Who’s eating what?

 

Do you really know what your customers are buying? Chances are, their buying habits follow national trends:

 

  • Ground beef consumption peaks between ages 6-12, declining steadily until age 65+.
  • Steak consumption rises through your shopper’s life, peaking among the 55-64 year olds.
  • Roast consumption rises steadily with age, then stabilizes at 55+.
  • On an annual basis, 60% of eatings are ground beef, 21% are steaks and 9% are roasts.

View the complete results of the study here.

 

Here are some ideas on how you can use this information to your advantage:

 

  •  Survey your customer base.
  •  Set your product mix based on your customer base.
  •  Offer specials that appeal to the customer groups you are wanting to attract.

 Contact us for more information on this study or other beef checkoff-funded research.

 

Source:  Consumption Patterns for In-Home Beef 1997-2006, Conducted by The NPD Group’s National Eating Trends Service, funded by the Cattlemen’s Beef Board. Information based on eatings over an average two week period.