Market Research

Tea, RTD Tea Trends Report
11/06/2009 - Market research publisher Packaged Facts released its fully updated report, “Tea and Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Tea in the U.S.: Retail, Foodservice and Consumer Trends”, which examines the U.S. market for tea across the retail and foodservice spectrum, including ready-to-drink (RTD) tea, leaf (bagged and loose) tea and instant tea. ...

Alcohol Sales Predicted to Fall in 2010
11/04/2009 - Total alcohol sales in all away-from-home venues are expected to decline 2.5 percent in 2010 with the largest declines occurring in the casual full-service restaurants and high-end white tablecloth restaurants. ...

Convenience Store Sales Pick Up
10/28/2009 - The recession may have caused several quarters’ decline in purchase incidence at convenience stores, but consumers have returned to purchasing a larger variety of products from the stores in the second quarter of 2009. ...

Full-Service Restaurants See Upswing
10/26/2009 - Full-service restaurants saw some sign of improvement in September, according to Technomic. ...

Zagat Releases Top Restaurant Survey
10/22/2009 - Zagat released results of its “2010 America’s Top Restaurants” survey. ...

Europeans Prioritize Health, Wellness
10/19/2009 - Consumers continue to see health and wellness as an important issue and will pay more for foods that display health benefits on their labels. ...

Australians Boost Energy Drinks Category
10/19/2009 - Australia is one of the main countries to have driven global energy drink volumes up in 2008; however, escalating health concerns, growing preferences for natural ingredients and negative publicity are likely to inhibit long-term growth in the category. ...

Program Improves Kids’ Diet Choices
10/19/2009 - The 2008-09 Healthy Schools Partnership pilot study to influence healthful diet choices among grade school students has been deemed successful in the fight to reduce childhood obesity. ...

Virginia Dare Study Reveals Hispanic Consumer Preferences
10/15/2009 - Virginia Dare, as part of its ongoing Hispanic Consumer Insights Program, has recently completed a research study about Hispanic consumer preferences.  ...

Strong Ethnic Food Sales
10/15/2009 - CHICAGO—According to a new report from Mintel, sales of ethnic foods in America have steadily risen since 2004 and are predicted to hit a record-high $2.2 billion in 2009, with 20% more growth forecasted from 2010 to 2014. The largest share of the ethnic-foods market is taken by Mexican and Hispanic foods, with 62% of sales; about 6 in 10 people report that they have cooked Mexican food in...