{"id":82,"date":"2018-01-15T10:13:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T10:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwestvending.com\/blog\/?p=82"},"modified":"2018-01-16T20:14:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T20:14:04","slug":"millennials-make-new-food-and-beverage-choices-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwestvending.com\/blog\/millennials-make-new-food-and-beverage-choices-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"New Food and Beverage Choices Fill Millennials\u2019 Shopping Carts in Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Healthy<\/span><\/p>\n

Which food and beverage choices did you purchase the last time you needed something to eat or drink? Was it a green tea or maybe a breakfast smoothie? If so, you might be one of the many Phoenix residents who have recently posted online about your experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a recently released study by CBD Marketing, Millennials, or those between the ages of 18 and 35, have played a key role in changing \u201clong-standing truths\u201d within food and beverage categories. The research analyzed 10.8 million social media posts and other online content specific to food (8.6 million) and beverage<\/a> (2.2 million) product groups. Frequently used hashtags for foods included #healthy, #organic, #naturalfood, and #healthyfood), while #greentea, #healthy, #coffee, and #tea were seen most frequently for beverages.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though Millennials are tech savvy and share their thoughts and buying habits frequently and openly, it would be a mistake to treat all Millennials as one group. Millennials consist of three overlapping subgroups whose differences can greatly impact their preferences. Some are college students or living at home, others are out of college and just entering the workforce, and others are buying homes and starting families.<\/span><\/p>\n

And don\u2019t forget to consider other Phoenix demographics when monitoring social media insights. For example, women created 62 percent of the content while men created only 38 percent. The study also found that \u201cMillennial men and women use very different descriptors when talking online, so it\u2019s important to use language that reflects your target audience.” The top terms used more frequently and often by women include love, amazing, good, best, favorite, enjoy, and delicious) while men used good, love, great, enjoy. Men also seemed to express negative options more frequently.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"HealthyCBD Marketing’s Co-CEO Lori Colman said it best when she said that \u201cbusinesses and brands that mine this treasure trove of online data will be the ones that market their products successfully.” In order to learn about your Phoenix employees\u2019 food and beverage preferences for the office break room<\/a> consider the following criteria.<\/span><\/p>\n

Food Preferences <\/strong><\/h5>\n