Articles Tagged with ''consumer shopping trends''

Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pa., analyzed nearly 400,000 food reviews posted by Amazon customers to gain real-world insight into the food choices that people make.

Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Arlington, Va., released the 45th edition of “U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends,” prepared by The Hartman Group, Inc., Bellevue, Wash., which studies what consumers want from their retailers when personalizing grocery shopping.

E-commerce food sales have been growing at a rate of about 22% per year, and are expected to make up close to 10% of the overall food and consumables market by 2023, according to data presented by Inmar, Winston-Salem, N.C.

When consumers eat has become as important as how and what consumers eat, according to “Eating Trends: Mealtimes and Snacking,” a report released by Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

Between 2016-2017, total expenditures on food increased nearly $526 for the 130,001 consumers tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, according to analysis from the Food Institute, Upper Saddle River, N.J.

The advent of e-commerce has elevated consumers’ expectations of the shopping experience, and retailers must now provide service anytime, anywhere and any way customers desire. This makes the customer journey more complicated than ever before.

This mixed bag is impacting consumer spending on food and beverages, according to the latest IRI Consumer Connect survey released by IRI, Chicago.

If you’re targeting Millennials the same way you were when your brand first started focusing on them, you may be speaking to an audience that has lost interest.