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Food & Beverage

Your trusted source for all things food and beverage, including annual benchmarking reports on each sector and analysis of key segments, from chocolate to office coffee service.
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Have Your Data and Eat It, Too

Food and beverages are vital to existence, and they are also indulgences. Likewise, our food and beverage market research reports provide a well-rounded data diet, with both staples like our annual food and bevearge benchmarking reports and sweet treats in the form of special reports focused on emerging interest in areas such as:

  • better-for-you foods and beverages for proactive wellness and functional health
  • evolutions in eating occasions, especially snacking
  • innovations in food delivery like e-commerce

Packaging and its ability to improve the shelf-life of food, draw consumer interest, and change the way people interact with their snacks is also vital to this market, and we have you covered there, too.

How big is the food & beverage industry?

In 2021, retail sales of food and beverage products reached $484 billion. 

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  • Textiles & Nonwovens
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What are the key food & beverage industry trends?

  • Snacking has replaced the concept of “three square meals a day”, whether on-the-go or at home.
  • E-commerce is gaining ground as consumer do more food transactions digitally, whether ordering groceries for delivery or curb-side pickup, subscribing to meal kits, or using apps to order carryout or delivery restaurant meals.
  • Functional ingredients promising preventative treatment and DIY steps to better health have numerous opportunities, as this area that is full of innovation.
  • Plant-based eating is becoming more common among people who don’t consider themselves vegetarians or vegans but are intentionally incorporating plant-based meat and dairy alternatives into their diets.
  • Sustainability is about packaging (waste, recyclability, recycled content) as well as food or beverage waste reduction and upcycled food products (e.g., milk made with spent barley from brewing, granola from broken snack bars, juice or crackers made from produce scraps).
  • Convenience is king, as many people still cook more at home than they did before the pandemic and are looking for solutions to provide healthy meals without stress.

 

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    The US market for molded fiber foodservice disposables continues to see strong growth attributable to an increased focus on sustainability initiatives, technological improvements, and longer-running market trends; these factors are combining to increase market size and breadth.

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    Demand for food packaging is forecast to increase 2.5% per year to $58.1 billion in 2027.

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    This report identifies these trends through energy drink industry analysis, highlights key energy & sports drink market opportunities, and reveals consumer attitudes that will help shape the energy drink market through 2027.

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    This report provides annual forecasts to 2027 for US nuts and seeds demand and production in pounds, and demand in nominal US dollars at the grower, processor, or importer level.

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    Functional Beverages: Market Trends and Opportunities is the go-to source for a complete understanding of U.S. consumer trends regarding functional beverages.

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    This report provides annual forecasts to 2027 for US snack foods demand and shipments in nominal US dollars at the manufacturer level.

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    This report forecasts US beverage retail sales in nominal US dollars for 2023-2027.

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    This report forecasts US tea retail sales in ounces and nominal US dollars for 2023-2027.

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    This report forecasts to 2027 US sports drink retail sales in nominal US dollars.

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