For years, people have been shifting their eating habits to include more snacks on-the-go. But when you tear into a bag of cookies, do you really recall how many you ate?
Packaged-food makers and marketers might know the answer, even if you don't. Aware that people snack throughout the day, they continue to introduce new packaging that encourages consumers to eat food anytime they have an urge to nibble, what some executives are calling "hand-to-mouth" eating.