Tracking the battle between good and good-for-you—including the shifting perceptions of these terms—this Packaged Facts report examines the trends and products in the U.S. market for sweet and salty snacks. With $32.5 billion and a 4% growth rate in mass-market sales, this industry spans nine major product categories: salted chips/crunchy snacks; snack candy, cookies, snack cups (including yogurt, pudding/jello, and yogurt cups); snack crackers; frozen novelties; food bars; snack nuts; snack cakes; frozen appetizers/snack rolls; popcorn; fruit snacks; dried fruit; dried meat snacks; rice/popcorn cakes; and nutritional snacks/trail mixes.

Hot segments (lead by snack cups and food bars) and market drivers (ranging from single-serves to low-carb to fiery flavor) are quantified through IRI sales data and Simmons consumer surveys, including separate chapters isolating adult snacking and kid snacking propensities and purchasing. As case studies in an interlocking market, ten leading marketers are profiled: Atkins Nutritionals, ConAgra, General Mills, Heinz, Hershey, Kellogg/Keebler, Kraft/Nabisco, PepsiCo (Frito-Lay, Quaker Oats), and Unilever (Good Humor-Breyers, Slim-Fast). Concluding the report is a forward-looking synopsis of market-spanning and category-specific trends and opportunities.

Report Methodology
The information in The U.S. Snack Market is based on both primary and secondary research. Primary research involved on-site examination of the retail milieu, interviews with marketing, public relations and industry analysts within the food market and consultants to the industry. Secondary research entailed data-gathering from relevant trade, business, and government sources, including company literature. Packaged Facts has derived mass merchandiser sales figures from Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) InfoScan sales-tracking data. Figures provided on national consumer advertising expenditures are based primarily on data (copyright 2003) compiled by CMR/TNS Media Intelligence U.S., the leading provider of strategic advertising and marketing communications intelligence. The analysis of consumer demographics derives from Simmons Market Research Bureau survey data for fall 2003. New product information is gathered via literature research, personal interviews and data compiled by ProductScan, a service of Marketing Intelligence Service Ltd.

The report looks at every segment of the snack market, examining trends for growth and projecting sales of products through 2008. It analyzes consumer demographics and their current and projected impact on sales of snacks. It provides up-to-date competitive profiles of marketers of snacks - including a look at smaller, up-and-coming companies - and discusses the influence of demographic trends as a driver of retail trends. The report also spotlights new products and current distribution trends, and offers readers trends and marketing opportunities within the food industry.

What You’ll Get in this Report
The U.S. Market for Snacks makes important predictions and recommendations regarding the future of this market, and pinpoints ways current and prospective marketers can capitalize on current trends and spearhead new ones. No other market research report provides both the comprehensive analysis and extensive data that The U.S. Market for Snacks offers. The report addresses the following segments:

• The Marketincluding market size and composition, and projected market growth
• Marketer and Brand Competition including discussion of marketer and brand shares as well as dollar growth winners and losers
• Competitive Profiles of both food conglomerates and segment specialists
• Attitudes and Behaviors of both all-adult households and households with children
• Marketing and New Product Spendsincluding advertising expenditures and product marketing and formulation trends
• Trends and Opportunitiesincluding future "product periscope" for both sweet and salty snacks

Plus, you’ll benefit from extensive data, presented in easy-to-read and practical charts, tables and graphs.

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How You Will Benefit from this Report
If your company is already competing in the snack market, or is considering making the leap, you will find this report invaluable, as it provides a comprehensive package of information and insight not offered in any other single source. You will gain a thorough understanding of the current market for snacks, as well as projected sales and trends through 2008. Contributing to that understanding will be a complete analysis of sales data from IRI and other published and trade sources, a detailed discussion of the snack consumer based on Simmons data.

This report will help:

• Marketing Managers identify market opportunities and develop targeted promotion plans for snacks
• Research and development professionals stay on top of competitor initiatives and explore demand for snacks.
• Advertising agencies working with clients in the food industry understand the product buyer to develop messages and images that compel consumers to purchase these products.
• Business development executives understand the dynamics of the market and identify possible partnerships.
• Information and research center librarians provide market researchers, brand and product managers and other colleagues with the vital information they need to do their jobs more effectively.

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