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UK Families ‘Eating Less Healthily’ Due To Cost Of Living Crisis

Families are eating less healthily and turning to ready meals and processed foods due to the cost of living crisis, a study has found.

Read the full article on The Guardian website

NAM Implications:
  • A distinct change in consumers’ purchasing behaviour.
  • They know what they want, but ‘needs must’.
  • Suppliers need to respond to the fact that so many want to buy quality, healthy, for scratch cooking.
  • But lack of money forces compromise.
  • Suppliers continuing to advertise on pre-lockdown assumptions…
  • …risk alienating the consumer base.