Packaged Facts Market Research Reports

This report provides topline data on household use of cooking/heating kitchen appliances (in the specific sense of cooking raw foods or reheating prepared foods) in the U.S. These data are presented primarily through tables, bar graphs, and pie ch...

Proteins - Classic, Alternative and Exotic Sources: Culinary Trend Tracking Series spotlights new opportunities for protein-rich offerings in restaurants and at retail. Growing consumer interest in positive nutritional messages, demographic shifts...

Battling declining horse ownership levels brought on by years of recessionary conditions, marketers in the horse products market have witnessed years of declining sales. Since 2009, according to Packaged Facts estimates, the overall equine market ...

Wasabi arugula, cilantro, chipotle. Soba noodles and quinoa. Chia seeds and brown sugar-coated pumpkin seeds. Applewood smoked bacon and Genoa salami. Such unexpected ingredients featured in greens and salad mixes, salad kits, and particularly sal...

Intense focus on added sugars consumption and links to obesity, diabetes and heart disease is anticipated to motivate consumers to both reduce total consumption and switch to sweeteners perceived as more healthful, including less refined sugars, h...

Buoyed by continued purchase and purchase frequency among higher-income consumers and growing food gifting strength among middle-income consumers, the food gifting market is on track for a 4.9% gain in 2014 and healthy growth through 2016. Across ...

Make no mistake, coffee is big business: Packaged Facts forecasts that retail and foodservice sales of coffee will top $48 billion in 2014. Of this amount, we expect $11.2 billion (or 23%) to come from retail sales and $37 billion (or 77%) to come...

In the mature U.S. marketplace for ice cream and frozen desserts competition for consumer loyalty is fierce. With nine out of ten households already purchasers of frozen desserts, manufacturers and foodservice operators are faced with the challeng...

Marketers have increasingly recognized that if you are going to compete in the pet industry, you need to be passionately focused on the pet industry. That’s why we’ve seen several players go all-in in the last year: Del Monte Foods sol...

The market for bottled water has a promising future. As consumers continue to turn away from carbonated soft drinks and embrace bottled water in all forms, many beverage industry analysts and marketers are convinced that the category will soon bec...

(Almost) everybody loves cheese:  90% of adults surveyed by Packaged Facts say they eat it. Adults and kids eat it at home, in restaurants, and when they snack on-the-go throughout the day. They prefer natural over processed cheese, perceivin...

Packaged Facts forecasts that sales of tea will reach $25 billion in 2014. Of this amount, we expect $6.2 billion (or 25%) to come from retail sales and $18.8 billion to come from foodservice sales.Retail sales trends from 2012-2013 suggest...

Culinary Trend Tracking Series: South American Flavors spotlights emerging, penetrating and integrated food and ingredient trends that are seeing resurgent opportunities as their popularity is recast in a new light.With 20% of U.S. adults a...

While U.S. consumer credit card spending may still be pressured, commercial card purchase volume is moving full steam ahead. According to Commercial Payment Cards: The U.S. and Global Markets and Trends, 8th Edition, a report by Packaged Facts, co...

A perfect storm of cultural, culinary and demographic trends has led to a stubborn weakness in the breakfast cereal market. As all-day snacking replaces sit-down meals for on-the-go Americans, an increasing number of consumers treat breakfast as a...

Renowned for its quirky personality and unique products, Trader Joe's Co. is an $11.3 billion, not-quite-nationwide, chain of more than 400 small-footprint stores that likewise appeal to both natural food shoppers and gourmets and command inte...

The world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods with $12.9 billion in fiscal 2013 sales, Whole Foods Market has long been way ahead of the general retail curve, recognizing, capturing, and driving trends with a strategy of carrying a...

Food avoidance has become a way of life for tens of millions of American consumers of all ages. For consumers with allergies and intolerances, avoiding certain food and ingredients is a matter of life and death. But for other consumers avoiding va...

The market for pet medications in the U.S. is experiencing considerable activity. Longtime flea and tick leader Frontline (from Merial) is finally feeling the effects of the patent expiration of its active ingredient, fipronil. Several other fipro...

With at least moderate volume and transaction growth assured over the next several years, we estimate that debit interchange could pass the $20 billion threshold as soon as 2015, making up all of the ground lost to major legislation that the payme...