- by Noah Miller
- April 6 2017
- food and beverage
- food ingredients
- food marketing
- food packaging
- food research
- food shoppers
- foodies
- foodservice
- gourmet food
- health food
- local foods
- meal kits
- prepared foods
- ready-to-eat foods
25% of Americans Purchased Meal Kits in 2016

Culinary convenience is a quality coveted by many Americans who struggle to fit meal preparation into their busy schedules. It’s no surprise, then, that meal kit delivery services are the latest and most successful attempt to provide people who are on the go with simple solutions to their mealtime problem.
- by [email protected]
- August 10 2015
- food and beverage
- food trends
- foodies
- Millennials
- baby boomers
- food ingredients
- gourmet food
Millennials are not the only foodies who matter
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Many food retailers and foodservice companies persist in focusing their marketing efforts on foodies under the age of 35, or those who are members of the Millennial generation. Packaged Facts report Foodies in the U.S.: Opportunities for Restaurants and Retail, 2nd Edition confirms that foodies have an above-average like...
- by [email protected]
- June 25 2014
- food
- food trends
- salad
- fruit
- kale
- foodies
Beyond the kale: American foodies seek exotic, elaborate, and upscale packaged salads
Packaged salad’s a commodity? Foodies may not think so. And that’s a lot of us. More than one-third of consumers explicitly identify themselves as foodies, according to Packaged Facts’ January/February 2014 consumer survey. In addition 60% enjoy trying new foods and beverages, a hallmark of foodie-ism.
King Kale - Who’d a thunk it? “Consumers are being more adventurous in produce choices,” says Melissa Hehmann, a Registered Dietitian with Meijer, the Michigan-based grocery chain, where sales o...