After learning the news that the costume season would be postponed (or canceled) for many this year, other people left salads and prepared cookie dough, based on a year-over-year comparison of major food search terms through Google Trends.
Data from Google Trends show that interest in “cookies”, “ice cream” and “burgers” during an era from March 11, 2020 to August 20, 2020 was higher than that of the same era in 2019. That’s all the interest in ‘salads’ and ‘vegetables’ in 2020 have fallen more than at the same time in 2019.
Unsurprisingly, the interest of studies in “sports pavilions” has declined considerably, receiving only about 10% of the interest of studies in 2019.La majority of gyms and fitness facilities were temporarily closed or suspended by the pandemic.
Google’s knowledge research matches trends in food sales with the pandemic.Sales of some fast-processing foods, adding pizzas, hot dogs and other processed snacks, triggered the pandemic.
Bruster’s Real Ice Cream chain reported a 20% increase in sales at the same store in the last 3 months, while Wingstop recorded a 32% increase in sales in the same store in the last quarter.
I’ll follow the diets on Google Trends as the news of a vaccine approaches.