Consumers now love online grocery shopping more than ever. Restaurant foot traffic is expected to increase in 2022, but people still order groceries online to cook meals at home. As per Acosta’s 2022 survey results, retailers will upgrade and augment online stores by simultaneously enhancing in-store shopping. According to Technomic, Foodservice sales are likely to outgrow food retail dollar sales by 2025. Digitisation will be a crucial part of restaurant operations. Acosta surveyed consumers in January 2022 and reported that one-quarter of them said they expect to continue eating breakfast at home, while 27% and 33% of consumers would make lunch and dinner at home, respectively. Retailers will automate their supply chain and set up robotic fulfilment centres and dark stores to meet the demand. Around 23% of online grocery shoppers will shop online for groceries more often in 2022.

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