Shoppers for meat, poultry and seafood are bringing home more products in pouches especially for prepared foods and meal kits. That trend appears likely to continue.
Demand for pouches used in meat packaging is forecast to climb 5.3 percent per year to $220 million in 2021, with unit gains expected to advance 3 percent per year to 1.6 billion units, according to Meat Packaging Market in the U.S., a market study published in February 2017 by The Freedonia Group, Cleveland, Ohio. The report notes above-average gains will be driven by the growing preference for products that make meal preparation more convenient.