The household food insecurity rate posted the largest increase so far this year, rising from 13.3% in October to 16% in November, according to the latest Consumer Food Insights Report (CFI). New questions in this edition's survey also delve into consumers' food bank use.
While Thanksgiving traditions may remain constant—the perfectly roasted turkey, creamy mashed potatoes, warm dinner rolls—the price tags attached to these holiday staples tell a story of market shifts and ongoing challenges in the poultry industry.
This dashboard summarizes U.S. household food insecurity as estimated in the Consumer Food Insights survey, our monthly survey of 1,200 consumers from across the country.
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Consumer Food Insights is a monthly survey of 1,200 households from across the United States, which is produced and run by the Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability at Purdue University to track trends and changes in consumer food demand and other food sustainability behaviors.
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The household food insecurity rate posted the largest increase so far this year, rising from 13.3% in October to 16% in November, according to the latest Consumer Food Insights Report (CFI). New questions in this edition’s survey also dive into food bank use over the past month.
This Data Snapshot charts household food insecurity from January 2022 through November 2025.
This Data Snapshot delves deeper into our cross-country comparison between the U.S. and Australia and explores how often survey respondents engaged in three key sustainability behaviors over the past 30 days: reducing food waste, recycling food packaging and composting food scraps.