Articles Tagged with ''food trends''

Resolved to lose weight in the new year? Consumers Union, Yonkers, N.Y., says the February issue of its Consumer Reports Health magazine reviews of 24 frozen microwaveable diet meals.

Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield, Ill., said it will introduce more than 20 new foods and beverages in the first few months of the new year "that boast trendy, restaurant-inspired flavors."

How will demographic  trends affect consumer shopping behaviors?

American consumers embrace an expanding range of foods and beverages -- driven by ever more complex lifestyles and schedules, nutritional and dietary considerations and culinary cross-currents.

Each generation will make a distinctive mark on how and what Americans will be eating in 10 years, according to The NPD Group, Port Washington, N.Y.

Consumers want simple foods they can prepare at home and that don't compromise on quality.

Consumers find breakfast fare comforting and many, especially women, wish they could eat it at any time of the day.

Survey results from the eighth annual Most Memorable New Product Launch Survey show consumers had more memorable experiences with fast food launches than with technology, toys or personal care products.

How do you follow up a wild year of $5 menus, gourmet meals for paupers’ prices and buy-one-get-one restaurant specials? You return to quality.

Consumer trends researcher Mintel, Chicago, predicts new flavors will make an appearance in the U.S. marketplace in 2010, as well as some familiar ones...reinvented.