Articles Tagged with ''NPD Group''

Do Consumers Read the Nutrition Facts Label?

Nutrition facts label overhaul plan comes at at time when fewer US consumers are looking at the label

June 1, 2016

A decade ago 15% of consumers said that they do not look at the label and now 24% don’t, according to NPD’s ongoing food consumption research.

Consumers Savor Morning Snacks

Breakfast occasions to grow by 5% over next few years

May 19, 2016

Annual morning snack occasions per person, in and away from home, have increased by 17% over the past six years, according to NPD’s continual tracking of U.S. eating behaviors.

The Evolution of Eating

A mix of generational, life stage, and aging influences will inform the future of eating in the US

May 13, 2016

Age, ethnicity, life stage, and values also influence current and future eating behaviors, based on a recently released NPD study that leverages 30 years of actual consumption data to quantitatively determine what is myth and reality about eating patterns among the generations.

Three Square Meals VS. All-Day Snacking

Americans still eat three main meals a day, according to new NPD Group research

April 28, 2016

It’s fact that U.S. consumers snack a lot — between meal snacking accounts for about a third of all eating occasions — but they continue to view the day as generally having three main meal occasions that align with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, according to NPD’s daily tracking of eating and snacking behaviors.

The Snacking Generation: Millennials vs Boomers

Boomers total approximately 90.4 billion ready-to-eat snack eatings a year, 20% more than millennials

March 28, 2016

Boomers eat ready-to-eat snack food 20% more often than millennials do, according to NPD’s daily tracking of U.S. consumers snacking habits.

Food Companies Compete for Larger Share of Smaller Pie

US consumers are using fewer dishes and ingredients in meal prep; eating occasions are flat

March 11, 2016

This unprecedented shift in consumer attitudes and behaviors have food manufacturers struggling to find growth in a changing marketplace where legacy brands are ceding share to smaller, new entrants and the store perimeter is outperforming center of the store.

Growing Number of Food Delivery Services Satisfy Consumer Expectations

Foodservice home delivery, excluding pizza, grows by double-digits and direct-to-door meal kits are finding niche market

February 17, 2016

Food delivery is not a new phenomenon but the accessibility and availability of these direct-to-door home meal services, whether in-home meal kits, like Blue Apron, or foodservice delivery, like DoorDash, is unprecedented, finds The NPD Group, a leading global information company.

Exercise vs. Dieting

U.S. consumers choose healthier lifestyles rather than dieting

January 6, 2016

Consumers define their own diets by putting more focus on the authenticity and purity of the foods they eat, according to NPD’s recently released Eating Patterns in America, an annual compilation of NPD’s ongoing food and beverage consumption research.

2016 Food and Beverage Habits

New priorities are coming into focus for consumers, like eating foods in their pure form

January 4, 2016

What we eat and drink each year might not change as quickly as the mobile phones we carry in our pockets, but food and beverage marketers should not take this as a license to rest on their laurels.

McDonald's All-Day Breakfast Increases Visits, Attracts New Customers

Study finds that McDonald’s customers ordered breakfast foods beyond traditional breakfast hours

December 16, 2015

The NPD study, which is based on its receipt harvesting service, Checkout TrackingSM, also found that there was a sizeable lift in breakfast food orders throughout the day.

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