Consumers under the age of 40 are eating 52 percent more vegetables than those of the same age a decade ago. Meanwhile, casual-dining restaurant chains are losing traction. To many millennials, “you are what you eat” is a mantra of identity.
Over the next three years, as more people graduate from college and enter the workforce, millennial spending is predicted to more than double. By 2020, millennials will spend $1.4 trillion annually and represent 30 percent of total retail sales.
Millennials, who spend 14 times more money on food than an average middle-class family, have spearheaded local, organic and environmental awareness.
J.E. Russell Produce has a large selection of wholesale packaged salads, wholesale produce along with wholesale organic produce.
