NA vs WE: 3 Things You Need To Know About Their Cooking Preferences

These three stats show you how young Europeans’ relationship to cooking is different than their North American peers’…

  • Young people in Western Europe cook and prepare meals at home more than young North Americans
  • Gen Z and Millennials in this region are also more likely to cook dinner from scratch than their North American peers, and eat three square meals in a day
  • Millennial parents in North America have no problem feeding their child fast food, whereas parents in Western Europe are much more reluctant
Europeans Gen Z and Millennials like to cook, and according to data from YPulse’s recent WE Cooking and Diets Report, a third of these young consumers (32%) cook or prepare more than seven meals from home in a week, compared to only a quarter in North America (24%). Food is very special for Gen Z and Millennials in both NA and WE, and although Gen Z sees themselves as less of a foodie than Millennials—a topic YPulse dug into in The End of Foodie Culture (As We Know It)—it’s a hobby both gens are super interested in, with YPulse’s Self-Taught Trend Report also showing that cooking is a top skill Gen Z and Millennials want to learn. But these three stats from YPulse’s WE Cooking and Diets survey will give you insights into the way young North Americans and Western Europeans have different habits when it comes to cooking: European Gen Z and Millennials are more likely to be cooking dinner from scratch than North Americans When it comes...

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