Articles Tagged with ''food 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.

Asian and Latin American foods are in the news.

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.

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.

Ask me about “emerging markets” and chances are, I’ll talk about what’s new in ready-to-go packaged meals or side dishes.