According to a new research from Information Resources Inc. (IRI), snack food volume declined about 1 percent in 2009 in US, driven by decreases among some of the segment's top performers, including chocolate candy (-6 percent), cookies (-5 percent) and crackers (-3 percent). But thanks to a 4 percent average price increase across categories, total snack food dollar sales edged up about 3 percent from 2008 to 2009, salvaging what could have been a poor year for the segment. Categories that re...
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