Vesper  Updates

Weekly Forecasts

by Vesper Team, Product Marketing
New
Forecasting & Outlook
Improvement
AI
Data

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.


Pro Tip: If forecasts look flat due to scaling (multiple products or long price histories compress the view), zoom in on the graph, temporarily hide other products using the legend, or hover for exact forecasted values.

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1200 New Forecasted Prices Live

by Vesper team, Product Marketing
New
Forecasting & Outlook
Data
API, Download Data, Excel
AI

Vesper has Expanded Forecast Coverage, adding 1200+ new price forecasts across key commodity categories. This massive expansion adds price outlooks to previously unforecasted products, enabling procurement teams to anticipate price movements across their entire commodity basket—from coffee beans to meat cuts.

What's New:

  • 1200+ New Forecasts: Price predictions now available for products that previously showed only historical data

  • Multi-Category Coverage: Major expansion across Eggs, Grains, Meats, and Coffee categories

  • Enhanced Cost Model Predictions: More ingredients in your cost models now are part of forecasts

  • Deeper Market Visibility: Forward-looking insights for specialty and regional products that lacked predictive analytics

Why It Matters: Procurement decisions require forward visibility across all ingredients, not just major commodities. This expansion eliminates forecast gaps that forced teams to make assumptions about future prices. Now, whether you're buying specialty coffee blends or regional meat cuts, you have data-driven predictions to guide purchasing decisions and budget planning.

What's included?

  • Eggs: Shell eggs, liquid, and processed egg products

  • Grains: Wheat, corn, barley, and specialty grain varieties

  • Meats: Beef, pork, and poultry cuts across multiple regions

  • Coffee: Arabica, Robusta, and regional blend benchmarks

  • 12-month forecast horizons (where data availability permits)

  • Automatic integration with existing cost models

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Direct Widget Data Download

by Vesper Team, Product Marketing
New
API, Download Data, Excel
Data

Vesper has launched Direct Widget Data Export, streamlining how users extract data from the platform. This feature eliminates the multi-step process of navigating to separate download centers, allowing instant data exports directly from any widget you're viewing—saving valuable time for teams that need to quickly move data into reports, models, or presentations.

What's New:

  • One-Click Export: Download data directly from the three-dots menu in any compatible widget

  • Instant Access: No need to navigate to Data Download or remember complex product names

  • Multi-Widget Support: Works across Prices, Price Forecasts, Production, Import/Export, and Stock widgets

  • Format Preservation: Data exports match the exact view and timeframe displayed in your widget

  • Simplified Workflow: From insight to Excel in seconds

How to Use It:

  1. Navigate to any widget showing the data you need

  2. Click the three dots in the top-right corner of the widget

  3. Select "Download" from the dropdown menu

  4. Access your file immediately in your email inbox

  5. Paste into your model or report—formatted and ready to use

How to access? This feature is live for all users with Download data across the platform. No setup required. To get access please reach out to your customer success manager or [email protected]

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Vesper for Excel

by Vesper Team, Product Marketing
New
Data
API, Download Data, Excel

Vesper has launched Vesper for Excel, a powerful new integration that brings Vesper's live commodity intelligence directly into your spreadsheets. This feature eliminates manual data entry, allowing teams to spend less time maintaining spreadsheets and more time analyzing markets with real-time data feeding directly into the models and templates they already use.

What's New:

  • One-Click Refresh: Update all Vesper data in your spreadsheets instantly. With a single click, you can access real-time prices, forecasts, FX rates, and fundamentals.

  • Direct Data Access: Pull data from over 160 global sources directly into any cell in your spreadsheet.

  • Native Integration: Vesper for Excel lives natively within your Excel, integrating seamlessly with your existing workflow and templates.

  • No Coding Required: Perfect for procurement, finance, and sales teams who need live data in spreadsheets without any technical overhead.

Why It Matters: The time spent on manual data collection and entry is time lost on strategic analysis. Vesper for Excel automates this process, ensuring the latest market information always powers your most critical models. It shifts your team's focus from data maintenance to data-driven decision-making.

How to Use It:

  1. Download the add-in from the Microsoft Excel marketplace.

  2. Log in with your Vesper API Excel key.

  3. Set up once by using the Vesper for Excel sidebar to choose the data you need (e.g., commodity, price type, date range).

  4. Click "Refresh" at any time to update all data points in your sheet instantly.

How to access? Reach out to your customer success manager or [email protected] to learn more about the Excel Add-in or the various options to extract or integrate Vesper data directly into your workflows

What data? Vesper for Excel offers seamless access to Vesper's data:

  • Vesper Price Index (VPI)

  • Partner and Public price benchmarks

  • Forecasts for Price, Production, and Stock levels

  • FX rates

  • Global trade data

  • S&D/Fundamental data

  • Stock levels

Learn more

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New: Deselect All Button

by Vesper Team, Product Marketing
Improvement
New
Vesper Toolbox

Clear your widget selections instantly with the new "Deselect all" button in dropdown menus. Start fresh analysis without manually removing each selection or dealing with cluttered views.

What it does: One click clears all active selections in a widget What you can do: Reset widgets to empty state for clean analysis Why it matters: Faster workflow, cleaner screens, less clicking

Find it in the dropdown menus across most widgets.

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UK Egg Production Data Now Live

by Vesper Team
New
Data
Bakery
Food Ingredients
Sauces & Condiments

Summary: Vesper has expanded our egg market coverage by integrating official quarterly UK egg production data. This enhancement provides critical supply information to complement our existing egg price benchmarks, delivering deeper market insights for procurement teams in a category known for significant volatility.

What's New:

  • Quarterly UK egg production data from official government sources covering:

    • Eggs, Fresh

    • Egg Enriched Derivatives, Caged

    • Eggs, Free Range

  • Reporting:

    • Production volumes across different egg types

    • Quarter-over-quarter production trends

    • Year-over-year production comparisons

Why It Matters: Egg markets have been extremely volatile, mainly due to supply side constraints caused by HPAI recently. With production levels directly impacting price movements. This new production data helps procurement teams anticipate market shifts by tracking supply dynamics, providing essential context for buying decisions and supplier negotiations in a challenging category.

How to Use It:

  1. Navigate to the production widget in your dashboard

  2. Select the relevant product in the dropdown

  3. View production trends quarterly or evolutions compared to the prior years

Related Features: This update complements our comprehensive egg market coverage:

  • Vesper Price Index (VPI) for 16 egg products across different production systems

  • Expert market analysis for the egg sector

  • Global news feed specific to eggs and poultry

  • Price benchmarks across caged, barn, and free-range production systems

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Supply and Demand Map Improvements

by Vesper Team
Improvement
Data

Enhanced S&D Map visualization now provides Year-to-Date (YTD) comparisons across regions, enabling instant visual insights into global production, import/export, and stock trends and regional shifts.

Why it Matters:"If I were interested to see where growth in EU milk production is happening, this would really quickly show me that it is not happening in Ireland, Netherlands or France. It's great for presentations, as not having to click through all countries at the same time makes it ideal for regions or groups of countries."

Jasper Endlich, Dairy Market Analyst

How to Use It:

  1. Find the World Map Widget in the S&D category

  2. Select your metric and timeframe of interest

  3. Compare countries and spot regional trends through color coding

  4. Export directly into presentations or add to your custom dashboards

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Introducing Two New Ways to Find What You Need

by Vesper Team
New
Improvement
AI


We've launched two powerful features to help you navigate the platform more efficiently: Dashboard Search and Vesbot. Each serves a distinct purpose to help you find exactly what you need, when you need it.

What's New

Dashboard Search: Find and Act

Two simple ways to discover available data:

  1. Direct product search

    • Search for specific products (e.g., "WPI", "Sugar", "Cocoa")

    • See all available data types for that product

    • Add relevant data directly to your dashboards

  2. Category navigation

    • Browse through product categories

    • Select product within the category

    • Explore available data types

Both paths help you discover and organize the data you need in your dashboards.

Vesbot: Ask and Learn

  • Get instant answers about platform features

  • Learn how to use specific platform capabilities

  • Access platform support 24/7

  • Available through the help icon in the bottom right corner

Why It Matters

Finding the right data and understanding how to use it are crucial for making timely decisions. Dashboard Search helps you quickly locate and organize market data, while Vesbot ensures you can instantly learn how to use platform features effectively.

When To Use Which?

How to Use It

Dashboard Search

  1. Click the search bar above your workspaces

  2. Enter what you're looking for (e.g., "WPI prices")

  3. Add Country/region

  4. Add relevant data directly to your dashboards or create a new one

Vesbot

  1. Click the help icon in the bottom right corner

  2. Type your question (e.g., "How do I compare prices between regions?")

  3. Get immediate answers and guidance

  4. Follow up with additional questions if needed

  5. Left with questions? Our Support team is still available to help, just ask Vesbot to connect you.

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Introducing Vesbot: Your AI Chat Assistant 🤖

by Vesper Team
New
Improvement
AI


Meet Vesbot, your new AI-powered platform Support! We're optimizing how you find resources, information and get support to best get Value from using Vesper.

What Vesbot Can Do

Get instant answers about:

  • Where to find certain data

  • Report availability

  • Source information

  • Product specifications

  • Delivery details

  • Platform features and functionality

Smart Support Routing

Need human assistance? Simply ask Vesbot to connect you with our Support team – it's that easy!

How to Access

Find Vesbot in the platform's chat functionality by clicking the Help button in the bottom right of the screen.

Don’t worry, we still pick up the phone!

You can reach us through the phone or whatsapp on: +31 6 43 21 20 19

Send an email to [email protected]