Despite facing higher food prices, consumers are still looking towards more premium products with more nutrients and less added sodium and sugar, said Jeff Turnas, senior vice president of culinary at Whole Foods Market.
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Despite facing higher food prices, consumers are still looking towards more premium products with more nutrients and less added sodium and sugar, said Jeff Turnas, senior vice president of culinary at Whole Foods Market.
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The market research firm said 26% of new products between January and May 2024 were genuinely new products compared to 50% in 2007.
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According to total U.S. multi-outlet data from market research firm Circana, 2023 sales reached $8.3 billion, up 1.4% from the previous year, and volume sales grew 0.7% to 2.8 billion pounds.
Read Article In the first quarter of 2023, there were 1,030 transactions that raised roughly $1 billion, compared to 1,349 deals totaling $1.3 billion in the first three months of 2022.
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Organic produce was the top seller of all categories, totaling $22 billion and accounting for 15% of all fruit and vegetable sales in the country.
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With consumer concerns about inflation mounting, spending at the grocery store is taking a real hit.
Read Article The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released the results of the 2021 Organic Survey, which showed total sales of $11.2 billion in organic products, an increase of $1.28 billion, or 13%, from 2019.
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Organic has a new challenge. It’s not getting consumers to pay the higher prices, it’s convincing enough farmers to get past their organic reluctance and start taking advantage of the revenue pouring in.
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The total number of US acres dedicated to organic production has declined year-over-year.
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Figures from the IPA TouchPoints 2022 data set, in research carried out between January and March of this year, people preferring to eat organic food fell from 15.1% to 10.9%.
Read Article In data coming out of the Organic Trade Association, the industry achieved very tepid growth in 2021, not much of a surprise after the panic buying and supply chain challenges in 2020.
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With food-at-home prices in April 2022 up a staggering 10.8% vs April 2021, consumers are beginning to change their behavior in numerous ways.
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While organic foods still cost more than conventional, the prices of conventional foods are increasing more quickly than the prices of organic foods.
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At an Expo East panel, one industry analyst said that trends happen on Amazon approximately 24 months ahead of food, drugs and mass.
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With home cooking surging during the pandemic, sales of organic products grew 12% — and could have grown more if supplies weren’t constrained.
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According to new research from IRI, smaller manufacturers did especially well in the alcohol, frozen food and center-store food categories.
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Bananas continue to lead in volume sales, representing 18% of all organic produce volume, while packaged salads reign supreme in dollar sales, accounting for 17% of all organic produce dollars.
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According to the USDA’s Organic Survey released last week, sales of organic commodities grew 31% since 2016, but total organic acreage remains stubbornly stuck at less than 1% of overall farmland.
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Bananas, chicken, eggs and wine are the standouts, as growth reaches its highest rate since 2016.
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In the 2020 Organic Industry Survey released yesterday by the Organic Trade Association, organic non-food sales surged to over $5 billion, a gain of 9.2%.
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Credit Suisse is predicting that U.S. packaged food companies’ retail sales will grow by an average of 15% to 30% from March to May 2020.
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According to Statistics Canada, retail sales of organic food in Canada have increased 57% over the past five years and now top $5 billion.
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According to Mercaris, U.S. farmers harvested nearly 3.3 million acres of certified organic field crops in 2019, driven by 14% more organic field crop operations.
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