INNOVATIONS in HOME MEAL REPLACEMENT: OPPORTUNITIES and CHALLENGES

9/13/99


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INNOVATIONS in HOME MEAL REPLACEMENT: OPPORTUNITIES and CHALLENGES

The Evolution

Battle for Prepared Food’s “Share of Stomach”

HOME MEAL REPLACEMENT

FOOD DISTRIBUTION TRENDS

ACTIVITY PRIOR to BUYING DINNER

U.S. DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS, 1995

GROCERY SHOPPERS

SHOPPERS. . . NOT ALL THE SAME

NUMBER of WEEKDAYS AMERICANS COOKnumber of weekdays by household

U.S. COOKING HABITSminutes spent cooking dinner by household

MAIN MEALS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE COMPLETELY HOMEMADE DISH

NUMBER of ITEMS USED to MAKE a MEAL

U.S. Household Size Distribution, 1995 000 Units and Percent

Consumer Food Expenditures, 1995

Distribution of U.S. Households by Pre-tax Incomeand Share of Food Spending*

Consumer Food Expenditures, 1995

Shares of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth of U.S. Households - 1995

SUPERMARKET HOME MEAL REPLACEMENT (HMR) APPEALS MOSTLY TO:

SALAD MIX PURCHASE FREQUENCY by INCOME LEVEL (% of each frequency level accounted for by each income group)

The NATURAL PRODUCTS MARKETPLACE

ORGANIC CONSUMER SEGMENTS Percentage of U.S. population

CONSUMER SEGMENTS and the ENVIRONMENT

SHOPPER MIGRATION

TRUE NATURALS - 7% CORE MARKET(67% interested in buying ESGPs)

NEW GREEN MAINSTREAM23% SECOND CORE MARKET(43% interested in buying ESGPs)

AFFLUENT HEALERS - 12% (19% interested in buying ESGPs)

“TAKING THE BAD OUT”will be replaced with“PUTTING THE GOOD IN”

? Taste . . . ? appearance . . . ? price . . . ? “feeling ”. . . ? lifestyle . . .

The Challenge:

When eating at home, there are four key behavioral trends occurring:

FOOD DISTRIBUTION TRENDS

Author: Kim Brobeck