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Picnic Foods That Are Growing (and Declining) in Popularity

Steve Artressia

This weekend will be the first weekend of June, and if you’re planning to put together a snack tray or cooler to take on a picnic, you should know, Olives are apparently having a moment. A new survey just revealed a couple of lists of summer picnic foods that are GROWING and DECLINING in popularity. So to help you avoid being a “picnic nerd” . . . here are the Top 5 items that made the “new favorites” list:

  1. Olives
  2. Flatbreads
  3. Breadsticks
  4. Hummus
  5. Chorizo

Honorable mentions include Salami and Prosciutto. Here are the Top 5 items that “declining” in popularity:

  1. Spam
  2. Cocktail sausages
  3. Corned beef
  4. Sandwich spread
  5. Sliced white bread

A few more staples forced to sit at the “kid’s table”, cheap potato chips, Cheddar cheese slices, and Potato salad. Although, you don’t want to go overboard trying to be a “picnic hipster”. You know your picnic has gotten too fancy, if somebody brings a cheese with a pronunciation guide.