Nearly a third (31%) of U.S. adult have gardened in the last 12 months. Gardening has fallen off slightly since 2005, with participation rates dropping by a couple of percentage points. Despite this longer-term slight decline, the percentage of people gardening held firm during the recession--as way to reduce stress, grow food, gain more sense of control over one’s life, or simply because consumers were at home more or more practical-minded in their leisure spending. Gardeners tend to be 35 an...
October 8, 2013If you have pain, take a pain reliever; if you can’t sleep, take sleep medication. Right? Wrong. Packaged Facts’ survey analysis suggests that sleep disturbance sufferers are much less likely than pain sufferers to take either OTC or prescription drugs to treat their condition. And yet OTC and prescription sleep remedies do the job: disturbance sufferers who take medication to treat their condition report high rates of relief.
March 8, 2017Seeking more insights on the burgeoning influence of Millennials? Purchase Millennial Parents in the U.S. and save 10% with promo code PFSAVE10. Jan. 25 - As they have in so many other parts of their lives, Millennials are rewriting the rules about marriage. When it comes to choosing marriage as a way of life, today’s 18- to 34-year-olds-especially women-differ markedly from their predecessors. Millennial women are marrying later than ever before-or not at all. Yet, the decline in the institut...
January 25, 2016Interested in learning more about health and wellness food drivers, including consumer demand for grains? Be sure to purchase your copy of the upcoming Packaged Facts report, Food Formulation Trends: Ancient Grains and Sprouted Grains (August 2015). Packaged Facts research director David Sprinkle will be among the expert presenters at the “Innovation with Healthier Oils & Grains: Solutions to Meet Changing Policies and Demands” course hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) on July...
July 7, 2015Today’s teens and young adults display a wide range of complicated and contradictory characteristics that create an unparalleled challenge for marketers.
July 19, 2018Analysis provided in Packaged Facts' report, "Walmart U.S. Strategies and Shoppers", helps make a strong case in Walmart’s favor.
September 26, 2018In its just-released Buy Now, Pay Later: Point-of-Sale Installment Loans report, we estimate that the BNPL installment lending market in the U.S. grew to $250 billion in 2020
October 5, 2021Processed food manufacturers are finding themselves in a confounding situation. The processed food industry’s turnover from artificial to natural ingredients continues with a vengeance, and food additives are ground zero. Consumers’ preference for clean labels has continued to expand, and the food additives industry is running hard to keep up. For example, major industry R&D investment is driving the release of new naturally sourced colors applicable to a growing number of food categories. The i...
November 8, 2013Packaged Facts examines Walmart consumers across three key retail segments: Food & Beverage, Pet Products & Services, and Financial Services.
August 8, 2018U.S. consumers are increasingly seeking out foods that simply read as fresh and “real,” in addition to inherently healthier foods with positive nutritional qualities. From this perspective, extensive technical nutritional content information on packaged food and beverage products, whether in the mandatory Nutritional Facts Panel or in the currently contested front-of-package labeling schemes, is somewhat beside the point. Consumer interest in knowing as much as possible about the ingredients in ...
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