U.S. Food Insecurity Jumps Most in Over 4 Years: Up 11 Points for Middle-Income Households, and Nearly Doubles for Seniors, dunnhumby Finds
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One in three U.S. consumers (34%) reported they had skipped meals or cut meal sizes in the past year for financial reasons, up 7 percentage points since December and the largest increase between surveys in the four-year history of the dunnhumby Consumer Trends Tracker (CTT). Thirty-one percent of middle-income households earning $50,000 - $100,000, reported not having enough to eat compared with 19% in December, the sharpest rise in the 13th wave of the CTT. Consume