“Buying local” is one of the hottest trends in food retailing these days — or is it?
A newly released Harris Poll show Americans are largely split on the importance of choosing locally grown/sourced items, with half saying it’s an important factor in their purchasing decisions and an equal half saying it’s not.
This puts “buying local” behind a number of other factors, as strong majorities of Americans say things like sugar content (69%), fat content (66%), sodium content (64%), and calorie count (64%) are important considerations in choosing one item over another.
