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Closely linked to housing and employment trends, the lawn and garden market has been constrained by the Great Recession and its lingering drag on the economy, as well as other dampening factors including high energy prices and climate concerns.

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Research supporting how specific types of fat maintain health has caused many consumers to rethink the role that fats and oils play in their diets. Marketers are offering an increasing number of products targeting those seeking healthy options.

Alongside widening forays by many into Asian, Mediterranean and regional Mexican, attention is falling on a group of Northern European regions whose food is rich in tradition, yet has not usually been considered sophisticated or trendy.

Latino households spend more than any other population segment on laundry and household cleaning supplies. In the past decade their spending on these products grew at a rate that was nearly three times faster than that of other households.

Convenience store industry foodservice sales growth will outperform the retail and restaurant foodservice industry average through 2013.

Demand for omega-3 products will grow briskly over the 2011-2015 period, and will influence the activities of manufacturers and marketers worldwide in supplying omega-3 products across various categories and segments of consumer packaged goods.

With seemingly unlimited and low cost ways to differentiate through condiments and sauces, almost anyone from the restaurateur to consumer packaged goods manufacturers can benefit from reaching into the condiments and sauces toolbox.

Some banks are beginning to test alternative financial services (AFS) products and reevaluate their product offerings in order to reach the population of underbanked and unbanked Americans.

The hotel industry is experimenting en masse with new menu, design and technology concepts that are reshaping how hotel guests experience hotel food and beverage offerings.