The sheer volume of spending on food at home by affluent households—which is in excess of $100 billion—makes them an essential consumer segment for food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, and grocers...But, as Packaged Facts reports, it’s not money alone that sets affluent food shoppers apart.
July 1, 2019The FDA’s ruling on the use of “gluten-free” labeling is a triumph for consumers who suffer from Celiac disease, wheat allergies, or other grain-based food intolerances. When the regulation goes into effect a year from now, consumers who follow a gluten-free lifestyle out of necessity or choice will be able to shop for groceries with more confidence. The FDA’s final rule is setting a gluten limit of less than 20 ppm (parts per million) in foods that carry this label. The FDA explains that is the...
August 15, 2013Meat prices are returning to normal now that the panic buying from the spring is past and the supply logistics of the food industry have had a chance to even things out.
September 23, 2020Food indulgence and decadence are desired by many Americans, and despite health concerns, some don’t care if they come from sugar.
June 11, 2020Americans living in urban areas are the biggest fans of alternative ingredient snacks, even more so than people who live in suburban areas and far more than those living in rural settings. The differences are most pronounced for pulse- and seaweed-based snacks, but the pattern holds true for every type of alternative ingredient salty snack and cracker; rural snackers are just less interested.
March 2, 2017Celebrate National Waffle Day with Packaged Facts. Get 10% off Breakfast: Retail Market Trends and Opportunities in the U.S. through September 15 with code PFWAFFLE. Aug. 24 - If you love your breakfast food saturated in sweet sticky syrup, you are not alone. Despite food industry trends favoring healthy, gluten free, and portable products, it’s clear that Americas haven’t entirely given their favorite battered breakfast foods the boot. Recent research by Packaged Facts reveals that more th...
August 24, 2016What a sweet deal! Save 10% on our report Sweet Baked Goods: U.S. Market Trends with promo code PFSAVE10. Feb. 4 - Americans are eating and snacking healthier, but they do love to indulge in sweet baked goods. They can’t live without their cookies, snack cakes, doughnuts, muffins and other sweet treats. And most people like the regular versions over low or fat-free types. Consumers generally eat sweet baked goods to indulge in a treat. Increasingly however some are looking for healthier more n...
February 4, 2016Halloween is traditionally a happy time for people and companies alike. But Halloween parties and trick-or-treating may not seem like the best idea in the middle of a pandemic, so companies that have traditionally depended on these activities are looking for new ways of engaging with consumers.
October 16, 2020A lot has been made recently of the supply chain challenges and rapidly shifting demand trends messing with ordering as suppliers and retailers hope have enough, but not too much on hand.
August 17, 2022Recent research suggests that the upward trend in obesity that has vexed public health officials for decades may have leveled out, while the healthy eating movement remains on the upswing. Still, nearly 100 million Americans are watching their diet to lose weight or to maintain their current weight. Successful weight management remains a tough and never-ending battle for many Americans trying to stay on a traditional diet plan. The majority of overweight Americans find that the very idea of a st...
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