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. 

Three years of data from the Consumer Food Insights survey reveals a clear pattern: households with children eat out more frequently. These data highlight one way in which households with children engage with the food system differently than households without children.

The Changes in the Consumer Price Index for Food dashboard tracks changes in the CPI for food and its various subcomponents. Users can toggle between 1-month and 12-month changes, or a base period period chosen by the user. The dashboard is updated every month as CPI releases new data.

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. 

While household income does influence dietary choices, CFDAS data shows that even the highest earners fail to meet expert-defined benchmarks for a healthy diet, on average.

This dashboard shows the latest changes in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (CPI) for various food items with options to view changes month to month, year to year, and base period for easy comparison.

This week, we explore consumer beliefs about the healthfulness of certain foods compared to their conventional counterparts: plant-based milk, gluten-free foods, and organic foods. Turns out that age plays a role.

CFDAS has been estimating food insecurity every month since January 2022. Monitoring this data provides insight into Americans’ ability to access nutritional and affordable food and how that changes over time.

Since 2022, taste, affordability and nutrition have consistently dominated consumers’ purchasing decisions at the grocery store, according to our CFI survey data.