Why doesn't the article mention ready meals? It may not be new, but that's 'CaaS'.
It'd be interesting to see the same graph with ready meals either broken out as a third category, or included with takeaways.
It'd be interesting to see the same graph with ready meals either broken out as a third category, or included with takeaways.
In the past they had problems with quality/taste and healthiness.
But new home technology(instant pot,combi-ovens, new microwave tech) combined with better frozen food, or different logistics that would enable chilled meals - could offer healthy, restaurant quality meals.
And there's also a chance that the cost difference between ready meals and cooking at home will become very low.
I particularly thought of it because the graph shows the same change across income groups, except that it's time-shifted so that it really got big in the top bracket earliest, in the '70s, then the middle income group in the '80s, and finally the bottom bracket in the '90s.
If ready meals were included, I suspect it would look more level, or at least bring up the lowest income group.