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August 20 (Reuters) – According to data, analysts and company managers, consumers who have chosen to eat instead of eating increased the likelihood of an increase in earnings for supermarkets and food distribution companies.
US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies contributed to economic uncertainty, increased the likelihood of stubborn inflation, and consumers questioned whether restaurants would be worth the expense.
“I’m eating much more at home because first of all, eating outside, and quality is not always guaranteed,” Marilena Graziano Reuters, a Florence -based teacher, said. He said.
Dutch retailer Ahold Delhaize, the owner of the Food Lion and Giant Stores in the United States, said that at the beginning of this month, he increased his proposals designed according to low -cost dinner.
“We have solutions to have a very suitable meal of $ 2.50 per person with the family,” Ahold Muller, a Ahold CEO French Muller, said in an interview this month. He said. He continued: “We have increased most of this offer in our stores.”
Shift, when people can’t go out, indicate the revival of the eating explosion at home during the Covid-19 pandemi. Home distribution companies such as Just Eat.com made record sales despite their struggle after the locking restrictions have been removed.
The figures from Rabobank and Eurostat show that food retail sales volumes, which are adjusted to inflation in supermarkets, hypermarkets and similar stores, have grown by 1.5% in the euro region between January and May this year. This is compared to 0.1% growth in the same period last year.
Metric for food and beverage services such as restaurants and bars fell by 0.3%. Last year’s growth was flat at 0%.
The figures set by inflation show that sales in supermarkets healed faster than restaurants, especially for routine weekday meals, told Rabobank’s consumer food analyst Maria Castroviejo Reuters.
Castroviejo said the increasing popularity of capture and git dishes, salads, windings and sandwiches.
“This offer has increased and developed a lot, and we know that it has eliminated some demands from some food services players.” He said.
The owner of Glovo and FoodPanda, the delivery hero, said that consumers have gone out less during economic difficulties, but would order as a cheaper alternative.
A survey of more than 5,000 US adults assigned by Hellofresh, a German dinner kit manufacturer who made most of its income in North America, showed that 93% expects to cook more last year or next year.
Among those who plan to cook at home next year, more than three quarters say that the economy is a factor.
Placer.Ai pedestrian traffic monitoring company data, grocery visits to restaurants and bars in the United States are constantly behind.
The data showed that visits to grocery stores grew by 1.3% annually in June and decreased by 0.4% for restaurants in the same months.
Jenny Rusmann, who works for an international organization in Vienna, is one of the more users of supermarkets.
He continued: “I just went to eat at home a month before wanting to be healthier and especially costs.”
In Milan, Chiara Schiavoni, who was employed in regional government, said he preferred to eat at home as prices rise and the parts of the restaurants in Italy’s financial capital shrink.
“I get seven euros at work and I can’t even get a sandwich costing nine euros in the restaurants around my office.” He said. “On the other hand, I can use them in supermarkets where they are more suitable.”
(Reporting by Paolo Laudani in Gdansk; Additional reports by Dimitri Rhodes, Vera Dvorakova, Laura Cemusi and Bernadette Hogg;
