Tag: NPD Group

Major quick service hamburger chains are back to offering combo meal deals and consumers are responding, finds The NPD Group. After several years of declines...

Boomers eat ready-to-eat snack food 20% more often than Millennials do, according to NPD Group’s daily tracking of US consumers snacking habits. While Millennials overtook...

'Natural' foods convey a sense of wholesomeness, without additives, chemicals, and preservatives, to consumers, finds The NPD Group. On the surface, 'natural' and 'all natural'...

Sugar is now the top item consumers are trying to avoid in their diets and is neck-and-neck with calories as the top item they...

Consumers’ tastes for savory and sweet snacks is determined by the time of day, and better-for-you snack consumption is predicated more by place, according...

Slow cookers have been around for over four decades but increasing interest in freshly prepared meals has made them the hot — so to...

Single-person households in the US are 38 million strong and growing, which have an impact on snacking in terms of eating behaviors, packaging, and...

The percent of all in-home eating occasions that include fresh foods, like fruit, vegetables, and dairy items, is almost back to levels seen 30...

Foodservice spending in the US, which was up 3% in the year ending April 2015, did not equate to foodservice visits, which were flat...

As the restaurant industry struggles to entice more consumer visits, consumer attitudes and behaviors are shifting. Foodservice operators and manufacturers to put a strong effort...