Ngokocwaningo lwakamuva olukhishwe yi-American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), ingxenye enkulu yabantu base-US ikholelwa ukuthi ukusebenzisa izithelo nemifino efriziwe kwenza ukupheka kube lula, konga imali futhi kunciphisa ukumosheka kokudla, ngokusho kwePotatoes News.
Ingxenye yocwaningo bekuwucwaningo olukhethekile lwemizi efanelekela Uhlelo Lokusiza Ngokudla Okungeziwe (SNAP). Ngokusho kwabangu-XNUMX kwabayishumi ababambiqhaza abafanelekile bocwaningo lwe-SNAP, izithelo nemifino eqandisiwe kuvumela ukudla okunhlobonhlobo okwengeziwe, kunciphise ukumoshwa kokudla, futhi konge imali. Le miphumela ibonisa ukubaluleka kokufaka ukudla okuqandisiwe ezinhlelweni zokudla okunomsoco.
“Njengoba imboni yokudla kanye nabenzi bezinqubomgomo behlola izindlela zokwenza ngcono umsoco kanye nokunciphisa indlala ezweni lonke, ukudla okuqandisiwe kufanele kube yingxenye yesixazululo,” kusho uMongameli we-AFFI kanye ne-CEO u-Alison Bodor.
Abacwaningi baphawula ukuthi ngaphezu kwe-25% yabathengi manje bathenga imifino efriziwe (nezithelo) ngaphezu kwalokho ababekwenza eminyakeni emithathu edlule futhi bayazi ngezinzuzo eziningi zezempilo zale mikhiqizo.
"Ngokujwayelekile, izinga lokusetshenziswa kwezithelo nemifino efriziwe e-United States liphezulu kakhulu: cishe i-94% yemindeni ithenga le mikhiqizo," kusho ochwepheshe be-AFFI.
Ukuthengiswa kwezithelo nemifino eqandisiwe e-US kufinyelele ku- $ 7,1 billion emasontweni angama-52 2022 (ukuphela kukaJuni 26, 2022), nokuthengiswa kwevolumu kukhuphuke amathani ayi-135 ngaphezulu kwezinga langaphambi kobhubhane lamathani ayizigidi eziyi-500. Imikhiqizo ephambili kule ngxenye bekuyimifino, amazambane kanye no-anyanisi, nezithelo ezithengiswa ngama-US $ 1,95 billion, ama-US $ 2,9 billion kanye nama-US $ 2,3 billion, ngokulandelana.
Abathengi bafaka ukudla okufriziwe ekudleni kwabo ngezindlela ezahlukene. Izithelo nemifino eqandisiwe bekuvame ukusetshenziswa njengesitsha esiseceleni sezifundo eziphambili (ama-63% abo bonke abathengi babike lokhu kusetshenziswa), njengesithako esiphuzweni nama-smoothies (50%), nanjengokuhambisana nama-pastas nezitsha zelayisi (44% ).
Cishe bonke abathengi baphinde bathi bathenga imifino nezithelo ezintsha neziqandisiwe, futhi lapho ezintsha ziphela, ziphendukela eziqandisiwe, "ukuqandisa" kusiza ezimweni lapho kungenakwenzeka ukuvakashela isitolo. Ngokusho kwe-AFFI's 2021 Power of Frozen Market Research, amakhasimende amaningi afaka kokubili ukudla okusha nokufriziwe ekudleni kwawo. Lolu lwazi luhambisana nalokho abakutholile.