Belgium

Due to limited renewable water resources, elevated air and water pollution, and rising exposure to extreme weather events, Belgium showed a moderate performance in the global Sustainability Index. Despite a strong push towards renewables, the…

Since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted many Belgians are looking for additional support in boosting their immune systems and health. Consequently, retail value sales of sour milk products, drinking yoghurt and plain yoghurt are growing at the expense of…

Danone will retain its leadership of other dairy in 2021, but it will lose slight retail value share, with sales for its main brand Danio being cannibalised by indulgence offered by Greek-style yoghurt. Furthermore, the player will manage to record a…

Optimisation of resources helps companies realise more profit, which can then be spent on, inter alia, developing products, an increase in marketing budgets and the launch of new distribution chains. Alpro NV, the leading company in milk…

Veganism is becoming a lifestyle choice for an increasing number of people and in response many dairy producers are evolving and including free from dairy products to their cheese ranges. For example, in 2019 the French company Groupe Bel announced a…

Butter and spreads continues to see modest retail value sales growth in 2021 and butter continues leading butter and spreads. Many Belgians are still working from home and baking has grown as a way in which to pass the time during home seclusion in…

The free from dairy and plant-based lifestyle trends spilled over to baby food during the review period. To meet demand from parents, Nestlé Belgilux SA launched plant-based NaturNes Organic with red lentils and coconut milk in prepared baby food.…

Travel in Belgium will continue to suffer in 2021, largely due to COVID-19 and related travel and movement restrictions. Since the country’s borders remained close from mid-January to mid-April 2021, many Belgians decided to partake in domestic…

Much like in 2020, Belgium will remain the top destination for domestic travellers in 2021. On one hand, it continues to be difficult to leave the country as the government closed Belgium’s borders until mid-April 2021 in response to an influx of…

The COVID-19 pandemic will continue having a serious impact on the physical store model of Belgium’s travel intermediaries in 2021. Indeed, travel intermediaries greatly struggled in 2020, due to forced store closures under lockdown. In the beginning…

The pandemic and related safety restrictions will continue to limit the potential of lodging in 2021. Indeed, while properties were not compelled to suspend operations during Belgium’s lockdown in 2020, several players opted to close some or all of…

Despite the outlook for strong current value growth in 2021, the year will still be a transition year for the recovery of car rentals. The minimal recovery of inbound tourism expected for 2021 will negatively influence car rentals as tourists make up…

While airlines is on track to see growing sales in 2021, the turbulent start to the year may prevent a stronger recovery from occurring. Indeed, a wave of infections at the end of 2020 forced the government to enact tighter restrictions for the start…

The briefing examines how Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment industry performs globally and in the largest countries in terms of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment output. The report also provides data for production, market size, imports,…

COVID-19 brought most movement in Belgium to a halt in 2020 and the first part of 2021. Confined to their houses, Belgians bought fewer vehicles and stayed away from public transportation, for fear of contracting COVID-19. In 2021, much of the…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruits snacks is expected to register a small increase in current value, but with volume sales unchanged in 2021. With COVID-19 infections still high in 2021, some of the lockdown consumer behaviours are expected to…

While the impulsive nature of sugar confectionery dampened volume sales in 2020, as society opens up in 2021 and shoppers visit brick-and-mortar stores more frequently, impulse purchases of sugar confectionery are expected to pick up and expected to…

With infections rates remaining high well into 2021, it is expected that many of the changes in consumer behaviour that developed due to COVID-19 and lockdown will continue into 2021. As Belgians still spend significant amounts of time at home,…

Savoury snacks is expected to register a small increase in current value and volume growth. The closure of foodservice during lockdowns impacted savoury snacks negatively and Lay’s participated in an initiative to help foodservice weather the storm.…

The consumer behavioural effects of COVID-19 still remain in 2021, due to several lockdown. measures remaining in place. There is expected to be a small current value and volume increase. During the closure of foodservice, which was almost half of…