Although foodservice outlets were closed or only offering limited services when COVID-19 hit the United Arab Emirates in 2020, local consumers had more time on their hands due to lockdowns or home seclusion, enabling them to prepare meals themselves. However, given many were still working, albeit from home, there was also a need for quick and convenient meal solutions such as ready meals, which helped maintain demand for these products.
Frozen pizza is the most commonly consumed ready meal type, with folding cartons being the leading primary pack type in this category. Folding cartons packaging has benefited from the efforts of leading players like Al Kabeer, BRF and Americana to offer consumers products at affordable prices, with folding cartons continuing to grow in both 2020 and 2021.
Metal food cans continues to grow in the ready meals category in the United Arab Emirates. With shelf stable ready meals only being launched on the market relatively recently, there should be further potential for these products in the local market.
The increasing need for convenience will help to continue pushing demand for ready meals over the forecast period, with all pack types, including the main one, folding cartons, recording positive unit volume CAGRs over 2021-2026. From the manufacturers’ perspective, folding cartons is a cost-effective pack type that is also easy to transport and stack, which helps to reduce operating costs.
Over the forecast period consumption habits in the United Arab Emirates are projected to shift. Firstly, health and wellness trends are increasingly penetrating the country, prompting consumers to adopt healthier eating habits.
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This is the aggregation of canned/preserved, chilled pizza, chilled, dinner mixes, dried, frozen pizza, frozen ready meals and prepared salads. Note: Ready meals are products that have had recipe ''skills'' added to them by the manufacturer, resulting in a high degree of readiness, completion and convenience. Ready meals are generally accepted to be complete meals that require few or no extra ingredients, however, in the case of canned/preserved ready meals, the term also encompasses meal ''centres’; for dinner mixes, the term encompasses part meals. Some ready meals may require cooking; others may simply need reheating, prior to serving.
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