Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks

General Mills ranked 11th among the world’s packaged food companies. While losing sales in key categories dairy and breakfast cereals in its primary market, the US, the company grew between 2014 and 2019 and is expected to perform well over the ...

Unilever is the sixth largest packaged food company globally, but its current position might not be retained if it continues to trim its food offering. Within packaged food, the company retains its lead in ice cream, thanks to the growth of global ...

Mars is a global leader in chocolate confectionery, gum and pet food. It operates a large portfolio of world-renowned brands, with a long history and a loyal consumer base. Despite its worldwide presence, over 90% of the company’s sales are generated...

Demand for sweet biscuits in Hong Kong continued to increase in 2019, with stronger retail volume growth for chocolate coated biscuits, wafers, and plain biscuits. Sales of sweet biscuits tend to be driven by seasonal demand and cross-border ...

Danone is the world’s largest player in dairy, but faces challenges due to stagnation in its yoghurt sales in North America and Western Europe. However, the acquisition of WhiteWave makes the group a key player in the high growth milk alternatives ...

Kellogg Co is the leading breakfast cereals company globally, but has been struggling with a declining gross profit margin due to its overreliance on North America. It has put a new strategy into place to reduce production costs, review its portfolio...

With competitive challenges and growing government regulations within the snacking category, Mondelez’s global focus is on tapping into the growing calorie-conscious consumer with “well-being snacks”, expansion of cocoa sustainability efforts and ...

Nestlé is the largest packaged food company globally, but that position may not be retained if it continues to rely on sales in mature markets and product categories. Its recent growth strategy has been centred on repositioning itself to become the ...

This report provides an overview of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Asia Pacific. In particular, it highlights the effects of healthy living trends on the overall category, and how categories that are perceived to be healthier, such as...

Despite the growing trend towards better-for-you snacking and sugar aversion in snack foods, consumers are still occasionally looking for indulgent flavours and snacks. This is apparent in cookies, given that cookies produced by Coles and Woolworths ...

Cereal bars have long been a staple breakfast and lunchbox item in New Zealand. However, with the increasing concern around reduction of carbohydrates and sugar in food, more consumers are being attracted to protein/energy bars, other snack bars and ...

Long defined by cereal bars, the US snacks bars market has witnessed a marked shift in recent years that reflects shifting dietary priorities from consumers. For a variety of reasons, including mobile lifestyles and growing pursuits of satiety, ...

Sweet biscuits was recording volume declines in the final two years of the review period. It was badly hit by the prolonged hot temperatures during summer 2018, which affected consumer tastes and demand for sweet goods, particularly those that melt ...

With snacking consumption habits evolving, this has pushed key players to diversify with the emergence of new products and packaging reformation to drive value sales. Premiumisation has played a strong role in snacking, encouraging consumers to snack...

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks continues to record positive retail volume and current value growth in 2019, in line with the respective review period CAGRs. As maturity sets in and consumers become increasingly health-conscious, ...

Plain biscuits was by far the largest category within Serbian sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in 2019. It saw its value share dip slightly over the review period, but that share still accounted for half of overall sweet biscuits, snack ...

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks continued to see strong retail current value growth in 2019, although retail volume growth was negligible. The strong difference in the two growth rates was partly attributable to price rises for dried ...

The healthy snacking trend is contributing to volume growth in snack bars and fruit snacks in particular, as consumers shift away from other snacks categories, both savoury and sweet. Both categories are expected to continue to benefit from ...

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks continued to decline in retail volume terms in 2019. The category mainly suffered from the desire amongst consumers to limit their sugar intake, with private label products seeing a particularly steep ...

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks continued to achieve solid retail volume and current value growth rates in 2019. Cereal bars saw the highest growth, growing from a low base, and as these products are generally perceived as healthier than ...