Self-made vs. ready-made food by generation U.S. 2024| ��ƽ��

Consumer Goods & FMCG
Food & Nutrition

Do you prefer to prepare self-made meals, or do you prefer to prepare convenience food products / ready-made meals?

Characteristic	Baby Boomer (1946-1964)	Generation X (Baby Bust) (1965-1979)	Millennials / Generation Y (1980-1994)	IGen / Gen Z (1995-2012)
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Number of respondents

873 respondents

Age group

18-74 years

Special properties

Respondents who are responsible for cooking in their household

Supplementary notes

Survey question: "Do you prefer to prepare self-made meals, or do you prefer to prepare convenience food products / ready-made meals? (single-pick)"

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Consumer preferences when preparing meals in the United States in 2024, by generation

Published by

T. Ozbun,

Jun 4, 2025

In a 2024 survey, carried out in the United States, approximately ** percent of responding baby boomers stated that they prefer almost only or only self-made or homemade meals. Millennials had the ** share of respondents stating the opposite.