Alcoholic Drinks Packaging

Smaller pack size formats were a very relevant trend at the end of the review period due to a number of factors, with these including convenience, premiumisation, drinking less but better and drink-drive legislation. Among the interesting new ...

In 2019, beer continued to experience a shift towards premiumisation, which included greater interest in Belgian and German beers as well as a growing number of craft beer brands available in the local market. While consumers have been adjusting to ...

Since 2017, the glass industry in Brazil has been facing great pressure from other packaging types, not least as there has been a significant lack of glass bottles in the market. A less negative scenario not only for beer volume sales but also a ...

Small sizes of packaging continue to grow and are tending to also spread into new categories. The leading category with diverse packaging sizes is vodka. Recently, small bottles have become popular among consumers as a way to try new flavours or ...

Total volume sales of alcoholic drinks remained stagnant in Switzerland in 2018. Nevertheless, packing volume sales in unit terms recorded modest growth. This was mainly due to the fact that the overall sales in litres remained the same, while the ...

In 2018, the share of other rigid containers – represented by PET kegs – continued to grow in beer in total filled volume terms, mostly driven by the increasing sales of domestic lager and dark beer in draught beer. Domestic lager’s other rigid ...

Swedish consumers are environmentally friendly and look for optimised and convenient packaging solutions that are easy to carry, do not break and can be returned for a deposit. Hence the appearance of PET bottles in spirits reaches back to 2008, and,...

In 2018, total volume sales of alcoholic drinks packaging recorded modest growth. The positive performance of alcoholic drinks packaging was a result of growth in the sales of alcoholic drinks, which increased due to the lack of excise tax increases ...

Glass overall is struggling in alcoholic drinks, with much of the problem stemming from declining rates of beer consumption. Well over half of all glass used in alcoholic drinks packaging in the US is used in beer so that any weakness in beer sales ...

The beverage can format is forecast to grow further across many product categories within alcoholic drinks. As RTDs continue to premiumise, the can format will allow brands to seek a more sophisticated positioning, borrowing branding cues from the ...

Since Romanians are becoming increasingly sophisticated and their purchasing power is on the rise, they are also now more likely to purchase premium alcoholic drinks, perceiving them as high-quality products. Consequently, some brand owners have ...

Already a very popular packaging type in RTDs, metal beverage cans are increasingly being used in wine. In RTDs, Pernod Ricard recently launched a canned espresso martini variant of its Kahlua range featuring a smart nitrogen widget, which is ...

Metal beverage cans registered huge growth in 2018 and this was almost entirely due to significant increases in unit volumes in beer and, to a lesser degree, cider/perry. Smaller can sizes such as 330ml and 355ml were the biggest winners during the ...

The premiumisation trend which was evident in most alcoholic drinks categories during the review period continued into 2018. There are numerous factors underpinning this trend. In particular, rising disposable income levels and the ongoing expansion ...

In 2018, alcoholic drinks total volume sales saw a double digit growth which was significantly higher than the low single digit total volume CAGR registered over the review period. The growth in alcoholic drinks packaging was directly linked to the ...

The packaging for alcoholic drinks provides ample prospects to companies in terms of novelty and innovation. In Saudi Arabia, the youngsters form the core consumer base that is progressively eyeing and expecting innovative and enhanced experiences. ...

The Japanese alcoholic drinks market saw volumes stagnate or decline slightly in every year of the review period. In 2018, volumes fell as the consumer trend towards ienomi (drinking at home), which tends to involve the consumption of lower volumes ...

Declining consumer purchasing power and reduced disposable incomes led to increased demand for larger pack sizes. During the review period, the 1-litre Carling black label size demonstrated strong growth, albeit from a low base. Coupled with the ...

The United Arab Emirates saw total alcoholic drinks packaging register a fall in unit volumes for the first time in the review period in 2018. Expats and the non-Muslim population, key consumer groups for alcoholic drinks in the United Arab Emirates,...

The weakness in volume sales of alcoholic drinks packaging is largely attributable to contraction in beer packaging, which accounts for the lion’s share of the total packaging units in Canada. Nevertheless, there is one area of beer packaging, and ...