Birgit Blain

At the Food Trends Forecast 2014 conference hosted by NSF GFTC, Carman Allison, VP Consumer Insights at Nielsen, shared the factors that are influencing CPG growth.

Canada’s economy continues to be fragile and consumers have remained cautious since the recession in 2009. CPG sales growth is struggling at 1.7% in dollars, driven by a 2% inflation rate, and 0.3% in units. (Nielsen MarketTrack – Total Tracked Sales, 52 wks ending 09/20/14).

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