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Articles Tagged with ''consumer trends''

Private label and millennials

Grubhub launches annual "Year in Food" report highlighting the top trends in 2019

December 5, 2019
Vegan & vegetarian options continue to grow in popularity as meat alternatives rise.
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Nutrition and snack bars let consumers have it all

Nutrition and snack bars let consumers have it all

Great taste, high nutrition and on-the-go appeal are all wrapped up in today’s snack bar market
Melissa Kvidahl Reilly
December 5, 2019
Depending on who you ask, either taste or convenience is king. Luckily, manufacturers of snack, nutrition, granola and other bar products delivering on both counts more often than not these days.
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Candy makers take note: Most consumers are ‘low-income’ now

Hartman Group report highlights lingering effect of Great Recession.
Crystal Lindell
Crystal Lindell
September 18, 2019

Most Americans are “low-income” consumers these days — including people we used to think of as “middle-class.” And you can blame the long-term effects of the Great Recession.


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Inside the momentum for ‘Craft’ bakery

doug peckenpaugh
Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
August 14, 2019
The 2019 Taste/Tomorrow event that took place in Chicago from May 1 to 2 provided a platform for Puratos to release its latest body of independent global research into top bakery, patisserie and chocolate trends shaping today's marketplace.
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Nutrition isn’t one size fits all

Research from Innova Market Insights reveals consumers' growing interest in personalized nutrition.
Alyse Thompson
Alyse Thompson-Richards
August 7, 2019

Thanks to the abundance of health and wellness information available online — and food manufacturers’ efforts to increase ingredient transparency — consumers have the opportunity to make individualized decisions about their diets and overall health.


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Millennial family stock

Millennial parents are changing retail — here’s how

Confectionery companies should tap into the generation’s feminist approach to family life, while also making products worthy of Instagram.
Crystal Lindell
Crystal Lindell
June 26, 2019

A new Euromonitor report looks at all the ways that Millennials are changing family life, and what that will mean for consumer packaged goods companies.


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Consumers want a healthy diet. They just don’t know what ‘healthy’ means.

Research from Spoon Guru shows consumers struggle to understand nutrition.
Alyse Thompson
Alyse Thompson-Richards
June 19, 2019

Consumers are more aware than ever that maintaining a “healthy” diet is important, but they aren’t as clear on what that means, according to new research from Spoon Guru.


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Mars natural colors

Mars makes progress on natural colors pledge

Company three years into five-year plan to replace all artificial colors with natural alternatives.
Crystal Lindell
Crystal Lindell
June 12, 2019

Back in February 2016, Mars made an announcement that it would remove all artificial colors from its human food products by about 2021. It’s been three years since then, and the commitment is still a work in progress, Mars says.


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NCA chocolate consumer report

NCA, FCIA release report investigating chocolate consumers

Chocolate represents 60 percent of confectionery industry sales.
May 13, 2019

A new report by the National Confectioners Association and the Fine Chocolate Industry Association is taking a detailed look at chocolate consumers, their preferences and their impact on the chocolate retail experience.


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Developing nutritious and appealing bakery snacks

Developing nutritious and appealing bakery snacks

With today’s R&D resources, developing tasty and nutritious bakery snacks is within reach
Melissa Kvidahl Reilly
May 4, 2019
Despite better-for-you and health trends transforming essentially every food and beverage category, the indulgent bakery snack market, including snack cakes, pastries, doughnuts, and muffins, is generally faring well.
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