Alcoholic Drinks

On-trade volume sales, and total volume sales, posted a strong increase in 2022, to move close to the pre-Coronavirus (COVID-19) level. Growth was derived from the reopening of the market, resulting in an increase in domestic consumption via the…

Cider/perry saw significant growth in both total volume and current value terms in 2022, driven in large part by increasing demand from the younger generations of legal drinking age in Germany. This demand was influenced by the trends towards…

Trends as noted in other categories are also of a similar note in cider/perry. 2022 witnessed another strong drop in off-trade, which was slightly offset by the strong recovery of on-sales in creperies (Breton crêpe restaurants) where the bulk of…

Cider, as a mature category in Finland, is being promoted as a lighter option to wine and a suitable accompaniment to meals. It is particularly marketed as a complement to fish, seafood, and spicy dishes. Sweeter ciders are positioned as ideal…

Aligned with the full reopening of establishments following COVID-19, on-trade cider/perry volume sales continued to see solid growth. However, sales were more challenging for the off-trade, which saw minor growth, having competition from food…

The cider/perry retail landscape was declining fast in 2022, driven by a general decrease in the consumption of alcohol, aligned to rising health trends, as well as a lack of investment seen in the cider/perry market. A key challenge for the…

Similar to the overall alcoholic drinks market, cider/perry experienced a strong rebound in on-trade sales at the expense of off-trade sales in 2022, as the COVID-19 situation improved and consumer habits returned to normal. This resulted in…

This regional briefing discusses value and volume market sizes, growth since 2016, channel distribution and company shares in the region. It analyses the huge impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the performance of craft producers,…

2022 saw growth rates accelerate in beer as the category registered double-digit total volume growth. This positive performance can be seen as a sign that the category has well and truly entered its post-pandemic recovery phase as on-trade sales of…

Beer continued to record a positive performance in 2022, with total volume growth of 5%. This was largely driven by a second consecutive year of strong on-trade volume growth, with 2022 being the first restriction-free year for on-trade venues since…

In 2022, beer experienced an almost complete recovery in total volume terms compared to 2019 pre-pandemic sales levels. In comparison to 2021, there was a much stronger recovery in on-trade sales, albeit this led to a decline in off-trade sales. The…

Retail volume sales of beer dropped slightly in 2022, mainly due to the ongoing recovery of the on-trade channel. Thus, total volume sales rose over 2022. Foodservice outlets continued to gradually reopen and consumers regained confidence and…

Beer saw a fairly flat performance in volume terms in 2022, when compared to the previous year. While on-trade volumes continued to edge towards their pre-COVID-19 levels, thanks to the removal of pandemic-related restrictions, off-trade sales were…

During 2022, the Spanish beer category maintained total volume growth, and sales nearly returned to the level seen in 2019. This made it one of the only alcoholic drinks categories that, in general, recovered from the impact of the pandemic. The…

A very hot and long summer, with heatwaves that boosted drinks consumption, the strong recovery of tourist flows and local consumers willing to go out and socialise, after the severe limitations of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, provided very…

There was a decline in total beer volume sales in 2022, which was largely driven by the resumption of international travel in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. This led to increases in cross-border trade and duty free sales, which, in turn, suppressed…

Following the trend seen across alcoholic drinks in 2022, the performance of beer was highly polarised. Indeed, following two consecutive years of strong growth through the off-trade channel, off-trade sales declined in 2022. This was mostly due to a…

Beer showed a strong performance in volume terms in 2022, as all pandemic-related restrictions were lifted and consumers began to return to their usual routines, including spending time in pubs, which are an integral part of the country’s social…

Fast growth in 2021 and 2022 almost saw beer return to its 2019 pre-Coronavirus (COVID-19) total volume sales level by the end of the review period. This performance was driven by the reopening of the market as the threat of the pandemic and related…

The long-awaited post-pandemic rebound of on-trade sales materialised in 2022, as most foodservice outlets were fully reopened for the entire year, in sharp contrast to the closures affecting the previous year. In March 2022, nightclubs were also…