Sausage report 2022 in United States

Published 2022년 7월 5일

Tridge summary

Sausage sales growth in 2022 has slightly slowed down from the previous years' double-digit growth but still shows overall growth in both breakfast and dinner sausage categories. Retail sales of breakfast sausage reached $2.06 billion, marking a 2.1% increase from the previous year, and dinner sausage sales were $4.66 billion, up by 1.6%. The affordability and flexibility of sausage have contributed to its strong performance, especially during the pandemic. Brand loyalty plays a significant role in consumer purchasing decisions, with a 2022 survey showing a decrease in consumers without a brand preference from 63% in 2012 to 29%. Innovations in flavor and proteins have also been key factors in the sausage market's growth.

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Original content

Sausage sales growth around the mid-point of 2022 has cooled a bit from its previous two years of double-digit growth, but both the breakfast and dinner sausage categories maintain overall growth despite retail price inflation “Sausage is incredibly popular, so even when there is inflation the impact on sales isn’t always as strong as it is in some of the other meat categories,” National Hot Dog & Sausage Council President Eric Mittenthal said. Overall retail sales of breakfast sausage for the 52-week period ending April 24, 2022, were $2.06 billion, up 2.1% from a year ago at the same time but up 13.9% from 2020 and up 22.9% from 2019, according to IRI monthly shopper survey data. Dinner sausage sales were more than double those of breakfast sausage, at $4.66 billion, up 1.6% from 2021, 11.1% from 2020, and 22.1% from 2019 “Relative to some of the other whole-muscle cuts, you continue to see affordability in sausage, and that’s probably why the performance of sausage has been ...

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