Convenience-minded consumers continue to turn to fresh-cut fruits and vegetables with increasing frequency, and suppliers are meeting the surging demand with new products and marketing programs.
COVID has permanently affected consumer attitudes toward food safety and their own safety as they navigate the various channels in which they buy their foods.
Alaskan pollock and Pacific whiting filets are two of the seafood and other agricultural products the US Department of Agriculture is buying in an effort to aid both those in need and producers hit hard by COVID.
The pandemic drove home the importance of not only having new and different things to cook, but of making them as easy as possible for consumers weighed down by all that extra time in the kitchen.
Demand for shelf life-extending products for fresh produce continues to climb, and companies that specialize in those technologies are continuing to roll out new products for fruits and vegetables sold in supermarkets.
One of the biggest trends in the food industry in recent years has been consumers adding protein to their diets, whether it’s a center-plate or a side.
Recent Power of Meat data from IRI and other studies have made clear what retailers and producers have known anecdotally for some time: demand for organic meat in the United States is rising.
COVID has driven home the importance of food safety to consumers, and few areas are as poised to make lasting progress in this arena as the packaging industry.