Summer inspires food freedom Families eat lighter and freer in the summer—think grilled foods, salads, fruits and treats. Meals are more spontaneous and time is less of a factor with more daylight hours, fewer rigid schedules, and fun on the brain—all of which sets this seasonal tone for mom. Her more relaxed state of mind allows this free flow to happen. Food also mixes with outdoor activities such as picnics, cookouts, pool and beach parties that bring friends and neighbors together. Children's play dates give mom a chance to instantly put smiles on many faces —with pudding, popcorn, peanut butter or deli meat sandwiches and other fun foods. Supermarkets should be at the center of summer activities. Popular promotion themes from ConAgra Foods help ensure the food store's place—and past strong results—make it likely they'll be repeated again in 2011. Two examples: | • A 21 percent incremental volume lift from Shopper Marketing activities for a Summer Fun Event to make picnic dips for chips or vegetables using Wolf® chili, Ro*Tel® tomatoes and Velveeta® cheese. Sales also stayed high for several weeks after the promotion, and household penetration rose too1. • A 24 percent incremental volume lift from Shopper Marketing activities for a two-week event to dress up a plain angel food cake using Reddi-wip® and strawberries1. This light, healthy, refreshing food suits the summer, and this activity can involve kids. |
Lessons learned? Summer is when mom is open to try more kinds of foods that go with the family fun. 1 ConAgra MLC Analysis F11, P1 IN THIS ARTICLE        shopper seasons Families eat lighter and freer in the summer—think grilled foods, salads, fruits and treats. Meals are more spontaneous and time is less of a factor with more daylight hours... Read Full Story » FEATURED ARTICLES As the microwave popcorn category leader, ConAgra Foods has been digging deep to understand the major barriers... Read Full Story » Since its introduction in 1984, microwave popcorn packaging has remained essentially unchanged for 25 years... Read Full Story » Research shows that microwave popcorn makes it on shoppers' lists only 55 percent of the time, while 45 percent of popcorn shoppers impulsively decide... Read Full Story » SEE ORVILLE REDENBACHER'S POP UP BOWL Watch this Video INSIGHT SNAPSHOT Salty Snacks' percent volume lift when on feature and display Supermarket News Articles Guilt-Free Snacks Shoppers continue to shift toward healthier snacks to curb between-meal cravings... Better-For-You Snack Sales Are Healthy, Study Shows U.S. citizens eat an average of 7.4 healthy snacks per week, according to new research. Additionally, 25% of these respondents said they snack 10 or more times per week, with an average of more than twice per day, according to Mintel, a research company based here... Smarter Snacking WHILE SIX IN 10 CONSUMERS eat snacks ranging from candy bars to yogurt for enjoyment, 32% of those polled for SymphonyIRI's 2010 State of the Snack Industry Report classify such noshing as part of a healthy eating plan... |