U.S. Smoothie Market Slurps Up $2 Billion in Sales
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008New Mintel Report Shows Five-Year Market Boom Raises Smoothie Market Sales by More than 80 Percent.
With on-the-go dining and snacking moving to the American meal forefront, the U.S. smoothie market has been flooded with consumers looking for a quick portable meal alternative. Last year, smoothie makers raked in more than $2 billion from made-to-order and packaged smoothies, up more than 80 percent in the last five years. Consumers are embracing the trend in a major way, and for a variety of different reasons.