Ready to Eat (RTE) Foods Market Reports

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Find the information you need on the ready-to-eat foods industry. The Packaged Facts collection of market research reports provides insights into product and market trends, analyses, projections, and sales and marketing strategies. Specifics on market share, size, and growth of the US ready-to-eat markets are also featured. You'll find the latest information on hand-held refrigerated, fresh prepared, gourmet, natural and organic, and more.

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Convenience Foods in the U.S., Volumes 1 and 2: Fresh and Frozen
Convenience Foods in the U.S., Volume 1: Fresh Prepared Deli and Packaged Foods Following in the footsteps of Whole Foods, food retailers industry-wide have awakened to the fact that—when it comes to offering fresh prepared meals that are both convenient and appealing—they are often in a better position  |  more...
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Jan 1, 2008       $6,000.00
The U.S. Market for Gourmet and Specialty Foods and Beverages, Volumes 1 and 2, 6th Edition
A broad spectrum of food products from an increasingly wide range of gourmet marketers is rapidly finding a place in mainstream grocery channels and on mainstream American tables. Several key developments are expanding the appeal of gourmet/premium foods and beverages to consumers: Americans’ growing interest in world cuisines  |  more...
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Sep 1, 2005       $5,000.00
On-the-Go Eating and Snacking: Consumer Mindsets, Menu Trends, and Product/Packaging Innovation
Current consumer trends bode well for companies able to develop healthy foods that taste good, are good for you, and are also good for eating on-the-go. Only 60% of all meals today are prepared and eaten in the home, largely because the increasing number of two-working-parent and single-parent households  |  more...
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Jul 1, 2005       $3,000.00
The U.S. Market for Food Bars, 2nd Edition
The $3 billion U.S. market for food bars is a fast-growing and ever-evolving segment, spanning a broad ingredient and flavor profile from healthy to indulgent that parallels its equally broad target audience. This Packaged Facts report covers the broad market for food bars, including breakfast bars, snack bars, granola  |  more...
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Oct 1, 2005       $3,000.00
On-the-Go Eating in the U.S.
Current consumer trends bode well for companies able to develop on-the-go foods that are also healthy. While 65% of Americans say they are trying to eat healthier foods these days, 33% say they don’t have the time to prepare or eat healthy meals. Over half of Americans claim they would  |  more...
Jul 1, 2007       $3,000.00
Hand-Held Foods: Culinary Trend Mapping Report
Convenience has been a driver of portable food innovations for centuries. Meat pies, for example, existed in pre-medieval times, one of the earliest forms of food to go. Even Romans were able to buy “fast food” on the street. So, it’s not surprise that consumers are continually seeking solutions for  |  more...
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Jan 30, 2008       $3,000.00
Convenience Foods in the U.S., Volume 1: Fresh Prepared Deli and Packaged Foods
Following in the footsteps of Whole Foods, food retailers industry-wide have awakened to the fact that—when it comes to offering fresh prepared meals that are both convenient and appealing—they are often in a better position than restaurants to meet the increasingly specific needs of busy Americans. Accordingly, food retailers  |  more...
Dec 1, 2007       $3,000.00
The U.S. Market for Frozen Quick Meal Solutions
This new Packaged Facts reports examines the four key categories that comprise the frozen quick meal solutions market: frozen entrees/dinners (including bowl meals and meal kits), frozen pizza, frozen hand-held entrees, and frozen breakfast meals. The report provides market size and forecasts through 2006 and discusses key trends and  |  more...
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Nov 1, 2001       $2,799.00
The U.S. Market For Healthy Prepared Foods
With the American consumer becoming increasingly savvy about nutrition, this new study from Packaged Facts analyzes the market for high vitamin/mineral and high fiber/protein prepared foods. This report analyzes the diet and demographic trends affecting the market today, tabulating and projecting market size and growth by product category  |  more...
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Feb 1, 1999       $2,750.00
The Home Meal Replacement Market
The food industry's focus upon HMR has made it a whole "new" marketing category with a worth of $89 billion in 1998. This Packaged Facts report helps both restaurant and grocery execs to cash in on HMR's potential sale of $106 billion by 2003. This report provides the  |  more...
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Mar 1, 1999       $2,750.00
Convenience Foods Packaging and Serving Size Trends, Volume 3 in the Series, The U.S. Market for Convenience Foods
With convenience one of the overriding trends in the packaged foods industry, new forms and sizes of packaging are revolutionizing what it means to be convenient and taking the notion of convenience to ever greater heights. Grab-and-go soups, seasoned tuna salad in pouches, vacuum-packed steaks and chicken breasts, ready-to-brew  |  more...
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May 1, 2004       $2,250.00
The U.S. Market for Food Bars: Cereal, Snack, Sports, Meal Replacement
Find out what’s going on in the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. food industry and how to tap into it. This Packaged Facts report covers the exploding $2 billion market for food bars, including breakfast bars, snack bars, granola bars, sports bars, meal replacement bars, and diet bars.  |  more...
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Sep 1, 2003       $2,250.00
The U.S. Market for Ready Meals and Side Dishes, Volume 1 in the Series
With convenience a top criterion driving consumer food choices, this new Packaged Facts report, The U.S. Market for Ready Meals and Side Dishes , offers a unique perspective on two hot categories: prepared fresh foods, and meal components. The prepared fresh foods category consists of completely prepared ready-to-eat/ready-to-heat fresh  |  more...
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Feb 5, 2004       $2,250.00
The U.S. Market for Meal Kits
An established presence in supermarket lunchmeat cases, meal kits are still staking a claim elsewhere in the store. Packaged Facts provides a comprehensive assessment of both the dinner kit and the lunch pack categories, and includes  |  more...
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Sep 1, 1998       $2,062.50
Sandwiches in the U.S.: Foodservice and Retail Market and Trends
What’s new in sandwiches? The question is valid because no food item - not pizza, not steak, spaghetti, ice cream, you name it - so clearly and closely mirrors the national psyche as do sandwiches. Whatever Americans can think of eventually winds up between two slices of bread… or inside  |  more...
Dec 1, 2006       $1,995.00
Market Trends: Deli and Other Refrigerated Processed Meats
After some struggle prior to 2002, the refrigerated processed meat market bounced back, crossing the $16-billon mark in 2002 and reaching approximately $17 billion in 2004. Many factors contributed to this, the low carb craze being the simplest and most obvious. This driver, while slowing down now, has increased consumer  |  more...
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Feb 1, 2005       $1,995.00
The U.S. Organic Food Market
This report from Packaged Facts covers the booming organic market as it expands into the mainstream and gains increased public awareness. With the implementation of new federal organic standards by the USDA, the way is paved for the organic market's phenomenal growth to continue. The report covers the market size  |  more...
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Nov 1, 2000       $1,787.00
The U.S. Market for Gourmet Foods and Ready-to-Eat Refrigerated and Frozen Meals
The U.S. Market for Gourmet Foods and Ready-to-Eat Refrigerated and Frozen Meals While certain gourmet/specialty foods categories—such as gourmet coffee, gourmet chocolates, condiments, and specialty cheese—are easy to get a handle on, marketers and retailers have had a harder time developing and marketing many other gourmet foods, including gourmet  |  more...
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Oct 1, 2003       $1,687.00
Fiery Foods Market
Packaged Facts analyzes the phenomenal growth of the 3 major segments of this important food category: the $310 million chili pepper category, the $650 million sauces, spices, and condiments category, and the $70 million prepared foods category. The study discusses current and past sales, factors in future growth, sales projections  |  more...
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May 1, 1995       $1,375.00
Convenience Foods Sold In Convenience Stores
Emerging from a wave of bankruptcies in the early 1990s, the convenience store industry is reinventing itself. This study supplies in-depth analysis of market share, new product developments in bakery goods, deli foods, pizza and chicken, and demographics and consumer preferences. Profiles dozens of convenience and general store companies, as  |  more...
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Aug 1, 1996       $1,375.00
International Market For Chilled Prepared Foods
This report from Packaged Facts estimates past and current market size and forecasts future market growth for 7 important categories: salads and precut produce, fully cooked poultry, fully cooked entrees, refrigerated pasta, refrigerated sauce, lunches/snacks, and pizza. Factors driving the market include consumers' ever-increasing awareness of health and fitness, as  |  more...
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Nov 1, 1996       $1,375.00
Pizza Market
Pizza continues to be hot among Americans of all ages, and this first-ever Packaged Facts study deals with all aspects of this $22 billion retail market. The marketing pie is divided into ready-to-eat, frozen, refrigerated, and shelf-stable; each category is examined in detail, with commentary on the major players,  |  more...
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Oct 1, 1995       $1,375.00
Meal Kits Market
An established presence in supermarket lunchmeat cases, meal kits are still staking a claim elsewhere in the store. Packaged Facts provides a comprehensive assessment of both the dinner kit and the lunch pack categories, and includes comprehensive profiles of key marketers. Also included are data on market size and growth  |  more...
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Jul 1, 1996       $1,375.00
Frozen and Refrigerated Hand-Held Foods Market
This report from Packaged Facts analyzes the $1.2-billion frozen and refrigerated hand-held food market and discusses in-depth the market leaders and trends in this industry. Market size (1993-1995) and composition are detailed, as are distribution and retail trends. The report analyzes factors affecting market growth and sales projections are provided  |  more...
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Jun 1, 1996       $1,375.00
Gourmet Ready-to-Eat Meals in the U.S.
U.S. retail sales of gourmet, specialty and premium foods and beverages are growing at much faster rates than those of the overall food and beverage industry, surging 10.9% to $59.0 billion in 2007 and posting a compound annual growth rate of 11.1% for the 2003-2007 period. Key market drivers include  |  more...
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Nov 1, 2007       $1,000.00
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