Snack & Dessert Trends In The U.S. Foodservice Market

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Snack and Dessert Trends in the U.S. Foodservice Market

Snacking trends intersect with some of the foodservice industry's most important challenges, which is why cracking the snacking code has become a necessity. But while much attention has been made of consumer snacking trends, and while foodservice operators now roll out new snackable items almost daily, Packaged Facts estimates that usage of "snacks" at restaurants had held relatively stable during 2005-09, and we forecast similar results for 2010 and 2011.

But the devil is in the details. With their low price points, high portability, and upselling potential, snacking strategies can boost mid-morning and mid-afternoon sales; drive guest traffic; and leverage on-site upselling to higher-priced items or bundled meals. The bottom line is that snacking strategies can not only help operators address incremental "true snacking" occasions, but they can also use snackable items as carrots to entice customers to purchase more food and beverages—and give consumers highly portable food options in the bargain.

Snack and Dessert Trends in the U.S. Foodservice Market provides needed insight into the consumer snacking decision-making process; snacking menu pricing and product trends; and foodservice snacking sales (by restaurant segment and by demographic), helping industry participants position themselves accordingly.

With proprietary consumer research laying the foundation, the report analyses consumer attitudes and behaviors influencing foodservice snacking behavior. Themes addressed include where and how snacks are eaten, how the snacking purchase decision relates to consumer activity and routine, and consumer hunger and health purchase motivations. The report also assesses "consumer dessert influencers," factors that play into the decision to order restaurant dessert during the dinner hour. Themes addressed include dessert formats and purchase incentives; and desserts as conditional options which assesses the influence of cost, satiation and calorie considerations on the purchase decision). As part of this analysis, we detail snacking usage according to restaurant type and to prepared foods use at convenience stores and grocery stores.

We also analyze the snacking patterns and restaurant preferences of five Snacking Lifestyle groups: Carefree Snackers; Fast Food Slighting Hurried Healthy Snackers; Hurried Healthy Snackers; Calorie-Conscious Small Mealers; and Healthy Calorie-Conscious Snackers. With this analysis, restaurants can tailor their incentives to fit the purchasing patterns of these important groups.

Snack and Dessert Trends in the U.S. Foodservice Market also analyzes leading snack-centric restaurant brands, including menu strategies and new menu item introductions; core users; snacking tendencies; food, diet and health attitudes; and trended sales metrics.

The report also includes "Share of stomach" snack and nonalcoholic beverage sales analysis, which includes 5-year sales trends for the fast food/quick-service restaurant and full-service restaurant segments, with forecasts for 2010 and 2011; guest traffic frequency analysis of leading snack-centric restaurant brands, giving a directional perspective on current sales trends; and trended snack and nonalcoholic beverage sales analysis by demographic, including 4-year sales historical sales trends and spending according to key demographics, such as age, income, region, and race/ethnicity.

Chapter 1: Executive Summary

Scope and Methodology

Scope

Methodology

Consumer survey methodology

Market size and forecast

Consumer restaurant expenditure trending

Terminology

Macroeconomic Analysis

Fast Facts

Restaurant Usage & Outlook Tracker

Fast Facts

Share of Stomach: Sales Analysis

Fast facts

Snacking Trends, Innovations & Strategies

Snacking Menu Item Analysis

Snacking Behavioral Analysis

Fast facts

Snacking Lifestyle Groups

Fast facts

Restaurant Dessert Influencers

Fast facts

Snacking on the Menu: Restaurant Brand Analysis

Starbucks

Dunkin' Donuts

Jamba Juice

Chapter 2: Macroeconomic Analysis

Restaurant sales rally fizzles; long slog ahead

Restaurant industry sales dip in June; future weakness likely

Spending upturn hinges on consumers with strong balance sheets

Upturn to benefit casual restaurants at expense of family and fast food/QSR players

Non-discretionary spending a recession rule

But affluent may help drive growth in discretionary spend

Packaged Facts' Consumer Restaurant Tracker: gloomy near-term outlook

In-home breakfast and dinner trend remains significant

Bagging lunch, breakfast and snacks taking a bite out of restaurant sales?

Graph 2-1: Consumer Restaurant Tracker: Current Behavior: A Top Line View

Looking ahead: saving & grocery spending trumps limited-service and full-service restaurant spend

Graph 2-2: Consumer Restaurant Tracker: Next 3 Months: A Top Line View

February to June food services & drinking places monthly sales sequentially improve

Full-service restaurants get shot in the arm, shift momentum away from grocery

Graph 2-3: Monthly Sales, 12-Month % Change, Grocery Stores & Food Services & Drinking Places, Full-Service Restaurants and Limited-Service Eating Places, 2009-2010

But month-to-month spending trends suggest restaurant and food retail pullback

Graph 2-4: Monthly Sales, Month-to-Month % Change, Grocery Stores & Food Services & Drinking Places, Full-Service Restaurants and Limited-Service Eating Places, 2009-2010

Restaurant Performance Index contracts for second straight month

Graph 2-5: Restaurant Performance Index, Monthly Metrics, 2006-2010

Macroeconomic factors shaping restaurant sales

Consumer confidence? No, not really

Present Situation Index decreases as perceptions of job prospects continue to darken

Expectations Index weighed down by dimmer outlook on job prospects

Unemployment rate stagnates

Some perspective:

Graph 2-6: Unemployment Rate and Consumer Confidence: 2007-2010

By demographic, unemployment rates settle into troughs

Disparity in unemployment rates by education level

Young adults, minorities and men also find harder going

Graph 2-7: Unemployment Rate, Selected Demographics, 2007-2010

Graph 2-8: Unemployment Rate, by Race/Ethnicity, 2007-2010

How can increasing personal savings and reducing the debt burden be bad?

Households continue to repair their balance sheets

Graph 2-9: Consumer Debt Burden, 2000-2010

Graph 2-10: Savings Rate & Debt Service Ratio & Financial Obligations Ratio, 2007-2010

Unemployment and GPD forecast: expect recovery to take several years

Slow employment rebound to coincide with a slow rebound in consumer spending

Graph 2-11: Unemployment and GDP Forecast, 2010-12

Stock & housing declines deflate household wealth; rebound to record 2006 levels a long way off

Q1 2009 to Q1 2010 sees uptick in household wealth, but still $10 trillion off 2006 high

Graph 2-12: Household Net Worth, 2005-10

Case-Shiller and FOMC housing pessimism

Q2 2010 summary equities analysis

Graph 2-13: Wealth Effect: Wilshire 5000 and Case Shiller Composite-20 Index: 2007-2010

Food at home maintains pricing edge

Graph 2-14: CPI: Food at Home vs. Food Away from Home, 2005-2010

Graph 2-15: CPI: Food at Home vs. Food Away from Home, 2005-2010

Food inflation forecast remains muted

CPI forecast for food at home and food away from home

Commodities pricing analysis

Intermediate foods and feeds index dips during Q1 2010

Prepared animal feed prices lead decline

Dairy product index falls after Q4 2009 hike

Finished consumer foods rise

Crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs rise tapers from Q4 2009 pop

Chapter 3: Restaurant Usage & Outlook Tracker

Note on reading charts

Packaged Facts' Consumer Restaurant Tracker: At-home food spend trumps out-of-home spend

February 2010 trend continues in June 2010

Food retail snacks to benefit?

Graph 3-1: Consumer Restaurant Tracker: Current Behavior: A Top Line View

Looking ahead: Consumers more likely to pack a lunch, breakfast or snack

Pack a snack?

Graph 3-2: Consumer Restaurant Tracker: Next 3 Months: A Top Line View

Planned spending on snacking stronghold sends mixed signals

Graph 3-3: Consumer Restaurant Tracker: Future Behavior: Fast Food Restaurant Spending

Intention to save money remains high

Graph 3-4: Consumer Restaurant Tracker: Future Behavior: Saving Money

Restaurant usage and usage frequency

Overview

February 2010 to June 2010 mean use comparison

Graph 3-5: Mean Restaurant Usage in Last Month, by Restaurant Type, 2010

Graph 3-6: Restaurant Usage in Last Month, by Restaurant Type, 2010

Males drive mean use

Table 3-1: Mean Restaurant Usage in Last Month, by Restaurant Type, 2010, by Gender

Graph 3-7: Restaurant Usage in Last Month, by Restaurant Type, by Gender, 2010

18-34s continue to drive guest counts

Table 3-2: Mean Restaurant Usage in Last Month, by Restaurant Type, 2010, by Age

18-34s exhibit higher usage

Key smoothie shop and street stand users

Graph 3-8: Restaurant Usage in Last Month, by Restaurant Type, 2010, by Age

HH income: fast food enjoys egalitarian status

Table 3-3: Mean Restaurant Usage in Last Month, by Restaurant Type, 2010,

by HH Income

Graph 3-9: Restaurant Usage in Last Month, by Restaurant Type, 2010, by HH Income

Employment status: having a job pays the bills but also fits restaurant lifestyle

Table 3-4: Mean Restaurant Usage in Last Month, by Restaurant Type, 2010,

by Employment Status

Full-time workers and students also compare favorably regarding overall usage

Graph 3-10: Restaurant Usage in Last Month, by Restaurant Type, 2010,

by Employment Status

Restaurant snacking use

Technically speaking, restaurant snacking visits are a drop in the bucket

But a very important driver for incremental sales and upselling

Graph 3-11: Day Part Usage on Last Visit, 2010

Restaurant snacking use in past month

Note on reading charts in this section

Convenience stores and snacking a natural fit

Graph 3-12: Restaurant Snacking Usage in Last Month, Type of Restaurant, 2010

Gender snacking differences hinge on impulse, efficiency and affordability

Graph 3-13: Restaurant Usage in Last Month for a Snack, 2010, by Gender

HH income

Graph 3-14: Restaurant Usage in Last Month for a Snack, 2010, by HH Income

Employment status a key differentiator

Graph 3-15: Restaurant Usage in Last Month for a Snack, 2010, by Employment Status

Chapter 4: Share of Stomach: Snacking Sales Analysis

Market size and overview

Snacking usage trends stable over time

Table 4-1: Restaurant Snacking Usage,by Restaurant Type, 2005-10

18-24s hop on snacking trend

Table 4-2: Restaurant Snacking Usage,18-24s, by Restaurant Type, 2005-10

Near-term challenges

Long-term outlook

Graph 4-1: Snack and non-alcoholic beverage sales:

limited-service and full-service restaurants, 2005-2011

Graph 4-2: Snack and non-alcoholic beverage sales, % change:

limited-service and full-service restaurants, 2006-2011

Snacks still take a small bite out of food sales

Graph 4-3: Food at Home versus Food Away from Home Daypart Spend

Fast food owns the restaurant snacking space

Graph 4-4: Snack & Beverage Expenditures: Fast Food, Full-Service,

Vending Machines & Cafeterias

Restaurants sales trends by daypart

Consumer food expenditure trends suggest migration to food at home spend

Table 4-3: Consumer Food Expenditures, 2005-08

Snack & beverage share of spend remains steady

Table 4-4: Meals Away From Home Expenditures,by Daypart, 2005-08

Consistent ratio of snack expenditures to food expense and restaurant expense

Table 4-5: Snack & Beverage Expenditures: Selected Metrics &Fast Food, Full-Service, Vending Machines Cafeteria Spend, 2005-08

Vending machines lose snacking traction

Graph 4-5: Snack & Beverage Expenditures: Fast Food, Full-Service,

Vending Machines & Cafeterias, 2005-08

Western region snack spend champs; South lags

Table 4-6: Snack & Beverage Expenditures: Selected Metrics &Fast Food, Full-Service, Vending Machines and Cafeteria Spend, by Region

Youth drives snacking spend

Table 4-7: Snack & Beverage Expenditures: Selected Metrics &Fast Food, Full-Service, Vending Machines and Cafeteria Spend, by Age

Snacks linked to income

But fast food share shifts

Table 4-8: Snack & Beverage Expenditures: Selected Metrics &Fast Food, Full-Service, Vending Machines and Cafeteria Spend, by Income

Race/ethnicity reveals significant differences in snack spend

Table 4-9: Snack & Beverage Expenditures: Selected Metrics &Fast Food, Full-Service, Vending Machines and Cafeteria Spend, by Race/Ethnicity

Snack & Nonalcoholic Beverage Guest Traffic Analysis

Frequency counts: definition

Starbucks loses high-frequency guests & guest share; Dunkin' gains; Jamba mixed

Table 4-10: Guest Traffic: Limited-Service Restaurants, Selected Snacking Players, 2008-10

Chapter 5: Snacking Trends, Innovations & Strategies

Let's Snack!

Three or more snacks a day?

Snack timing: morning and afternoon routine

Restaurants respond with snackable options

What restaurants are doing

What retail is doing

Mini size that!

Movement driven by multiple factors

What restaurants are doing

What retail is doing

Snacking & affordability

Retail snacks as meal substitutes

Healthy indulgence

Snacks as culprits

Health versus taste

Salty snacks

Gender issues

What restaurants are doing

What retail is doing

On-the-go portability and convenience

What restaurants are doing

Impulse

What restaurants are doing

Culinary exploration

What restaurants are doing

What Retail Is Doing

Comfort foods

What restaurants are doing

Private label opportunities

Snacking and sociability

What Retail Is Doing

Sustainability

What Retail Is Doing

Appendix: sources

Chapter 6: Snacking Menu Item Analysis

Introduction

Get them through the door

Why snacking? Low cost, portability, driving traffic and building guest checks

Operators report growth by snacking daypart

QSR and FSR snackable items are different animals

The rise of the snackwich

Graph 6-1: Snackwich Timeline, 2005-10

Burger, chicken and sub variations

When a snack is not a snack: bundling snacks to rope in additional sales

Happy Hour and late-night

Small plates

Chapter 7: Snacking Behavioral Analysis

Note on reading charts

Snacking behavioral analysis

Overview

Graph 7-1: Restaurant Snacking Influencers, 2010

Gender differences: health, quick consumption and time of day

Table 7-1: Restaurant Snacking Influencers, by Gender, 2010

Age

Table 7-2: Restaurant Snacking Influencers, by Age, 2010

HH income

Table 7-3: Restaurant Snacking Influencers, by Age, 2010

Employment status

Table 7-4: Restaurant Snacking Influencers, by Employment Status, 2010

Urban, Suburban, or Rural location

Table 7-5: Restaurant Snacking Influencers, Urban, Suburban or Rural, 2010

Chapter 8: Snacking Lifestyle Groups

Trended snacking & health behaviors and attitudes: 2007-10

Table 8-1: Trended Snacking & Health Behaviors and Attitudes, 2007-10

Meet the Snacking Lifestyle Groups

Demographic analysis

Table 8-2: Snacking Lifestyle Groups, Selected Demographics, 2010

Restaurant preferences

Carefree Snackers

Calorie-Conscious Small Mealers

Healthy Calorie-Conscious Snackers

Hurried Healthy Snackers

Fast Food Slighting Hurried Healthy Snackers

Table 8-3: Snacking Lifestyle Groups, Restaurant Use, By Type, 2010

Chapter 9: Restaurant Dessert Influencers

Restaurant dessert influencers

Graph 9-1: Restaurant Dessert Influencers, Dinner, 2010

Gender

Table 9-1: Restaurant Dessert Influencers, by Gender, 2010

Age

Table 9-2: Restaurant Dessert Influencers, by Age, 2010

HH income

Table 9-3: Restaurant Dessert Influencers, by HH Income, 2010

Employment status

9-4: Restaurant Dessert Influencers, by Employment Status, 2010

Urban, suburban, or rural location

Table 9-5: Restaurant Dessert Influencers,Urban, Suburban or Rural, 2010

Chapter 10: Snacking on the Menu: Restaurant Brand Analysis

Snacking Lifestyles: Brand Competitive Analysis

Meet the psychographic groups

Snacker brand analysis

Table 10-1: Snacking Lifestyle Groups: Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts

and Jamba Juice

Starbucks Corporation

Revenue mix shows food trending upward

Table 9-2: Starbucks, Revenue Mix by Product Type, 2009

Recession response

Menu pricing strategies and customer incentives

My Starbucks Rewards gains traction

iPhone apps and free wi-fi; what could be next?

Customizable Frappuccino to assuage calorie critics?

Expanding with VIA, Seattle's Best and new retail formats

Starbucks users, Starbucks snackers?

Table 10-3: Starbucks Users: Restaurant Usage by Daypart and Restaurant Type

Starbucks core users

Table 10-4: Starbucks Users: Selected Demographics

Starbucks guests: food adventurousness and fast food practicality

Table 10-5: Starbucks Users: Food, Health and Diet Attitudes

A same-store sales turnaround worthy of celebration

Table 10-6: Starbucks, Selected Metrics, 2007-09

Q2 2010 brings good news

Table 10-7: Starbucks, Selected Quarterly Metrics, 2009 and 2010

Dunkin' Donuts

2009-10 menu strategy

Expanding breakfast value menu in selected markets

Table 10-8: Dunkin' Donuts "Breakfast not BROKEfast" Dollar Breakfast Menu

Sandwiches and wraps in the testing phase

Table 10-9: Dunkin' Donuts Test Market New Items

Rolling through summer with new and limited-time offers

Bagel Twists, Wake-Up Wrap aimed squarely at snackers

Table 10-10: Dunkin' Donuts Spring & Summer 2010 New and Limited-Time Offers

Dunkin' Donuts: egalitarian while attracting the affluent

Table 10-11: Dunkin' DonutsUsers: Selected Demographics

Positive fast food attitudes

Table 10-12: Dunkin' Donuts Users: Food, Health and Diet Attitudes

Dunkin' Donuts: snacker central?

Table 10-13: Dunkin' Donuts Users: Restaurant Usage by Daypart and Restaurant Type

Sales per store dip

Table 10-14: Dunkin's Donuts, Selected Metrics, 2007-09

Jamba Juice Company

Menu overview

The BLEND Plan

Menu innovation

Away from smoothies

And expanding smoothies, too

Feel Good Special, anyone?

Consumer product expansion

Jamba Juice user restaurant snacking tendencies

Table 10-15: Jamba Juice Users: Restaurant Usage by Daypart

and Restaurant Type

Jamba users: young!

Table 10-16: Jamba Juice Users: Selected Demographics

A health-fueled bunch

Table 10-17: Jamba Juice Users: Food, Health and Diet Attitudes

Down go same-store sales

Table 10-18: Jamba Juice, Selected Metrics, 2007-09

Could a turnaround be in sight?

Table 10-19: Jamba Juice, Selected Quarterly Metrics, 2009 and 2010

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