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.
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.
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.
In today’s difficult and uncertain economy, manufacturers and retailers need to adopt three specific strategies to protect themselves and increase profitability, according to the early findings of a group of consumer research experts.
It’s no secret among friends and family that I don’t really cook. And although marriage usually leads to a modest rise of time spent in the kitchen, it’s had the opposite effect in my household.
I have never been a spicy food kind of girl. Jalapenos? No thanks. Hot sauce? Never.
So,
in some ways I was surprised when I visited OSI Group’s headquarters in
Aurora, Ill., for this month’s cover story and learned from executives
there that spicy foods are hotter than ever.