All who purchased own snack; 4+22+20+5,445 snacking occasions*
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
* Research was conducted in two phases as follows:
Qualitative: four focus groups with 16-35 year olds in Ireland and several online discussion groups in the UK, with 56 respondents broken down by life stage and region.
Quantitative: online survey across Ireland and the UK with nationally represetative sample of 3,000 respondents, plus additional data from mums recording a 'snacking' diary for kids aged 10-15 years (= 4,886 snacking occasions).
The source states that findings between Ireland and the UK were very similar and therefore outlined figures are an average across both markets. In total the data covers 12,244 snacking occasions.
Citation formats
Snack packaging formats purchased in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland 2014
This statistic shows a distribution of package formats of snacks purchased in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2014. According to survey respondents, on 34 percent of occasions snacks purchased came in a single serve package (part of a multi pack).
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