Carla Dobre-Chastain is an Analyst with Mintel, specializing in the food sector. With more than twelve years of experience in the research industry, she has primarily worked for large global consumer packaged goods companies providing valuable consumer insights that have led to positive sales results.

At Mintel, Carla is responsible for authoring in-depth research reports that focus on trends within the consumer packaged goods food industry.  Her reports, client conversations, and media interactions provide actionable consumer insights for an array of clients, ranging from retailers to manufacturers and agencies. She offers Mintel’s clients a comprehensive view on various food markets, focusing not only on the current situation, but future implications, while understanding consumers’ motivations, behaviors and attitudes. 

Prior to joining Mintel, Carla was a Market Research Manager at Kraft Foods where she spent ten years, holding various positions mainly within the Cheese Sector. 

Within the Cheese Sector, she conducted an array of consumer testing, from focus groups, ideation sessions, product innovation, competitive benchmarking, packaging testing, product testing, claims testing, and ethnographies. A sampling of the brands she worked on include: Kraft Singles, Velveeta, Deli Deluxe, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Breakstone’s Cottage Cheese and Sour Cream, and Athenos Hummus.

Carla holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Loyola University Chicago.