Full-year 2010 retail sales of frozen convenience foods through all channels will reach $17 billion, reflecting a 2% gain over the previous year. From 2005 to 2009, sales grew by a modest CAGR of 3%.

This report examines the both myriad types of fresh convenience foods and the myriad retail channels through which they are obtained

The key to fresh convenience food market growth in the face of the 2008/2009 'Great Recession' and still-iffy U.S. economy is the trend whereby consumers have traded down from restaurant meals in favor of fresh prepared foods.