Consumer Trends in the Pasta & Noodles Market in the US

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Consumer Trends in the Pasta & Noodles Market in the US

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Synopsis

This report provides the results for the Pasta & Noodles market in the US from Canadean's unique, highly detailed and proprietary survey of consumers' Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) consumption habits, and forms part of an overall series covering all CPG product markets.Its coverage includes, but is not limited to, consumption behaviors, the extent to which consumer trends influence their consumption and the value of the market these trends influence, brand and private label choices as well as retailer choices. Much of this information can also be analyzed by specific consumer group, providing hard and fast data on consumers and markets at the product category level.

Summary

Why was the report written?Marketers in the Pasta & Noodles market face a major challenge. Understanding market size and segmentation is valuable, but the keys to effective targeting is knowing just how valuable specific consumer groups are, and being able to quantify the impact of consumer trends.This report solves these problems by providing integrated survey-based data on consumer trends, consumer groups and market data which show exactly the size of consumer groups, how much of the Pasta & Noodles market they account for and which consumer trends drive their behavior.

What is the current market landscape and what is changing?

As consumer confidence increases proportionally to economic recovery, consumer trends will be directly affected. Since the global financial crisis of 2008–2009 the organized retail market has been characterized by an increased amount of discount and own-brand products. The weak US economy has forced consumers to evaluate and possibly alter their consumption patterns of many products, including Pasta & Noodles. As economic and market recovery continues over 2012, consumption patterns will record a positive trend in both the Medium and Heavy frequency bands and the amount of Non-users should decrease.

What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?Consumers' uptake of products and the influence of consumer trends are fundamental causes of change in markets – making knowing what these trends are and the extent of their influence crucial.The survey-based data provided in this report examines over 20 consumer trends that affect the market and examines the share of sales across 26 consumer groups – providing through the data a detailed insight into exactly who the consumer is and just how much impact the latest consumer trends are having.

What makes this report unique and essential to read?

The data provided is unique in the market as it tracks consumer behavior through to its actual value impact on a product market. This provides readers with a unique data analysis of the market allowing marketing tactics and strategy to be updated in line with the very latest consumer behaviors.

Scope

Detailed consumer segmentation based on survey data covering over 26 consumer groups, 20 consumer trends and consumption frequency for each product category.

Volume shares in 2011 for brands and private label sales tracked by the survey.

Unique retailer choice and switching data as tracked by the survey are provided at the product category level for 2011.

Reasons To Buy

Unique proprietary data that sizes and segments consumers, tracks their behavior and shows the impact of this on their markets

Results also cover over 20 consumer trends, showing exactly to what extent these trends have a direct influence on a market. As this impact assessment is based not only on how many consumers act on these trends, but also how often they act on this it provides unique insight into the "size of the prize" when targeting these consumer trends in each category covered.

Key Highlights

Market valuation shows dried pasta account for nearly a third of the overall Pasta & Noodles market in value terms in the US. Chilled pasta is the second largest category followed by Dried Noodles. Ambient Pasta has the smallest market share.

Not only do a large proportion of US consumers, in certain categories at least, highlight that specific consumer trends have an influence on their consumption, this translates into a significant proportion of actual value being directly influenced as well. Consumer are therefore acting on these trends enough to ensure that targeting them, in the right categories, is essential to success.

Companies Mentioned

Table of Contents1 Introduction1.1 What is this Report About?1.2 Definitions1.2.1 Consumer Trends1.2.2 Consumer Groups and Legal Drinking Age Consumption (for Alcoholic Drinks coverage)1.2.3 End Consumers1.2.4 Volume Units and Aggregations1.2.5 Population Profiles (for interpretation of tables and charts)1.3 Methodology1.3.1 Introduction1.3.2 Large scale, international, program of online consumer surveys1.3.3 Nationally Representative results (age, gender)1.3.4 Parents answered on their children's behalf1.3.5 Legal Drinking Age exclusions for alcoholic drinks categories1.3.6 Integrated with industry calling and secondary research2 Consumer Segmentation, Group Value and Trend Influence2.1 Cohort Groups and Pasta & Noodles Market Value2.1.1 Age Groups2.1.2 Gender Groups2.1.3 Location Groups2.1.4 Education Achieved Groups2.1.5 Wealth Groups2.1.6 Busy Lives Groups2.2 Cohort Groups and Market Value by Category2.2.1 Ambient Noodles2.2.2 Ambient Pasta2.2.3 Chilled Noodles2.2.4 Chilled Pasta2.2.5 Dried Noodles2.2.6 Dried Pasta2.3 Behavioral Trends and Market Value2.3.1 Ambient Noodles2.3.2 Ambient Pasta2.3.3 Chilled Noodles2.3.4 Chilled Pasta2.3.5 Dried Noodles2.3.6 Dried Pasta3 Consumption Analysis3.1 Consumption Frequencies by Age and Gender3.1.1 Ambient Noodles3.1.2 Ambient Pasta3.1.3 Chilled Noodles3.1.4 Chilled Pasta3.1.5 Dried Noodles3.1.6 Dried Pasta3.2 Consumer Profiles by Product Category3.2.1 Ambient Noodles3.2.2 Ambient Pasta3.2.3 Chilled Noodles3.2.4 Chilled Pasta3.2.5 Dried Noodles3.2.6 Dried Pasta4 Brand vs. Private Label Choices4.1 Brand vs. Private Label Volume Share4.1.1 By Category4.2 Pasta & Noodles Brand Choice and Private Label Shares4.2.1 Ambient Noodles4.2.2 Ambient Pasta4.2.3 Chilled Noodles4.2.4 Chilled Pasta4.2.5 Dried Noodles4.2.6 Dried Pasta5 The Share of Consumers Influenced by Trends5.1 Trend Drivers of Consumers' Product Choices5.1.1 Overall Pasta & Noodles5.1.2 Ambient Noodles5.1.3 Ambient Pasta5.1.4 Chilled Noodles5.1.5 Chilled Pasta5.1.6 Dried Noodles5.1.7 Dried Pasta6 Consumption Impact: Market Valuation6.1 Pasta & Noodles Value Impact of Consumer Consumption Behavior6.1.1 Market Value by Category6.1.2 Market Volume by Category6.2 Pasta & Noodles Value Analysis by Category6.2.1 Share by Category6.2.2 Expenditure per Capita by Category6.2.3 Expenditure per Household by Category6.3 Pasta & Noodles Volume Impact of Consumer Behavior Trends6.3.1 Share by Category6.3.2 Consumption per Capita by Category6.3.3 Consumption per Household by Category7 Retailer Choice, Switching and Category Share7.1 Retailer Volume Share7.1.1 Retailer Volume Share in Pasta & Noodles7.2 Retailer Volume Share by Category7.2.1 Retail Share by Volume - Ambient Noodles7.2.2 Retail Share by Volume - Ambient Pasta7.2.3 Retail Share by Volume - Chilled Noodles7.2.4 Retail Share by Volume - Chilled Pasta7.2.5 Retail Share by Volume - Dried Noodles7.2.6 Retail Share by Volume - Dried Pasta7.3 Levels of Retailer Switching in the Last Six Months7.3.1 Matrix of Switching Behavior in Last Six Months of 20117.3.2 Ahold Switching Analysis7.3.3 C&S Wholesale Grocers Switching Analysis7.3.4 Costco Switching Analysis7.3.5 Kroger Switching Analysis7.3.6 Publix Switching Analysis7.3.7 Safeway Switching Analysis7.3.8 Supervalu Switching Analysis7.3.9 Wal-Mart Switching Analysis7.3.10 Other Switching Analysis7.4 Profiles of End-Consumers of Pasta & Noodles, by Retailer Used7.4.1 Costco7.4.2 Kroger7.4.3 Publix7.4.4 Safeway7.4.5 Supervalu7.4.6 Wal-Mart7.4.7 Other8 Appendix8.1 About Canadean8.2 DisclaimerList of TablesTable 1: Volume Units for the Pasta & Noodles MarketTable 2: United States Survey Respondent Profile (weighted), 2011Table 3: United States Pasta & Noodles Value Share (%), by Age Groups, 2011Table 4: United States Pasta & Noodles Value Share (%), by Gender, 2011Table 5: United States Pasta & Noodles Value Share (%), by Urban and Rural Dwellers, 2011Table 6: United States Pasta & Noodles Value Share (%) by Education Level Achieved Groups, 2011Table 7: United States Pasta & Noodles Value Share (%) by Wealth Groups, 2011Table 8: United States Pasta & Noodles Value Share (%) by Busy Lives Groups, 2011Table 9: United States Ambient Noodles Consumer Group Share (% market value), 2011Table 10: United States Ambient Pasta Consumer Group Share (% market value), 2011Table 11: United States Chilled Noodles Consumer Group Share (% market value), 2011Table 12: United States Chilled Pasta Consumer Group Share (% market value), 2011Table 13: United States Dried Noodles Consumer Group Share (% market value), 2011Table 14: United States Dried Pasta Consumer Group Share (% market value), 2011Table 15: United States Total Ambient Noodles Value (US Dollar millions) and Value Share Influenced by Behavioral Trends, 2011Table 16: United States Total Ambient Pasta Value (US Dollar millions) and Value Share Influenced by Behavioral Trends, 2011Table 17: United States Total Chilled Noodles Value (US Dollar millions) and Value Share Influenced by Behavioral Trends, 2011Table 18: United States Total Chilled Pasta Value (US Dollar millions) and Value Share Influenced by Behavioral Trends, 2011Table 19: United States Total Dried Noodles Value (US Dollar millions) and Value Share Influenced by Behavioral Trends, 2011Table 20: United States Total Dried Pasta Value (US Dollar millions) and Value Share Influenced by Behavioral Trends, 2011Table 21: United States Ambient Noodles Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Age Group, by Consumption Group), 2011Table 22: United States Ambient Noodles Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Gender by Consumption Group), 2011Table 23: United States Ambient Pasta Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Age Group, by Consumption Group), 2011Table 24: United States Ambient Pasta Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Gender by Consumption Group), 2011Table 25: United States Chilled Noodles Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Age Group, by Consumption Group), 2011Table 26: United States Chilled Noodles Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Gender by Consumption Group), 2011Table 27: United States Chilled Pasta Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Age Group, by Consumption Group), 2011Table 28: United States Chilled Pasta Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Gender by Consumption Group), 2011Table 29: United States Dried Noodles Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Age Group, by Consumption Group), 2011Table 30: United States Dried Noodles Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Gender by Consumption Group), 2011Table 31: United States Dried Pasta Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Age Group, by Consumption Group), 2011Table 32: United States Dried Pasta Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Gender by Consumption Group), 2011Table 33: United States Ambient Noodles Consumer Profiles (% consumers by sub-group), 2011Table 34: United States Ambient Pasta Consumer Profiles (% consumers by sub-group), 2011Table 35: United States Chilled Noodles Consumer Profiles (% consumers by sub-group), 2011Table 36: United States Chilled Pasta Consumer Profiles (% consumers by sub-group), 2011Table 37: United States Dried Noodles Consumer Profiles (% consumers by sub-group), 2011Table 38: United States Dried Pasta Consumer Profiles (% consumers by sub-group), 2011Table 39: United States Pasta & Noodles Private Label Penetration of Survey-tracked Sales (% Vol), by Category, 2011Table 40: United States Ambient Noodles Survey-tracked Brand Shares by Volume (% Vol), 2011Table 41: United States Ambient Pasta Survey-tracked Brand Shares by Volume (% Vol), 2011Table 42: United States Chilled Noodles Survey-tracked Brand Shares by Volume (% Vol), 2011Table 43: United States Chilled Pasta Survey-tracked Brand Shares by Volume (% Vol), 2011Table 44: United States Dried Noodles Survey-tracked Brand Shares by Volume (% Vol), 2011Table 45: United States Dried Pasta Survey-tracked Brand Shares by Volume (% Vol), 2011Table 46: United States, Overall Pasta & Noodles: Percentage of Consumers Stating that Specific Trends Influence their Consumption, 2011Table 47: United States, Ambient Noodles: Percentage of Consumers Stating that Specific Trends Influence their Consumption, 2011Table 48: United States, Ambient Pasta: Percentage of Consumers Stating that Specific Trends Influence their Consumption, 2011Table 49: United States, Chilled Noodles: Percentage of Consumers Stating that Specific Trends Influence their Consumption, 2011Table 50: United States, Chilled Pasta: Percentage of Consumers Stating that Specific Trends Influence their Consumption, 2011Table 51: United States, Dried Noodles: Percentage of Consumers Stating that Specific Trends Influence their Consumption, 2011Table 52: United States, Dried Pasta: Percentage of Consumers Stating that Specific Trends Influence their Consumption, 2011Table 53: United States Pasta & Noodles Market Value (US Dollar million), by Category, 2011Table 54: United States Pasta & Noodles Market Volume (Kg m), by Category, 2011Table 55: United States Pasta & Noodles Market Share (US$ million), by Category, 2011Table 56: United States Pasta & Noodles Expenditure Per Capita (US Dollar), by Category, 2011Table 57: United States Pasta & Noodles Expenditure Per Household (US Dollar), by CategoryTable 58: United States Pasta & Noodles Market Volume Share (Kg m), by Category, 2011Table 59: United States Pasta & Noodles Consumption Per Capita (Kg m / Population m), by Category, 2011Table 60: United States Pasta & Noodles Consumption Per Household (Kg m / Households m), by Category, 2011Table 61: United States Pasta & Noodles Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (% of Kg m), 2011Table 62: United States Ambient Noodles Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (Kg m), 2011Table 63: United States Ambient Pasta Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (Kg m), 2011Table 64: United States Chilled Noodles Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (Kg m), 2011Table 65: United States Chilled Pasta Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (Kg m), 2011Table 66: United States Dried Noodles Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (Kg m), 2011Table 67: United States Dried Pasta Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (Kg m), 2011Table 68: United States: Switchers to Ahold for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 69: United States: Switchers From Ahold for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 70: United States: Switchers to C&S Wholesale Grocers for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 71: United States: Switchers to Costco for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 72: United States: Switchers From Costco for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 73: United States: Switchers to Kroger for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 74: United States: Switchers From Kroger for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 75: United States: Switchers to Publix for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 76: United States: Switchers From Publix for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 77: United States: Switchers to Safeway for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 78: United States: Switchers From Safeway for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 79: United States: Switchers to Supervalu for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 80: United States: Switchers From Supervalu for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 81: United States: Switchers to Wal-Mart for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 82: United States: Switchers From Wal-Mart for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 83: United States: Switchers to Other for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 84: United States: Switchers From Other for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011Table 85: United States: Profile of Pasta & Noodles Consumers Whose Goods Mainly Come From Costco (% by Subgroup, as tracked by the Survey), 2011Table 86: United States: Profile of Pasta & Noodles Consumers Whose Goods Mainly Come From Kroger (% by Subgroup, as tracked by the Survey), 2011Table 87: United States: Profile of Pasta & Noodles Consumers Whose Goods Mainly Come From Publix (% by Subgroup, as tracked by the Survey), 2011Table 88: United States: Profile of Pasta & Noodles Consumers Whose Goods Mainly Come From Safeway (% by Subgroup, as tracked by the Survey), 2011Table 89: United States: Profile of Pasta & Noodles Consumers Whose Goods Mainly Come From Supervalu (% by Subgroup, as tracked by the Survey), 2011Table 90: United States: Profile of Pasta & Noodles Consumers Whose Goods Mainly Come From Wal-Mart (% by Subgroup, as tracked by the Survey), 2011Table 91: United States: Profile of Pasta & Noodles Consumers Whose Goods Mainly Come From Other (% by Subgroup, as tracked by the Survey), 2011List of FiguresFigure 1: Consumer Panel Report MethodologyFigure 2: United States Pasta & Noodles Value Share (%), by Age Groups, 2011Figure 3: United States Pasta & Noodles Value Share (%), by Gender, 2011Figure 4: United States Pasta & Noodles Value Share (%), by Urban and Rural Dwellers, 2011Figure 5: United States Pasta & Noodles Value Share (%) by Education Level Achieved Groups, 2011Figure 6: United States Pasta & Noodles Value Share (%) by Wealth Groups, 2011Figure 7: United States Pasta & Noodles Value Share (%) by Busy Lives Groups, 2011Figure 8: United States Ambient Noodles Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Age Group by Consumption Group), 2011Figure 9: United States Ambient Noodles Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Gender by Consumption Group), 2011Figure 10: United States Ambient Pasta Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Age Group by Consumption Group), 2011Figure 11: United States Ambient Pasta Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Gender by Consumption Group), 2011Figure 12: United States Chilled Noodles Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Age Group by Consumption Group), 2011Figure 13: United States Chilled Noodles Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Gender by Consumption Group), 2011Figure 14: United States Chilled Pasta Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Age Group by Consumption Group), 2011Figure 15: United States Chilled Pasta Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Gender by Consumption Group), 2011Figure 16: United States Dried Noodles Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Age Group by Consumption Group), 2011Figure 17: United States Dried Noodles Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Gender by Consumption Group), 2011Figure 18: United States Dried Pasta Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Age Group by Consumption Group), 2011Figure 19: United States Dried Pasta Consumption Frequency Analysis (% by Gender by Consumption Group), 2011Figure 20: United States Pasta & Noodles Private Label Penetration of Survey-tracked Sales (% Vol), by Category, 2011Figure 21: United States Pasta & Noodles Market Share (US$ million), by Category, 2011Figure 22: United States Pasta & Noodles Expenditure Per Capita (US$), by Category, 2011Figure 23: United States Pasta & Noodles Expenditure Per Household (US$), by CategoryFigure 24: United States Pasta & Noodles Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (% of Kg m), 2011Figure 25: United States Ambient Noodles Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (Kg m), 2011Figure 26: United States Ambient Pasta Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (Kg m), 2011Figure 27: United States Chilled Noodles Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (Kg m), 2011Figure 28: United States Chilled Pasta Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (Kg m), 2011Figure 29: United States Dried Noodles Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (Kg m), 2011Figure 30: United States Dried Pasta Survey-tracked Retailer Shares by Volume (Kg m), 2011Figure 31: United States: People Who Have Switched Retailer for their Pasta & Noodles Purchases in the Last Six Months (Scaled Survey Results in Thousands), 2011