Articles by Anne-Marie Roerink

Plant-based meat alternatives, both refrigerated and frozen, have experienced robust growth throughout the pandemic.

Despite the supply pressure, dollar sales grew 18.7% the week of May 31 versus year ago and volume grew 2.8%.

Year-to-date through May 24, meat department dollar sales were up 24.7%, boasting double-digit growth for eleven weeks running.

Year-to-date volume sales through May 10 were up 17.6% over the same period in 2019.

For the week ending May 3, meat department dollar sales were up 51.3% and volume increased 37.2%.

Deli meat continues its struggles.

Year-to-date through April 26, meat department dollar sales were up 21.7%, boosted by double-digit growth for seven weeks running.

In-home consumption is here to stay for the foreseeable future and the additional demand continued to push retail sales well above prior year levels.

During these past six weeks, the meat department has emerged as the sales leader of the fresh perimeter.

While the big panic-buying weeks in non-edibles appear to be behind us, meat sales remained highly elevated during the week ending April 5.