In October 2025, Purdue University and Flinders University conducted the Australian Consumer Food Insights (CFI) Survey with a nationally representative sample of 1,704 participants. This report examines two key measures of food hardship—food stress and food insecurity — in the context of Australia’s escalating cost of living pressures.

Consumers made substantial changes to their grocery shopping in 2025, largely driven by economic pressures, according to the December Consumer Food Insights Report (CFI).

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.

Consumers in the U.S. and Australia share many similarities when it comes to core food values, diet satisfaction and quality, and experiences, according to the October Consumer Food Insights Report (CFI).

This month’s Consumer Food Insights (CFI) report breaks down data by household child status to take a closer look at how the presence of children in the home influences food-related behaviors, spending and experiences with food insecurity.

This study examines how risk preferences and risk perceptions relate to three risky food behaviors—eating unwashed greens, rare meat, and raw dough—among US adults.

Consumers generally support using artificial intelligence to improve food and agricultural production, according to the August Consumer Food Insights Report (CFI).