Portionability: The Next Generation of Single-Serve

摘要

When it comes to home food preparation, portionability"-where individual portions are sold in larger multi-serving packages or directions provided to make a little, or a lot-is just what our economically minded, time-crunched cooks have ordered! One size just doesn't fit all anymore. With one-quarter of U.S. households composed of a person living alone and two-person married households without children under age 18 now the larg-est and fastest growing household unit, packages that make a fixed four servings simply don't fit the bill. And although the NPD Group reports that 79% of all family households eat at least five suppers a week with everyone present, hectic lifestyles, extracurricular commitments, and "extended families" make everyday meal planning a revolving door. Also, economic uncertainty has caused consumers to be less wasteful and more cost conscious, and food is no exception.