A Trend Towards the Rediscovery of Local Produce and Traditional

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Multiple Choice

A trend towards the rediscovery of local produce and traditional culinary methods has led to changes in shopping habits such as a renewed preference for specialty fresh produce stores over multi-national supermarkets.One-quarter of all grocery buyers now report shopping at a farmers' market at least once a month where they spend upwards of 70 per cent per visit.Consumers are also spending hours at home preparing slow-cooked meals using the freshest ingredients to recreate dishes from their childhood.This change in ________ is one of the reasons the number of farmers' markets in the Australia has increased by 20 per cent in the last three years.

• A)life-cycle stage
• B)subculture
• C)lifestyle
• D)personality
• E)life-cycle

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