If there’s a recession, organic food doesn’t know it.
About 20% of Americans make up this segment of buyers. These highly desirable consumers tend to spend 10% more in warehouse clubs as well as buy more cereal, jelly, pasta, produce, soup and ready-to-serve prepared food than “non-green” consumers.
Small brands are seeing big growth. Ian’s Natural Food’s [...]

From office workers in Shanghai to laborers on Shenzhen construction sites, instant noodles are eaten with relish due to the low cost and convenience.
My husband and son love instant noodles. They eat them as breakfast and as a midnight snack, more than twice each week, says Yun, a 41-year-old housewife as she wandered down the [...]