CHICAGO - Ogula apanga ubale watsopano ndi zokhwasula-khwasula atatha nthawi yambiri kunyumba chaka chatha, malinga ndi The NPD Group.

Anthu ochulukirapo adatembenukira ku zokhwasula-khwasula kuti athane ndi zenizeni zatsopano, kuphatikiza nthawi yowonera zowonera komanso zosangalatsa zapakhomo, kusuntha kukula kupita kumagulu omwe adatsutsidwa kale patatha zaka khumi zazaumoyo.Ngakhale maswiti a chokoleti ndi ayisikilimu adakwera koyambirira kwa COVID-19, kuwonjezeka kwazakudya zopatsa thanzi kunali kwakanthawi.Zakudya zokhwasula-khwasula zinachititsa kuti mliri upitirire.Makhalidwewa ali ndi kukhazikika komanso kukhalabe ndi mphamvu, ndi malingaliro amphamvu a tchipisi, ma popcorn okonzeka kudya ndi zinthu zina zamchere, malinga ndi lipoti la NPD la The Future of Snacking.

Pokhala ndi mwayi wochepa wochoka panyumba pa nthawi ya mliri, kusanja kwa digito, masewera a kanema ndi zosangalatsa zina zidathandizira ogula kukhala otanganidwa.Kafukufuku wamsika wa NPD adapeza kuti ogula adagula ma TV atsopano komanso okulirapo mchaka chonse cha 2020 ndipo ndalama zomwe ogula amawononga pamasewera apakanema zidapitilirabe kuswa mbiri, zomwe zidafika $ 18.6 biliyoni kotala lomaliza la 2020. Ogula amakhala nthawi yochulukirapo mnyumba ndi mabanja awo komanso okhala nawo, zokhwasula-khwasula. adachita mbali yofunika kwambiri pamasewera a kanema ndi usiku.

Ma popcorn okonzeka kudya ndi chitsanzo cha zokhwasula-khwasula zopita kukasangalala kunyumba.Zakudya zokometserazi zinali m'gulu lazakudya zopatsa thanzi zomwe zikukula kwambiri mu 2020, ndipo kuchuluka kwake kukuyembekezeka kupitilirabe.Gululi likuyembekezeka kukula 8.3% mu 2023 motsutsana ndi 2020, zomwe zimapangitsa kukhala chakudya chomwe chikukula mwachangu kwambiri, malinga ndi lipotilo.

"Kanema yemwe adayesedwa nthawi yayitali usiku, ma popcorn anali okonzeka kupindula ndi kuchuluka kwa kusanja kwa digito pomwe ogula amayang'ana kusuntha kuti apititse nthawi ndikuchepetsa kutopa kwawo," atero a Darren Seifer, katswiri wazogulitsa zakudya ku The NPD Gulu."Tinapeza kuti kusintha kwamalingaliro kumakhudza zakudya zomwe anthu amadya - ndipo ma popcorn okonzeka kudya amadyedwa nthawi zambiri ngati chitonthozo chotopetsa."