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