Articles by Anne-Marie Roerink

Home-centric life provides many occasion-based opportunities for marketers. 

August’s summer weather, time off and travel boosted restaurant dining.

The ultimate value is the combination of price with elements such as convenience, health, taste and experience.

Consumers are shopping more often and across more stores. 

The deli-prepared items have outperformed the cheese, entertaining and meat categories significantly.

Survey suggests that 37% of consumers say they are worse off versus 17% who report doing financially better. 

Deli-prepared foods rank as the biggest seller in the deli department, and also had strong year-on-year growth performance.

Average price per pound in the meat department across all cuts and kinds, both fixed and random weight, weighed in at $4.56 in May 2023.

The price per unit across all foods and beverages increases by 8.2% in April

Fresh meat ranks as the biggest seller, outperforming processed meat in dollars and pounds.