Gum, mints and snack bar sales slump, as U.S. consumers order online amid COVID-19 crisis

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Impulse purchases - gum, mints and snack bars tossed into a shopping basket as one snakes through the supermarket checkout line - are falling as more people get groceries delivered or pick them up curbside.

) have seen a huge boost since the pandemic forced the closure of restaurants, bars and hotels, leading people to eat more at home. The shaky economy in the United States could be another factor in the decline in sales of the “to-go” snack items, because they’re not seen by consumers as necessities, according to Amy Goldsmith, a food marketing consultant in Los Angeles.

Performance nutrition bars, which many companies pitch as healthy snacks, are down 19 percent in the 11 weeks ending on May 16, according to Nielsen. General Mills, owner of Nature Valley and Larabar snack bars, is the biggest player in a global snack bar market worth $16.7 billion at retail, according to market researcher Euromonitor International.

 

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Do those people who provided us this lockment are going to feed us too while 'curing'?

well this is just a failure of marketing, why isn’t there snickers and tic tac widgets at check out screen? fix yourselves

rephrased: Americans realize they dont need all this impulse buying shit at the register and most of those pointless companies will go out of business without slick marketing placement.

Everything about our purchase patterns, behaviors, needs, actions will be studied for years after this pandemic. I wonder if people will eat more junk food/processed foods/fast food because it’s Easier, or eat Healthier now that we are stuck at home. 🏠

I truly wish the worst thing we had to worry about was plummeting gum and mint sales

good.!! 👍👍 because gums, mints & snack bars all contain very dangerously high anounts of sugar..!! also perservatives, artificial flavors and chemicals that are bad for sugar levels in blood, promoting diabetes.😬😬 sugar is not a friend😬sugar is bad for human beings..😬😬😬

Rise of smelly breaths in the U.S. is alarming...😁😲🤐

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