Market Trends

The St. Louis eatery will also be the chain’s first nontraditional unit.

Although Americans are still eating many of the same foods they did three decades ago, the “how” and “who” of preparing the food has undergone pronounced changes, according to the latest National Eating Trend report from market researcher The NPD Group.

Consumers are sourcing their food across an increasingly broad range of retail and foodservice outlets, according to a new report by Technomic. The 2010 Restaurants & Retail Report: Segmenting the Food & Beverage Consumer provides an unprecedented snapshot of Americans’ restaurant and food shopping patterns. 

Participating stores now have scores for more than half of their products.

The ‘Food Finder’ enables shoppers to search the Guiding Stars database.

Among other appointments, Oppenheimer’s Anderson now chairs PMA FIT.

The online delivery service offers greater customer convenience.

Premier Retail Networks and LocaModa integrate social media and checkout TV.