The results from the March edition (now issue #3) of our newly launch Consumer Food Insights (CFI) survey from the Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability (CFDAS) at Purdue are now available.

This month, we continued tracking many of the key measures I’ve discussed in previous months. Here are some highlights:

• The Sustainable Food Purchasing (SFP) Index was unchanged from last month and it is at 68 out of 100.
• There was a slight decrease in the share of consumers indicating they couldn’t find specific foods at the store (a fall from 25% to 21%) from February to March
• Total food spending increased by 8% from last month
• At present, we find consumer food demand is price insensitive.

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