September 9/Food Weekly Focus -- The NPD Group forecasts Americans will be eating a whole lot of snacks. In its new report "A Look into The Future of Eating," NPD finds that in-home snacking -- morning, noon, and night, but especially morning -- will outpace population growth over the next decade.
According to the report, by 2018, the total number of in-home snack occasions are projected to increase 19% over 2008 annual eatings. Morning snacking is forecasted to increase by 23%, and in-home afternoon snacking is expected to increase by 20% over eating occasions in 2008. Evening snacking is forecasted to increase by 15% over the next 10 years compared to 2008.