Bacon: is there anything it can’t do? Consumers appear to be asking that very question, and processors — throughout the entire food industry — appear willing to answer that question for consumers.
Consumers, in turn, have kept bacon on their shopping lists, as evidenced by retail data collected by Information Resources Inc. (see Top Brands and Vendors charts on Page 22). The $2.1 billion refrigerated bacon category grew by 2.27 percent in the 52 weeks ending July 12, 2009 — the heart of the current economic crisis.