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This week’s Data Snapshot features CFDAS data on weekly food expenditure in the United States. Using data from our Consumer Food Insights survey, the figure plots a nationally representative average ...
New questions this month explore consumer experiences with food prices and home food production. How do consumers describe current grocery prices? How are they adapting? Are they producing their own ...
In this edition, we explore what consumers think about healthy diets and examine responses by self-rated diet quality. Additional questions explore consumer perceptions of and preferences for healthy ...
The public’s familiarity with the term “food insecurity” and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is mixed, with approximately 40% of Americans reporting they are only “slightly ...
In this edition, we explore the last three years of CFI data disaggregated by U.S. Census region: (1) Northeast, (2) Midwest, (3) South and (4) West. Additional questions this month measure consumer ...
The CropLife-Purdue Precision Dealer Survey is the longest-running, continuous measure of precision farming technology adoption, originating in 1997.
Key insights include: Taste, affordability and nutrition remain the key attributes factored into food purchases, over social and environmental impact. Most (84%) hurricane-impacted consumers sheltered ...
New questions this month explore consumer perceptions of processed foods. Do they know what they are? Are people concerned about their healthfulness? Why do they think people might choose them over ...
The January 2024 Consumer Food Insights from Purdue University explores consumers’ diet-related plans in the new year.
Key insights include: Consumers say taste and affordability are the most important food values; environmental and social responsibility are least important. Consumers with more education tend to value ...
The thirteenth Consumer Food Insights from Purdue University delves into potential changes to consumer eating behaviors related to New Year’s resolutions, among other key findings. Those surveyed ...
The new Consumer Food Insights results from Purdue University focus on consumer trends in 2024 and ahead to consumer diets and plans for 2025. The Sustainable Food Purchasing (SFP) Index returned to ...