Despite GDP forecasts for 2017 being maintained or improved in most markets, the quarterly update forecast for packaged food shows a downgrade globally and in key markets, particularly in large developed economies. Poor forecasts for Mexico, the UK ...

With sales of USD60 billion, Latin America accounts for less than 15% of global dairy sales. That said, it is one of the fastest growing regions globally, driven mainly by cheese and fruited yoghurt. The economic downturn in several markets, most ...

With slowing dairy demand in China, restricted entry to Russia and ramped-up production in Europe, the Middle East and Africa region has gained traction among dairy players as it will be the second largest contributor to absolute value growth over ...

Eastern Europe is the world’s second smallest dairy region, and suffers from slowing sales in the core Russian market, due to political tensions restricting trade and thus the availability of dairy products. Poland is, however, showing a good ...

2016 is the first year in over a decade when Western Europe loses its leading position in dairy to Asia Pacific, due to price pressures across distribution channels and consumers switching to alternative (novel) foods. However, dairy is set to make a...

Cheese saw continued growth in 2016 due to lifestyle changes, especially among middle-income consumers, and the influence of various consumer foodservice types. The main factors contributing to growth were increased availability and also rising ...

Cheese is in general a very dynamic category. Within cheese, all categories apart from reduced fat cheese recorded considerable current value growth in 2016. Reduced fat cheese was thus the only category which declined. The main reason for this ...

The growing popularity of Western foods has also helped boost retail volume sales of cheese. With cheese being perceived as a more affordable product, a wider number of consumers have started to prepare Western foods which use cheese as an ingredient...

Since a 2-wave devaluation led to a significant local price jump for imported cheese, the key trend regarding consumption in Azerbaijan in 2016 was down-trading to domestic unpackaged cheese. People were increasingly choosing value-for-money domestic...

A culture of consumption of packaged and branded cheese has not been developed in Georgia. However, over the 2011-2016 review period, popularisation of branded cheese was observed in the country. First of all, new regulations concerning delivery and ...

In 2016, cheese in Macedonia registered retail current value sales growth of 4% to reach MKD6 billion. Stable retail volume sales growth across the category made the main contribution to the solid value sales development of cheese. Significant ...

The growth of cheese in 2016 was the result of economic growth and a recovery of incomes, with changes in purchasing and consumption habits. As a consequence, 2016 witnessed a consumer switch from unpackaged cheese to packaged, especially in the case...

Rising disposable incomes and changing preferences in home cooking are boosting consumption of cheese in Kenya. As such more consumers are incorporating cheese into various types of meals and snacks. Much of the growth trend in cheese was also ...

Bulgarians’ interest in the cheese-eating culture is increasing, which is leading to more products becoming available each year. Local consumers are willing to try new recipes and experiment with their cooking and it is becoming easier to purchase ...

The category of cheese recorded a stable performance in 2016; however, it faced several challenges, including a large number of category players, both domestic and international, resulting in strong competition. In addition, consumers were still ...

In 2016, Poles searched for the best quality cheese. On the other hand, price remained an important factor for local customers. Similarly, the consumption of cheese per capita remains as one of the lowest in Europe, at only 6kg/person, when compared ...

The new dairy regulation R260 was introduced by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries towards the end of the review period. This requires players to show ingredients lists, batch codes and best by/use by/sell by dates on packaging. It...

Growing Western cultural influences in the country, particularly with respect to food consumption continue to underpin the growth in popularity of unprocessed hard cheese consumption in 2016. Accordingly, cheese grew 8% in current value terms to ...

At a time when the Brazilian economy is struggling, diversification in terms of distribution channels, sales campaigns and promotions are the strategies being used to maintain consumer interest in cheese. Pack size reduction, for instance, is a ...

Cheese exports continued to fall in 2016, along with prices paid internationally for Uruguayan cheese. The main exporting companies have been unable to find new destinations to absorb the loss of the Venezuelan market, which, until 2014, purchased ...