- by Cara Rasch
- November 11 2022
- breakfast trends
- eggs
- food allergies
- food trends
Key Drivers and Trends in the Dairy and Egg Alternatives Market
Plant-based dairy and egg products include alternatives to dairy or eggs that attempt to replicate the flavor, function, and/or texture of these products with plant proteins.
- by Daniel Granderson
- February 10 2021
- food and beverage
- food trends
- gardening
- Gen Y
- home and garden
- lawn and garden
- Millennials
Millennials and the Food Gardening Plant Parent Trend
Plant-loving Millennials are treating plants as an initial step toward the responsibility that comes with parenting or homeownership.
- by Daniel Granderson
- January 2 2020
- eco-friendly
- food marketing
- food research
- food retail
- food shoppers
- food trends
- local foods
- natural foods
- organic food
Many Brands Succeeding with Affluent Food Shoppers Share Common Threads
Affluent consumers favor small food brands that market their products based on the themes of simplicity, honesty, freshness, local ties, Fair Trade, eco-friendliness, and philanthropy.
- by Daniel Granderson
- September 4 2019
- food and beverage
- food retail
- food retailing
- food trends
- groceries
- grocery shopping
- natural and organic
- natural foods
- organic food
- supermarkets
4 Ways Grocers Can Improve Outreach to Affluent Food Shoppers
Packaged Fact identifies four key ways that U.S. grocers can better attract and meet the needs of this important and influential consumer segment.
- by Daniel Granderson
- July 22 2019
- ecommerce
- food
- food and beverage
- food trends
- internet
- mobile apps
- mobile payments
- mobile technology
- online grocery shopping
- online retail
- smartphones
Mobile Payment Trends Create Growth in Global Food E-Commerce
China, India, and South Korea are among nations where mobile payments using smartphones to access the internet are more common than using laptops or tablets—hinting at momentum for food e-commerce growth in Asia.
- by Daniel Granderson
- February 26 2019
- food and beverage
- food retail
- food trends
- sugar
- sweet baked goods
- sweets
Sweet Success: Cookie Sales Continue Growth
The U.S. packaged cookie market savored total retail dollar sales of $11 billion in 2018.
- by Daniel Granderson
- October 17 2018
- dairy alternative
- dairy-free
- food and beverage
- food trends
- Greek Yogurt
- Yogurt
Yogurt Market Disruptor: Dairy-Free Alternatives as the New Greek
With Greek yogurt having already refashioned the yogurt category, the question becomes what’s the next disruptor? The longer-term answer is dairy-free, plant-based yogurt.
- by Daniel Granderson
- September 17 2018
- breakfast
- breakfast trends
- food and beverage
- food trends
Breakfast is important…be a believer!
The old adage that breakfast is the most important meal of the day still rings true for most people, according to Packaged Facts.
- by Daniel Granderson
- July 12 2018
- food trends
- potato chips
- salty snacks
- snack food
- snacking
Salty Snack Sales Bolster PepsiCo’s Q2 Earnings
More than half of the U.S. salty snacks market is controlled by PepsiCo, according to the Packaged Facts report “Salty Snacks: U.S. Market Trends and Opportunities”
- by Daniel Granderson
- July 2 2018
- food and beverage
- food gifting
- food trends
- gourmet food
- snack food
Food Gifting Occasion Innovation
Given the outsized importance major holidays and tradition play in their market, food gifting marketers must continue inventing and reinventing food gifts and to keep a watchful eye for ways to broaden holiday-related purchase rationales.
