Hispanic Consumers on National Consumption Patterns
February 1/Chicago/PRWEB -- Hispanics now comprise 16% of the U.S. population, and the U.S. Census indicates the U.S. Hispanic population is expected to grow 34% from 2010-2020. The NPD Group is finding that the growth of the U.S. Hispanic population combined with their adherence to dining traditions is beginning to influence national consumption patterns.
One of the categories where Hispanics are influencing consumption patterns is at breakfast, according to NPD’s NET (National Eating Trends) Hispanic, which is a year-long study that captures the in-home and away-from-home food and beverage consumption habits of Hispanics in the U.S. by level of acculturation. NET Hispanic reports that while non-Hispanics include non-toasted bread in 2% of their breakfast meals, 12% of Hispanics' breakfasts include non-toasted bread. Over the last decade, typical consumers decreased the number of times they include non-toasted bread with their breakfasts. NPD’s NET shows that for the two years ending February 2001, the average American had 48 eatings of non-toasted bread at breakfast, which declined to 41 eatings for the two years ending February 2011.