Wahi a kahi noiʻi hou i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), manaʻo ka hapa nui o ka heluna o ʻAmelika ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hua maloʻo a me nā mea kanu e maʻalahi ka kuke ʻana, mālama kālā a hōʻemi i ka pau ʻana o ka meaʻai, e like me ka Potatoes News.
ʻO kahi ʻāpana o ke aʻo ʻana he noiʻi kūikawā o nā ʻohana i kūpono i ka Polokalamu kōkua kōkua meaʻai (SNAP). Wahi a ʻewalu o ka ʻumi o ka SNAP i komo i ke aʻo ʻana, ʻae ʻia nā huaʻai a me nā lau maloʻo i nā meaʻai like ʻole, e hōʻemi i ka pau ʻole o ka meaʻai, a mālama kālā. Hōʻike kēia mau hualoaʻa i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka meaʻai hau i loko o nā papahana meaʻai federal.
"I ka ʻimi ʻana o ka ʻoihana meaʻai a me nā mea hana kulekele i nā ala e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka meaʻai a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pōloli ma ka ʻāina, pono e lilo ka meaʻai maloʻo i ʻāpana o ka hopena," wahi a ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o AFFI Alison Bodor.
Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe noiʻi ʻoi aku ma mua o 25% o nā mea kūʻai aku i kēia manawa ke kūʻai aku i nā mea kanu hau hau (a me nā huaʻai) ma mua o ʻekolu makahiki i hala aku nei a ʻike lākou i ka nui o nā pono olakino o kēia mau huahana.
"Ma keʻano laulā, he kiʻekiʻe loa ke kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻai ʻana i nā hua maloʻo a me nā mea kanu i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa: ma kahi o 94% o nā hale kūʻai i kēia mau huahana," wahi a ka poʻe loea AFFI.
Ua hōʻea ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā meaʻai maloʻo US i $ 7,1 biliona i 52 mau pule 2022 (hope a Iune 26, 2022), me ka nui o ke kūʻai aku ʻana he 135 tons ma mua o ka pae pre-pandemic o 500 miliona tons. ʻO nā huahana nui ma kēia māhele ʻo ia nā mea kanu, nā ʻuala a me nā aniani, a me nā huaʻai me ke kūʻai ʻana o US $ 1,95 biliona, US $ 2,9 biliona a me US $ 2,3 biliona.
Hoʻokomo nā mea kūʻai i nā meaʻai paʻa i kā lākou meaʻai ma nā ʻano like ʻole. Ua hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā huaʻai a me nā mea ʻai maloʻo ma ke ʻano he kīʻaha ʻaoʻao no nā papa nui (63% o nā mea kūʻai aku a pau i hōʻike i kēia hoʻohana), ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohui i nā mea inu a me nā smoothies (50%), a ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila a me nā kīʻaha laiki (44% ).
Ma kahi kokoke i nā mea kūʻai aku a pau, kūʻai lākou i nā huaʻai hou a me ka hau a me nā huaʻai, a i ka pau ʻana o nā mea hou, huli lākou i nā mea maloʻo, kōkua ka "freezing" i nā kūlana kahi hiki ʻole ke kipa aku i ka hale kūʻai. Wahi a ka AFFI's 2021 Power of Frozen Market Research, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻokomo i nā meaʻai hou a me ka hau i kā lākou meaʻai. Kūlike kēia ʻike me kā lākou ʻike.