NPD Looks at Trends in Americans’ Eating Habits
Oct 14, 2008
Market research company The NPD Group has released its 23rd Annual Report on Eating Patterns in America, which takes a comprehensive look into Americans’ eating habits. The report focuses on how the approximately 15 food and beverage choices Americans make every day are changing.
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Defining the “Locally Grown” Concept
A USA Today article takes a look at what “locally grown” really means, as retailers from Wal-Mart to Whole Foods increasingly devote more shelf space to fresh and safe products. Whole Foods, for one, now spends almost 22 percent of its produce budget on locally grown products, up from 15 percent four years ago, it says.
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Trader Joe’s, Fresh & Easy-Type Formats Catching On
More evidence of high-end, new small store formats are accelerating in popularity…
Small-format stores are catching on as grocers cope with rising costs and limited capital, MSNBC/The Associated Press reports.
This month, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. opened four pilot Marketplace stores in Arizona that are half the size of a traditional supermarket.
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Gourmet Shoppers: Cooking Up Retail Opportunities
This report identifies one of the richest seams of consumer. They are likely to be one of: ‘prosperous professionals’ and ‘wealthy executives’ and ‘flourishing families’. More information about these types of consumers at:
http://www.on-ward.co.uk/node/87
With rising inflation and gas prices taking a bite out of household budgets, now is a good time to cater to high-earning, big-spending, home-grown gourmet cooks who account for one in five U.S. households, Nielsen’s Consumer Insight Magazine reports.
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