CHICAGO - Abathengi sebesungule ubudlelwano obusha nokudla okulula ngemuva kokuchitha isikhathi esiningi ekhaya ngonyaka owedlule, ngokusho kwe-NPD Group.

Abantu abaningi baphendukela ekudleni okulula ukuze babhekane namaqiniso amasha, okuhlanganisa isikhathi sesikrini esikhulisiwe nokuzijabulisa okwengeziwe kwasekhaya, ukuguqula ukukhula kubheke ezigabeni eziphonselwe inselelo phambilini ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi yezidingo ezigxile empilweni.Ngenkathi ukuphatha okufana noswidi kashokholethi no-ayisikhilimu kubone ukuphakama kwe-COVID-19 kwasekuqaleni, ukwanda kokudla okulula kokuzitika bekungokwesikhashana.Ukudla okulula okungenamsoco kwabona ukwanda kobhubhane oluqhubekayo.Lokhu kuziphatha kunokunamathela kanye namandla okuhlala, okunombono oqinile wama-chips, ama-popcorn alungele ukudliwa nezinye izinto ezinosawoti, ngokombiko we-NPD's The Future of Snacking.

Ngethuba elincane lokushiya ikhaya phakathi nobhubhane, ukusakazwa kokuqukethwe kwedijithali, umdlalo wevidiyo nokunye ukuzijabulisa kwasiza abathengi ukuthi bahlale bematasa.Ucwaningo lwemakethe ye-NPD luthole ukuthi abathengi bathenge ama-TV amasha namakhudlwana unyaka wonke ka-2020 futhi ukusetshenziswa okuphelele kwabathengi emidlalweni yevidiyo kuqhubekile nokuphula amarekhodi, kwafinyelela ku-$18.6 billion engxenyeni yokugcina ka-2020. Njengoba abathengi bechitha isikhathi esiningi endlini nemindeni yabo kanye nabantu abahlala nabo, ukudla okulula. udlale indima ebalulekile ngobusuku bama-movie nomdlalo.

I-popcorn elungele ukudliwa yisibonelo sokudla okuya ngasethunjini kokuzijabulisa kwasekhaya.Lesi sidlo esimnandi besiphakathi kwezidlo zokudla okulula ezikhula kakhulu ngokuya ngokusetshenziswa ngo-2020, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ukwanda kwakho kuqhubeke.Lesi sigaba kubikezelwa ukuthi sizokhula ngo-8.3% ngo-2023 uma siqhathaniswa namazinga angu-2020, okusenza sibe ukudla okulula okukhula ngokushesha, ngokusho kombiko.

"Intandokazi yobusuku befilimu ehlolwe isikhathi eside, i-popcorn ibisesimweni esihle sokuthola inzuzo ekwandeni kokusakazwa kwedijithali njengoba abathengi bebebheke ukusakaza ukuze kudlule isikhathi futhi bakhulule isithukuthezi sabo," kusho uDarren Seifer, umhlaziyi wemboni yezokudla e-NPD Group."Sithole ukuthi ukushintsha kwemizwa kunomthelela ekudleni abantu abakudlayo - futhi ama-popcorn alungele ukudliwa avame ukudliwa njenge-tonic yesithukuthezi."