Articles Tagged with ''market trends''

The NPD Group, Port Washington, N.Y., is tracking consumer shopping habits, purchases and perceptions of the supermarket deli department through a new research service, DeliTrack.

When it comes to across-the-board product innovation, food and beverages rank low on the list, according to a study by Ipsos Marketing.

Better for you foods -- including organic and light or low-calorie options -- will be among the fastest growing food trends during the next decade.

Just in time for summer, Mintel International, Chicago, released new survey insights about consumer ice cream preferences.

In its 2009 report, “Frozen Foods in the U.S.,” New York researcher Packaged Facts said retail packaged frozen food sales grew by 6.5 percent to $51.8 billion.

It’s not surprising that shoppers – across all demographics – are flocking to value brands as a way to save money during the recession.

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry performed "significantly better" than the rest of the market in 2008.

Social media use is on the rise, but are consumers using sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Cafemom.com to make food decisions? According to a recent study, the answer is not very often.

Most Americans say they are either trying to lose or maintain weight by changing the amount of food they eat (71 percent), changing the types of foods they eat (65 percent), engaging in physical activity (62 percent), changing how often they eat (44 percent) and counting calories (19 percent).

Organic food sales now account for approximately 3.5 percent of all U.S. food product sales and annual category sales.