ARLINGTON, Va. — For many shoppers, buying groceries is a hybrid affair, and it is likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future, as Americans balance the advantages of ordering online against a “deeply personal” relationship with food that lures them into the supermarket, according to the latest installment of an expansive shopper survey
Over the past 100-plus years, the food shopping experience in the U.S. has evolved primarily through large step-changes driven by innovative new store formats. Another such step-change can be expected in the not-too-distant future. At the turn of the 20th century, food shopping was complicated and cumbersome. Consumers purchased their meats from the butcher’s shop;
NEW YORK – Household grocery spending in the United States increased 14% in the year since the start of the health crisis related to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a consumer survey from NCSolutions (NCS), which finds that nearly half of Americans are eating healthier and cooking more. Nearly all say they are cleaning and