New York - Ke kūʻai aku nei i nā meaʻai kūikawā a me nā mea inu ma nā wahi kūʻai āpau a me nā lawelawe meaʻai kokoke i $ 194 biliona i 2022, piʻi 9.3 pākēneka mai 2021, a ke manaʻo ʻia nei e hōʻea i $ 207 biliona ma ka hopena o ka makahiki, e like me ka Specialty Food Association's (SFA) makahiki makahiki. ka hōʻike ʻoihana meaʻai kūikawā.

Ua wehewehe ʻia ka mākeke kūikawā e SFA ma ke ʻano he 63 mau ʻano meaʻai a me nā mea inu i hui pū ʻia no ka aneane 22 pakeneka o nā kūʻai kūʻai meaʻai a me nā mea inu.ʻO chips, pretzels, snacks ka mea kūʻai nui loa i nā meaʻai kūikawā ma ke kūʻai aku ma 2022, e like me ka hōʻike, ke neʻe nei mai ke kolu o ka wahi ma 2021 a lilo i ka ʻāpana kūikawā mua i ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 6 biliona i nā kūʻai makahiki.

ʻO nā ʻāpana meaʻai a me nā mea inu kūikawā 10 kiʻekiʻe no 2022 i nā kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai:

1. Chips, pretzels, snacks
2. ʻO ka ʻiʻo, ka moa, ka iʻa (Frozen, refrigerated)
3. Kīkī a me ka paʻakai kumulāʻau
4. ʻO ka palaoa a me nā mea i kālua ʻia
5. Kofe a me ka koko wela, non-RTD
6. ʻAi ʻai
7. Kalekaleka a me nā mea ʻono ʻē aʻe
8. Wai
9. Nā meaʻai (paʻa hau)
10. ʻAi ʻai, ʻaina awakea, ʻaina ahiahi (Frozen)

"Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻoihana meaʻai kūikawā kūpaʻa i ka ulu ʻana me nā pilikia o ka wā mai ka makahiki 2020," wahi a Denise Purcell, hope-peresidena SFA, hoʻomohala waiwai."ʻOiai ua hoʻopilikia ka inflation meaʻai i ka mākeke i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ke kūpaʻa nei ia, a ke mākaukau nei ka ʻoihana no ka wā e hiki mai ana me nā mea maikaʻi i kahi.Loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku nā wahi kūʻai kūʻai aku e kūʻai ai i nā meaʻai kūikawā, ke ulu hou nei ka lawelawe meaʻai, a ke hana hou nei nā mea hana me ka hoʻoulu ʻana, nā meaʻai, a me ka hoʻolaha.

ʻElua mau ʻāpana kūʻai nui loa ma 2022 - Entrées (Refrigerated) a me Chocolate a me nā confectionery ʻē aʻe - aia kekahi i waena o ka Top 10 Fastest-Growing Specialty Food and Beverage Categories ma 2022:

1. ʻO ka ikehu a me nā mea inu haʻuki
2. ʻO ke kī a me ke kope, RTD (Hoʻomaʻa ʻia)
3. Nā mea komo (i hoʻopaʻa ʻia)
4. Nā meaʻai kakahiaka (Frozen)
5. Pālima a me nā mea holika (Hoʻohuʻi, Paʻa Paʻa)
6. Kalekaleka a me nā mea ʻono ʻē aʻe
7. Meaʻai pēpē a kamaliʻi
8. Nā kuki a me nā kīʻaha ʻai
9. Soda
10. Nā mea ʻai a me nā mea ʻai (Frozen)