Dec 09 2021 
Gen-X Specialty Food Consumers: What They Want
Denise Purcell | 7 Dec 2021
Gen-X, adults ages 42-56, are driven to purchase specialty foods on impulse or to use as ingredients, according to the SFA’s Today’s Specialty Food Consumer report, 2021-2022 Edition. The annual report surveys consumers to understand the demographics, behaviors, usage occasions, and shopping habits by different generations.
Here are highlights of some Gen-X drivers, […]
Dec 09 2021 
Millennial Specialty Food Consumers: What They Want
Denise Purcell | 6 Dec 2021
Millennials, adults ages 25 – 41, are driven to purchase specialty foods that support small companies around the globe and use clean, simple ingredients, according to the SFA’s Today’s Specialty Food Consumer report, 2021-2022 Edition. The annual report surveys consumers to understand the demographics, behaviors, usage occasions, and shopping habits by different […]
Dec 09 2021 
Boomer Specialty Food Consumers: What They Want
Denise Purcell | 8 Dec 2021
Boomers, adults ages 57 – 75, are driven to purchase specialty foods with unusual or authentic flavors, according to the SFA’s Today’s Specialty Food Consumer report, 2021-2022 Edition. The annual report surveys consumers to understand the demographics, behaviors, usage occasions, and shopping habits by different generations.
Here are highlights of some Boomer drivers, […]
Oct 22 2021 
Retailers May Grapple With Thanksgiving Supply Shortage
22 Oct 2021
Five Thanksgiving-related categories have elevated and worsening out-of-stock rates, according to IRI which is tracking the availability, demand, price, and promotion of a basket of items for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
“Halloween season is shaping up nicely with the category growing in double digits, and we are recording significant out-of-stock rates on several Thanksgiving-related […]
Sep 17 2021 
Pandemic Category Sales Poised to Outlast Pandemic
Pandemic Category Sales Poised to Outlast Pandemic
By: Gina Acosta
A year after COVID-19 paralyzed the nation, shoppers are still buying a lot of face masks, hand sanitizer and household cleaner, and demand in those categories shows no signs of easing.
That’s the major revelation from shopper intelligence leader Catalina, which began closely tracking the impact of buying behavior at grocery […]
Jun 30 2021 
Pizza Trends That Could Make or Break Sales This Year
Pizza has always been a fan favorite. In any given week, nearly half (44%) of American consumers eat pizza from a restaurant at least once, Technomic found, and 3 in 10 consume frozen or take-and-bake/refrigerated pizza.
Although food trucks, customizable fast casual chains and other concepts have made the marketplace considerably more competitive in recent years, traditional pizza […]
May 27 2021 
Plant Power: How Meat and Milk Alternatives Are Taking Over Our Carts
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May 25, 2021
Not too long ago, plant-based milk and meat alternatives were tougher to find in grocery stores, often relegated to the corner of the dairy or frozen aisle, or limited to a small specialty selection. Nowadays, whether you’re a strict vegan or flexitarian, you have a wealth of choices, and according to online headlines […]
Apr 05 2021 Online grocery shopping quadruples since 2017
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Lauren Manning
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March 31, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a major spike in shopping online for groceries, according to a new survey of nearly 8,000 consumers from PowerReviews. More than six in 10 consumers say they shop for groceries online more now than they did pre-pandemic. Seventy-three percent of consumers have bought grocery items online […]
Mar 19 2021 How algae’s potential could make other ingredients green with envy
The one-celled organism can be cultivated anywhere — and with research and Big Food partnerships, it might be the next great sustainability story.
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Megan Poinski@meganpoinski
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Jan. 21, 2021
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