‘Trends’ Archives
Women #1 coupon clippers! »
Women #1 coupon clippers. Data on visitors to online coupon sites shows that women clearly dominate their usage, according to comScore. Overall Online Coupon Usage Higher among Women Online Coupons A variety of statistics from “Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet” shows that women search for and use online coupons [...]
Martha Stewart says ‘healthy family sit-down »
Martha Stewart says healthy family sit-down dinners are coming back--and she's done the research to prove it! Hectic schedules and tighter budgets have changed the way consumers cook, shop, and break bread, according to an audience trend report from Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO). The survey included 1,000 respondents [...]
Store brands get more popular with shoppers »
Store brands get more popular with shoppers. Loyalty to national brands has fallen by the wayside as more shoppers are opting for private label goods in categories where they traditionally favored larger brands. And, it appears this trend will continue, according to the Private Label Manufacturing Association’s (PLMA) latest nationwide [...]
Vinegar, Nuts, Squash Among Top Food Trends 2010 »
Summer Fancy Food Show identified the Top 5 food trends for 2010: 1. Great Vinegars—featuring innovative flavors that include Hibiscus, Walnut, Champagne, Peach Balsamic, Lime Rice, and Apple Ice Wine Vinegar. 2. Indian Products—tempting the palate with unexpected creations such as Curry Ketchup, Cashews & [...]
Heart Smart Soy Getting More Popular »
Heart smart soy getting more popular. Americans increasingly recognize soyfoods' ability to reduce the risk of heart disease and appear primed to embrace emerging biotech soybean oils with even more heart health benefits. The United Soybean Board's (USB) 17th annual Consumer Attitudes about Nutrition survey reports that 34 percent of [...]
Sara Lee Bread Loses the Fructose Corn Syrup »
Sara Lee North American Fresh Bakery is reformulating the recipes of its two most popular breads -- Sara Lee Soft & Smooth Made with Whole Grain White bread and Sara Lee Soft & Smooth 100% Whole Wheat bread. The High Fructose Corn Syrup in both breads also has been removed and includes sugar only. In [...]
School Salad Bars from Whole Foods »
Whole Foods Market its shoppers and Chef Ann Cooper, the nation's "Renegade Lunch Lady," have joined forces for a second year to help bring fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and healthy proteins to school lunch programs and raise awareness around healthier school food through a project that will fund salad bars for public schools [...]
Surprise! It’s labels and brands–not »
It's labels and brands--not price--that counts with consumers. Labels and brands exert more influence on consumers than price, according to a study in the Journal of Food Quality and Preference. The study found younger consumers taking both price and packaging into consideration, while older consumers tend to be loyal to brands, even if [...]
Wheat beats White in bread battle! »
A first! Wheat beats white in bread battle. For the first time, dollar sales of whole-wheat bread are higher than dollar sales of white bread. According to Nielsen, sales of whole-wheat bread increased 0.6% in the 52 weeks ending July 10 to $2.6 billion, while white-bread sales declined 7% in the same time period to $2.5 billion.
Wow! Bounty gets 650,000 YouTube views »
Bounty finds 'bounty' on YouTube Procter & Gamble said the latest Bounty music video netted 650,000 views in less than two weeks, with 450,000 consumers viewing the video on the first day. The program started July 22 as part of a YouTube home page takeover. The second one, "White Glove," featured Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons of Run-DMC [...]
