grocery purchases

Farmers Market Minute: USDA Looking To Address SNAP/On-Line Challenges
Farmers Market Minute: USDA Looking To Address SNAP/On-Line Challenges
Farmers Market Minute: USDA Looking To Address SNAP/On-Line Challenges
What is the key issue preventing SNAP participants from making online transactions from farmers markets? "For SNAP you know it's not like a credit card transaction where you can just enter the numbers online and then complete your transaction," noted Kumar Chandran, senior nutrition advisor at the USDA ...
Consumer Pandemic Shopping Trends Here to Stay
Consumer Pandemic Shopping Trends Here to Stay
Consumer Pandemic Shopping Trends Here to Stay
Purchasing in bulk and online are trends here to stay, according to new consumer-based research. A global study from Momentum Worldwide reveals that only 16% of shoppers said they would immediately go back to the way things were before the pandemic ...
USDA Highlights 2018 Food Spending Habits
USDA Highlights 2018 Food Spending Habits
USDA Highlights 2018 Food Spending Habits
According to the USDA, American consumers spent $1.71 trillion on food and beverages in 2018.  Economic Research Service said spending at food-away-from-home establishments, restaurants, school cafeterias, sports venues, and other eating places, accounted for 54.4% o...