No ka nui o nā hale a me nā pūʻulu demographic, nā mea kanu maloʻo (a me nā huaʻai) e maʻalahi i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻai a hoʻemi i ka pau ʻana o ka meaʻai, e like me kahi noiʻi hou, i haʻi ʻia e ka American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI).
ʻO kahi hoʻokolokolo kikoʻī o nā ʻohana i kūpono i nā koi no ka Polokalamu Kokua Nutrition Kokua kekahi ʻāpana o ka loiloi (SNAP). Wahi a ʻewalu o ka ʻumi o ka SNAP i komo i ka noiʻi, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻai ʻana i nā huaʻai, hoʻemi i ka pau ʻana o ka meaʻai, a mālama kālā. Hōʻike kēia mau hopena i ke koʻikoʻi o ka meaʻai paʻa i nā papahana hānai federal.
"I ka ʻimi ʻana o ka ʻoihana meaʻai a me nā mea hana kulekele i nā ala e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka meaʻai a hōʻemi i ka pōloli ma ka ʻāina, pono nā meaʻai maloʻo i ʻāpana o ka hopena. Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe kūʻai aku he ala maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻokomo hou aku i nā meaʻai i kā lākou meaʻai, ʻoiai e hoʻonui ana i kā lākou kālā no ka hōʻemi ʻana o ka ʻōpala, "wahi a ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o AFFI Alison Bodor.
Ma keʻano like, ʻoi aku ma mua o 25% o nā mea kūʻai aku i kēia manawa ke kūʻai aku i nā mea kanu maloʻo (a me nā huaʻai) ma mua o kā lākou i hana ai i ʻekolu makahiki i hala aku nei a ʻike lākou i nā pono olakino he nui o ka hana ʻana pēlā.
"Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, kiʻekiʻe ke komo ʻana i ka US, me 94% o nā ʻohana ʻAmelika e kūʻai ana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu maloʻo," wahi a ka poʻe loea AFFI.
ʻO ka hapa nui (86%) o nā mea kūʻai aku ma mua o 1,500 i koho ʻia ua ʻae ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā huaʻai a me nā huaʻai maloʻo e maʻalahi ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai. Ma muli o nā ʻano koʻikoʻi o ka hau hau, e like me ka lōʻihi o ke ola ʻana a me ke koho e hoʻomākaukau wale i kāu mea e pono ai, ʻōlelo ʻo 83% o ka poʻe pane e kōkua nā huaʻai a me nā lau ʻai maloʻo e hōʻemi i ka pau ʻana o ka meaʻai a mālama kālā. Eia kekahi, 76% o ka poʻe pane i ʻae i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā huaʻai maloʻo a me nā mea kanu i ka poʻe e ʻai i nā huahana i ʻike ʻole lākou i ka kuke ʻana.
“Hāʻawi ka ʻāpana meaʻai paʻa i nā ʻano hoʻonā like ʻole no nā mea kūʻai aku o kēia lā, a ka maloʻo ʻO nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu he mea nui. Ke hōʻoia nei kēia noiʻi e loaʻa ana nā mea kūʻai aku i nā noi a me nā pono like ʻole i ko lākou hoʻohui ʻana i kēia mau huahana i kā lākou meaʻai, "wahi a Bodor.
ʻO ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā hua maloʻo a me nā mea kanu i ka US ua hōʻea i ka USD7.1bn ma luna o nā pule he 52 i pau i Iune 26, 2022, a ʻo ka nui o nā huahana he 135,500 tons ma mua o nā pae pre-pandemic ma 1,95m tons. ʻO nā huahana kiʻekiʻe i loko o ka ʻāpana he mau mea kanu maʻamau, ʻuala a me nā aniani, a me nā hua, me ke kūʻai ʻana o USD2.9bn, USD2.3bn, a me USD1.5bn, kēlā me kēia.
Hoʻokomo nā mea kūʻai i ka meaʻai hau hau ma nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole i ka wā ʻai. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā huaʻai a me nā lau ʻai maloʻo ma ke ʻano he ʻaoʻao o ka mea komo nui (63% o nā mea kūʻai a pau i hōʻike i kēia hoʻohana ʻana), ma ke ʻano he mea inu a me ka smoothies (50%), a ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻonani no nā kīʻaha pasta a me ka laiki (44%).
Ma kahi kokoke i nā mea kūʻai aku a pau, ua kūʻai lākou i nā meaʻai hou a me nā hua maloʻo, a i ka emi ʻana o nā hua hou, huli lākou i nā huaʻai a me nā meaʻai maloʻo e hoʻoulu ai a hiki i kā lākou huakaʻi kūʻai hou. Wahi a ka AFFI's Power of Frozen 2021 noiʻi mākeke, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻokomo i nā huahana hou a me ka hau i kā lākou hoʻolālā ʻai. Kūlike kēia ʻike me kā lākou ʻike.
No ka hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ʻana i nā manaʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku, nā ʻano kūʻai, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā meaʻai maloʻo, ua hoʻolimalima ka American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) i 210 Analytics e nānā i kahi ākea o nā hale e pili ana i ka US Census. Wahi a kahi noiʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo "Frozen Fruits and Vegetables: Perceptions, Uses and Expectations among US Consumers and SNAP-Eligible Households," ʻo ke kūʻai maʻamau a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hua maloʻo e kōkua i ka piʻi ʻana o ka huaʻai a me nā mea kanu.