Vesper has added forecasts on 1,800+ additional price series, covering both Vesper's own data and third-party sources. All forecasts run up to 52 weeks ahead.

What's new:

• 1,800+ new Vesper Forecasts now live

• Coverage includes US price series added through recent partnerships, European series, and Vesper Price Index benchmarks

• All forecasts run up to 52 weeks ahead with confidence intervals

• This is a major expansion for US-sourced data in particular, where forward price visibility was previously limited

Why this matters:

Buying decisions are forward-looking, but most price tools only show history. Vesper Forecasts give you a forecasted price for planning purchases, reviewing budgets, or deciding whether to lock in now or wait. With 1,800+ additional series covered, buyers in categories like grains, oils, meat, and packaging can access forward views for both US and European markets. And because forecasts cover third-party sources too, you get forward visibility on the same benchmarks your suppliers reference.

How to Use It:

• Price Forecast widget: add any covered series to see the 52-week forward projection

How to access?

Add the Price Forecast widget to new or existing dashboards using the search function, or contact your Customer Success Manager at [email protected].

Commodity Copilot is now accessible from any dashboard through a side panel. Ask questions as you work with your data.

What's new:

• Copilot side panel is available on every dashboard. Open it without leaving your current view.

• See your prices, charts, and reports on the left. Ask Copilot about them on the right.

• Spot something in the data you want to understand? Just ask.

Why this matters:

Before this update, using Copilot meant navigating to a separate page. Now you can look at a price move in your chart and ask what's driving it without losing your place. Data and interpretation, side by side.

How to access?

Open the Copilot side panel using the icon in the top-right of any dashboard, or contact your Customer Success Manager at [email protected].

Vesper now covers 121 monthly packaging price series across EU and UK markets, including 76 products created for this expansion. Coverage spans paper, plastics, glass, and metals.

What's new:

• 121 monthly packaging price series, now live
• 76 newly created packaging products
• Materials covered: paper and cardboard (corrugated, cartonboard, kraft), plastics (PET, HDPE, flexible films), glass (bottles, containers), metals (tinplate, aluminium)
• Geographic scope: EU and UK markets

Why this matters:

Packaging is one of the largest indirect cost categories for food manufacturers. Price swings in paperboard or PET can move margins just as much as ingredient costs. With independent benchmarks for packaging materials, you can track costs over time and verify supplier proposals against market data.

How to Use It:

• Prices Widget: search by packaging material, product type, or market
• Price Comparison: compare packaging prices across materials or regions
• Cost Models: add packaging cost lines alongside ingredient costs in a single model

How to access?

Add to new or existing dashboards using the search function, or contact your Customer Success Manager at [email protected].

Stay on top of market developments across nuts, seeds, and dried fruits with a dedicated news feed now live in Vesper.

What's new

• New Nuts, Seeds & Dried Fruits news feed available in the News section

• Global and local coverage across key origin countries

• Topics include supply disruptions, harvest updates, trade flows, regulatory changes, and demand trends

• Filtered and curated for relevance, cutting through the noise

Why this matters

Nuts, seeds, and dried fruits are highly exposed to origin-specific risks, climate impacts, and trade dynamics. At the same time, public price transparency is often limited.

This news feed fills the gap. It gives you context around market movements, helping you understand what's driving prices and anticipate volatility before it shows up in the numbers.

Upload your own budgets, purchase prices, and supplier quotes directly into Vesper. Your internal data now lives alongside global market intelligence, all in one place.

What's new

• Add your own data via manual entry or CSV upload

• Store budgets, contract prices, supplier quotes, or any internal pricing data

• Unlimited series and products with no caps on what you can bring in

• All your uploads organized in a new dedicated "Your Data" section

• Access your data in the Prices widget, Price Comparison, and Cost Models

• Use the full Vesper toolbox on your own data: visualize spreads, calculate averages, and add notes directly in graphs

• Use your data as inputs for cost models and custom formulas

Why this matters

Vesper already lets you build custom benchmarks using formulas and cost models. Now you can go further. Bring in your actual purchase history, budget targets, and supplier offers to see the full picture.

• Track performance: Compare what you paid against what the market did

• Spot opportunities: See where your prices diverge from benchmarks over time

• Centralize everything: Stop toggling between spreadsheets and Vesper. Make it your single source of truth.

Your data stays yours

Everything you upload is siloed, secure, and never shared with other users or used in any Vesper Price Index. Your competitive information remains private.

Share dashboards with your team or your entire company. Build once, keep everyone aligned.

What's new

• Share any dashboard with individual colleagues or your whole organization

• Admins control who sees what: choose specific team members or open it up company-wide

• Shared dashboards appear in a new "Shared" category in your dashboard list

• Everything carries over: charts, notes, visualizations, and any customizations you've added

• Builds on existing cost model sharing, now extended to full dashboards

Why this matters

Dashboards already help you bring together the data that matters most. Now you can make that work once and share the view with everyone who needs it.

• Weekly reviews: Set up a category dashboard and share it with your team. No more rebuilding the same charts every Monday.

• Negotiation prep: Build a dashboard with price trends, forecasts, and supplier benchmarks. Share it with colleagues so everyone walks into the room with the same context.

• Leadership updates: Create a cross-category overview for your CPO or finance team. Keep them informed without scheduling another meeting.

Availability

All users get free access to dashboard sharing during Q1 2026.

You can now compare your cost models directly against actual prices and other cost models in the Price Comparison widget.

What's new

• Cost models now appear as selectable series in the Price Comparison widget

• Select cost models from the product dropdown, labeled with their cost model name

• View cost model historical data alongside multiple other cost models, price series, or any combination of both

• Same visualization and interaction as product prices (line charts, tooltips, trends)

• Note: Notes cannot be added to cost models

Why this matters

For finished goods, this bridges cost modeling and price analysis:

• Compare different recipe options to find the most cost-effective formulation

• Validate actual paid prices against theoretical cost models to spot inefficiencies

• Track variance trends over time to identify negotiation opportunities

For commodity and ingredient buyers, this opens up new ways to analyze contract structures:

• Build indices for weighted baskets and compare against other indices or your own prices

• Model multiplier or fixed cost-plus structures on top of any benchmark

Introducing Commodity Copilot — an on-demand AI analyst for every buyer. Think ChatGPT, but built specifically for commodity markets and grounded entirely in data you can trust and trace.

What's new

• Ask any market question in plain language and get expert-level answers instantly

• Copilot draws only from Vesper's database: prices, forecasts, supply & demand, news, and analyst reports

• Every answer includes a full list of sources, so you can see exactly where the information came from

• No hallucinations, no guesswork — only answers grounded in verified market data

Why this matters

You no longer need to dig through dashboards, reports, and charts to find answers. Just ask.

• "What's driving EU butter prices this week?" — get a data-backed explanation in seconds

• "How does the 6-month forecast for WPC80 compare to last month?" — no manual chart comparisons needed

• "Summarize the latest analyst outlook for cocoa" — pull insights without opening the report

This is market intelligence on demand, without the time sink. And because every answer is cited, you can verify it, share it, and defend it.

Availability

All current users get free access to Commodity Copilot during Q1 2026. Try it now and see what questions it can answer for your categories.

Price forecasts now display weekly data points instead of monthly. The same 12-month coverage now gives you 52 weekly forecasts; 6-month coverage gives you 26 weekly forecasts.

What it does: Shows forecast at weekly intervals rather than monthly What you can do: Track expected price movements week-to-week and time purchases more precisely Why it matters: Spot trends between monthly intervals and answer the tactical question: commit this week or wait? Especially valuable when markets are volatile.