Making the case: retailers belly up with more product types.(bacon industry) From: The National Provisioner | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Stagnito Communications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The supermarket bacon display can be considered a microcosm of American food trends. On one hand, the push toward new product introductions and innovations to satisfy Americans' increasingly demanding palates is evident with a spate of newly introduced refrigerated and precooked bacon varieties. On the other hand, now that high-protein diets have waned after subsequent years of growth, sales of traditional leading bacon brands are off slightly.

The recent crunch on consumers' food budgets, due to rising energy and transportation costs, has also had an impact on retail bacon ...