The newest US Grocery Shopper Trends report from FMI – The Food Industry Association focuses on how the future of retail will be impacted by the pandemic.
Overall, category sales grew 18.1% in 2020 with cheese sales in the dairy case accelerating by 18.9% and deli cheese sales jumping up 16.8%. Total cheese sales totaled $3.4 billion.
67.8 million US households bought groceries online in April, a 12% decline versus a year ago. However, this decline in shopper base was offset by higher engagement as April’s monthly active users placed more delivery and pickup orders.
NielsenIQ has acquired Label Insight, which allows the data analysis company tocover roughly 99% of all online consumer queries across over 80% of US food, pet, and personal care products.