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Global Drinking Habits

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Chapters: 5  |  Tables: 17  |  Publication date: Jul 2006
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Western Europe; Eastern Europe; North America; Latin America; Asia-Pacific; Oceania; Africa and the Middle East

Table of contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Key trends and drivers

Key supply factors

Major market trends

Future trends

2. KEY TRENDS AND DRIVERS

2.1 THE DYNAMICS OF DRINKING

Chart 1 Changing Drinking Culture

Traditional drinking

Modern drinking

“Post-modern” drinking

2.2 DRINKING HABITS AND HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

Chart 2 Drinking and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Chart 3 Consumer Needs and Drinking Drivers

2.3 THIRST

Back to basics

Eight glasses a day?

Chart 4 Per Capita Bottled Water Consumption 2005 by Region

Added value water

Table 1 Sales of Added-value Water 2005 by Region

Water wars

2.4 AFFORDABILITY

Global economic outlook

Table 2 Forecasts for GDP Growth 2006 by Major Market

Chart 5 The New World Geographic Order

Urbanisation and megacities

The rising middle class

Chart 6 Number of Households with Annual Disposable Income over US$2,500

Table 3 Sales of Beer by Sector 2005 by Major Market

The pull of mobile phones

2.5 CONVENIENCE

Time pressures

Working women

Table 4 % of Population Abstaining from Alcohol 2004 by Major Market

Need for energy

Table 5 World Sales Of Coffee, Tea and Other Hot Drinks 2005

Mobility and portability

Table 6 World Soft Drinks Packaging by Format 1998/2005

Table 7 World Soft Drinks Packaging by Pack size 1998/2005

Life lived “in between” – the rise of the “third place”

Impact of supermarkets

Chart 7 % of Hot, Soft and Alcoholic Drinks Sales Through Supermarkets 2005 by Major Market

The slow movement

Chart 8 Per Capita Wine Consumption 2005 by Major Market

2.6 SOCIABILITY

Drinking in the global village

Travel and the global bar

“Being there” – the experience economy

2.7 IMAGE AND STATUS

The importance of impressing

The demand for novelty – the FAB drinkers

Table 8 Sales of Flavoured Alcoholic Beverages 2000/2005 by Region

Status inflation

Table 9 US Changes in Volume and Value Growth in Spirits 2000/2005

Chart 9 Per Capita Whisk(e)y Consumption 2005 by Major Market

Connoisseurship

Themed drinking and the experience economy

The marketing generation – “they drink the advertising”

2.8 HEALTH

Influence of eating on drinking habits

Chart 10 Trends in Volume of Wine Consumed – World and Western Europe 2000/2005

Indulgence versus over-indulgence

Obesity versus “lite”

Table 10 Per Capita Consumption of Carbonates and Bottled Water 2000/2005 by Major Market

Chart 11 % Obese Population – Body Mass Index of 30+ 2000/2004

Table 11 Sales Low-/No-Alcohol Beer Per Capita Consumption 2003-2005 by Major Market

Water and benzene

Coffee goes east, green tea goes west

Table 12 Forecast Growth in Retail Sales Volume Coffee, Green Tea and Herbal Tea 2006/2010 by Region

Super indulgence and self denial

3. KEY SUPPLY FACTORS

3.1 DRINKS MANUFACTURERS

Convergence, consolidation and competition

Table 13 Top 10 World Bottled Water Brands 2005

Global brands in the global village

Creating experiences

Premium inflation

Treading the tightrope of healthy drinking

3.2 RETAILER RESPONSE

Competition for space

Beyond category management

3.3 DISTRIBUTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Global economic warming?

Environmental impact of delivery

3.4 NEW CHANNELS

Vending machines

Chart 12 Soft Drinks Sold Through Vending Machines 2005 by Major Market

Online shopping

C-stores

3.5 FOODSERVICE RESPONSE TO DRINKING TRENDS

Chart 13 Foodservice Value by Region 2005

Chart 14 Drink as a Percentage of Consumer Foodservice Sales 2004/2009 by Major Market

3.6 REGULATION AND LEGISLATION

3.7 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP

4. DRINKING HABITS MAJOR MARKETS

4.1 GLOBAL COMPARISONS

Table 14 Year-on-Year Growth in Global Sales Volume 2001-2005

Chart 15 World Share of Throat 2005

Table 15 Global Sales of Alcoholic Drinks in the Off- and On-trade 2005

4.2 AUSTRALIA

Key drivers: convenience and health

Chart 16 Australia Share of Throat 2005

Consumer expenditure

Chart 17 Australia Share of the Cost of Drinking Out 2005

4.3 BRAZIL

Key drivers: status, sociability and convenience

Chart 18 Brazil Share of Throat 2005

Consumer expenditure

Chart 19 Brazil Share of the Cost of Drinking Out 2005

4.4 CHINA

Key drivers: affordability, convenience and status in cities

Chart 20 China Share of Throat 2005

Chart 21 China Share of the Cost of Drinking Out 2005

4.5 FRANCE

Key drivers: convenience, sociability and status

Chart 22 France Share of Throat 2005

Chart 23 France Share of the Cost of Drinking Out 2005

4.6 GERMANY

Key drivers: price, convenience and health

Share of throat – beer continues its popularity

Chart 24 Germany Share of Throat 2005

Chart 25 Germany Share of the Cost of Drinking Out 2005

4.7 ITALY

Key drivers: sociability, status and health

Share of throat

Chart 26 Italy Share of Throat 2005

Chart 27 Italy Share of the Cost of Drinking Out 2005

4.8 JAPAN

Key drivers: convenience, status and health

Share of throat

Chart 28 Japan Share of Throat 2005

Chart 29 Japan Share of the Cost of Drinking Out 2005

4.9 RUSSIA

Key drivers: affordability, convenience, status

Chart 30 Russia Share of Throat 2005

Chart 31 Russia Share of the Cost of Drinking Out 2005

4.10 SPAIN

Key drivers: status, sociability and health

Chart 32 Spain Share of Throat 2005

Chart 33 Spain Share of the Cost of Drinking Out 2005

4.11 UK

Key drivers: convenience, sociability and health

Share of throat

Chart 34 UK Share of Throat 2005

Chart 35 UK Share of the Cost of Drinking Out 2005

4.12 US

Key drivers: convenience, sociability and health

Chart 36 US Share of Throat 2005

Chart 37 US Share of the Cost of Drinking Out 2005

5. FUTURE OUTLOOK

5.1 FUTURE TRENDS

Health obsessions

From sparkling to still

Rise of soya, decline of dairy

Superfoods, superdrinks

Fusion drinking

Sweet to savoury

New latitudes wine

Staying ahead of the image game

Artisan brands

Connoisseurship and clubs

Asian “cool”

“Velvet rope” service

Sociability

Sociability and the rise of the neighbourhood

The barman and barista as brand

Business in the bar

The rise of the residences

The store/café/bar as village green

Continuing convenience

Handbag proof packaging

Drinking on your mobile phone

Smart drinking – VODcasting from the vending machine

Getting paid for your data

Worries about water miles

Packaging and green impact

5.2 MARKET FORECASTS

Table 16 Forecast Sales Of Alcoholic, Soft and Hot Drinks 2006-2010 by Region

Table 17 Year-on-Year Global Growth in Alcoholic, Soft and Hot Drinks 2006-2010

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