groceries

According to the USDA, It's a tough time for grocery store food sales, as people are spending more on food away from home, restaurants for example.  USDA Research Economist Abigail Okrent said when you look at data between 1997 and 2017, spending at restaurants has surpassed spending on grocery store foods since back in 2010.  An...

Over the next five years, online grocery sales are expected to more than quadruple.  More web-based options will become available between now and 2023, and more consumers are expected to give it a try.  The prediction comes from a new forecast by market-research firm Packaged Facts.  Over the past fiv...

A Gallup poll shows consumers are slow to migrate to online grocery shopping.  The report released last week found 84% of adults say the never order groceries online and 895 have never ordered meal preparation kits, despite their perceived popularity.   ...

Recent data released by the USDA shows that millennials are spending less per-person at the grocery store.  A recent analysis by USDA's Economic Research Service of 2014 grocery store data found that compared to older generations, millennial-headed households spent the least per person on food at home.  However...

Global food prices dropped in October, led by lower dairy products.  The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s monthly Food Price Index averaged 176.4 points for the month of October, down 1.3% from September, while still up 2.5% from a year ...

The USDA’s Economic Research Service recently issued a report showing a projected drop in global food insecurity. The drop is expected to be significant over the next decade. The report evaluates the food security status and outlook over the next ten years for 76 low-and-middle-income countries that either were or are still recipients of food aid. Proj...

A Farm Journal report says some consumers may still look at grocery store prices and think farmers are making a lot of money off the commodities they produce.  A USDA report says for every dollar that consumers spend on food, farmers and ranchers get approximately 17.4 ce...

A measure of global food prices retracted during March.  The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index averaged nearly 171 points in March, down almost five points from February, but still 13% above its level a year earlier.  The Index cons...

A recent survey of  global consumers shows most remain baffled by food labels. Sponsored by Elanco, The Truth About Food survey gathered input from 3,300 consumers in 11 countries.  Of the findings, online meat industry publication Meatingplace reports the survey shows 82% of consumers said they buy organic products mainly because they believe the foods to be pesticide-free.   But, ...

Grocery shoppers might have noticed that they are paying a little more these days than they were a couple of months ago.   USDA Economist Annemarie Kuhns said food prices have risen for the past three straight months.   “Really only four of the major food categories we paid less in January than we did in February. Beef and veal ...