Growth of the U.S. Hispanic population -- combined with their adherence to dining traditions -- is beginning to influence national consumption patterns.

NPD says consumers see gap between serving size on frozen food labels versus actual servings.

As lawmakers move to legislate healthier eating in the U.S., it appears that Americans are beating them to the punch, says The NPD Group, Chicago.

When it first tracked America's eating behaviors 30 years ago, The NPD Group, Chicago, learned that 72 percent of main dishes at dinner were homemade.

America’s twenty-somethings, known as the Millennial generation or generation Y, are connected, confident, and tend to live in the moment when it comes to making food choices.

Somehow, some way, time-strapped Americans will find a way to eat without having to cook, and take-out prepared meals -- particularly at dinner -- appear to be the solution.

Sometimes they say, “Don’t ask the question if you don’t want to hear the answer.” Perhaps that’s never been more applicable than now – when food industry leaders want to believe the nation’s economy is recovering.

It appears that a thriftier consumer may be emerging from the Great Recession, according to a new report by The NPD Group, Port Washington, N.Y.

Convenience is a key driver for U.S. consumers who are increasingly turning to prepared foods purchased at the supermarket deli for in-home suppers, reports The NPD Group.

As the two age groups that most benefited the convenience store category, Baby Boomers, ages 46-64, and young adults, ages 18-33, age over the next decade, convenience stores will need to adapt to meet their changing needs, reports The NPD Group.