The number of consumers using private label food and beverage products continues to rise, but U.S. consumers are losing their enthusiasm for these value-oriented options, according to a recent report by The NPD Group, a leading market research company....

As goes consumer confidence so goes the global foodservice industry and when consumer confidence sagged in the second quarter this year so did foodservice traffic in most countries around the world, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research...

Just as the U.S. economy stalled in the second quarter of the year, so did restaurant industry traffic, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. NPD's foodservice market research shows that visits to U.S. restaurants slipped by 0....

Portion control is a tenet of healthy eating, and it appears that consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of managing the portion size of the foods they eat, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. For a recent report...

U.S. restaurant unit counts declined by -2 percent, or a loss of 9,450 restaurants, based on the most recent restaurant census conducted by The NPD Group, a leading market research company. NPD's Spring 2011 ReCount®, which is a census of commercial r...

Cross-border differences and similarities between Canadians and Americans have been revealed via two recent studies by leading market research company The NPD Group.

La introducción de los menús de dólar, los efectos de la recesión y el final de las porciones gigantes han hecho mella en el consumo de papa a la francesa en los restaurantes. En los Estados Unidos, las ventas de papa congelada procesada a los restaur...

Fries have been getting downsized. The introduction of dollar menus, effects of the recession and end of supersizing have taken a toll on french fry consumption at restaurants.

Although visits to U.S. restaurants are still below the level registered six years ago, there were signs of improvement in the second half of 2010