{"id":16060,"date":"2020-10-08T08:20:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T08:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocialelement.agency\/?p=16060"},"modified":"2020-10-21T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T09:22:45","slug":"sweet-snacks-buying-habits-across-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocialelement.agency\/sweet-snacks-buying-habits-across-generations","title":{"rendered":"Sweet snacks buying habits across generations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Different generations have different interests when it comes to snacks, but not all brands use this insight to their advantage. <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When looking into age and lifestyle decisions in the United States, the younger generations (namely Gen-Z and Millennials) have more interest in sports, fitness and healthy foods<\/strong>. They show an interest towards buying snacks, but they buy the ones which are being marketed as \u201chealthy\u201d. Gen-X and Baby Boomers, however, seem to have a different approach: instead of gravitating towards healthy snacks, they buy less snacks in general and indulge in non-alcoholic beverages. Indeed, when looking specifically at \u201chealth foods\u201d, 36% of Gen-Z say they, or their household, made a purchase in this category in the last month. This decreases gradually through generations, ending with only 19% of Boomers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A sweeter tooth for the older generations?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baby Boomers are, in fact, 38% less likely than the average American to buy \u201chealth foods\u201d and tend to have a sweet tooth for cookies<\/strong>, with 55% reporting purchases in the month prior. Gen-X purchases are also on the sweeter side<\/strong>; with 54% buying chocolate, 53% cookies and 50% candy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few brands are tapping into the healthy snack market such as Kind, Kitchfix, Hippeas and Munk Pack – but for those with a sweeter tooth, the confectionary industry is relatively untouched.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Hershey\u2019s \u201cHERSHEY’S SPECIAL DARK Mildly Sweet Chocolate Bars\u201d could be seen as an attempt to please all generations, but it does not appear to be marketed as such.<\/strong> It is a sweet treat, but it\u2019s also being marketed as a healthier alternative with low sugar. The brand has however been shying away from marketing this broadly, and the only identifiable organic mention of this on Hershey\u2019s social channels in the last year was a response to a user asking about chocolate suitable for diabetics on Twitter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hi William! We actually offer a line of Sugar Free candy (Hershey's SF Milk Chocolate, Hershey's SF Special Dark Chocolate, Reese's SF Peanut Butter Cups, York SF Peppermint Patties). We hope you get to try them out soon!<\/p>— HERSHEY'S (@Hersheys) January 30, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>