 Stay-at-home consumers bite into pricey steaks
Meat-loving consumers in the United States are eating out less, but they are not forgoing taste and quality as researchers have found that more restaurant-quality prime- and choice-grade steaks are being served on family dinner tables. Click here to read the entire story from Reuters |
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Affluent Shoppers Will Pay More for Safe, Healthy Food
A new national survey of more affluent consumers from strategic marketing communications firm Context Marketing, “Beyond Organic -- How Evolving Consumer Concerns Influence Food Purchases,” has found that most respondents are highly concerned about the safety of the food they buy and would pay more for food they believe to be safer or healthier. Click here to read the entire story from Progressive Grocer |
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Perishables Sales Booming At Retail
After a year of steadily shaking up consumer habits in the supermarket, the recession has produced some clear winners -- and new research from Nielsen shows that most of them are on the edges of your local grocery store. Click here to read the entire story from Media Post |
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Grocery stores pass on savings to attract shoppers
Leading up to the true start of the recession, shoppers paid more and more for groceries as prices for commodities, such as gas and corn, climbed. Click here to read the entire story from the Salisbury Post |
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