Consumer purchasing trend signals importance of e-commerce to snack food industry
November 4, 2016
Although still relatively small, the online channel is one of the fastest growing channels for consumer reported purchases of ready-to-eat snacks, while traditional channels, like grocery and discount clubs, are steadying or declining, according to NPD Group’s ongoing snacking research.
Preferred beverages include coffee, soft drinks, milk, iced tea, and bottled water
November 3, 2016
There are 72 fewer in- or away from home occasions per person annually when a purchased beverage is consumed today than there was a decade ago. It’s not that consumers are only drinking tap water; there are still about 1100 beverage occasions per person a year, which equates to about 3 non-tap water drinks a day, according to NPD Group’s continual tracking of US consumer’s eating and drinking behaviors.
Engaged consumers, alternative channels fuel surging specialty food segment
November 1, 2016
Americans, especially millennials and men, continue to discover specialty foods and beverages as they become a larger, more integral part of the American diet, according to "Today's Specialty Food Consumer," an annual report from the Specialty Food Association
Packaged Facts offers insights on how marketers can optimize Hispanic food and beverage sales
October 26, 2016
Clean up on aisle internacional…that is, clean up all the money as sales of Hispanic foods and beverages continue to soar. The size of the Hispanic food and beverages market approached $18 billion in 2015.
Euromonitor report finds that alcohol could be the sugar of tomorrow
October 25, 2016
The new edition of Passport Nutrition is out and with that a whole set of exciting data to unveil. This time, not only will we discover the nutrients purchased from Packaged Food (PF) and Soft Drinks (SD), but also Fresh Foods (FF) and Alcoholic Drinks (AD).
Notable efforts at producing plant-derived meat substitutes and analogs abound. And sports and energy food and beverage designers tapped into the value of protein for active bodies years ago. Further, with a major shift under way to reduce reliance on meat as a primary daily source of protein, ingredient technologists are engaged in providing high-value, technologically advanced protein alternatives.
New Euromonitor research shows how snacks are being redefined
October 19, 2016
Global market research company Euromonitor International presented new research at the London press briefing, ‘No Sugar Please: How Snacks are Being Redefined’.