Coffee

On-trade sales have been strongly negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The pandemic led to a lockdown in the first half of the year, stalling economic activities and leading to job losses, the closure of businesses and weaker ...

Coffee is anticipated to perform exceptionally well to the pandemic in 2020, with both current value and volume sales rising notably. The main reason for this is due to the national lockdown that was implemented by the government in March which saw ...

In 2020, coffee in Saudi Arabia recorded negative total volume growth, spurred by a steep decline in on-trade volume growth. This was brought about as a result of the government mandating Kingdom-wide closures of cafés and restaurants in order to ...

Retail volume and current value sales were positively affected by COVID-19, with both indicators increasing, as people drank more coffee while spending more time at home. However, coffee consumption through foodservice, which normally accounts for ...

With lockdown restrictions, which began in Australia in March closing foodservice outlets (with the exception of takeaway/delivery services) and consumers forced to work from home wherever possible, an increasing number of Australians took to ...

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, foodservice outlets were closed and Danes were required to hunker down and spend more time at home. This, of course, resulted in a drop in foodservice volume sales of coffee and a simultaneous ...

Coffee posted a steep decline in foodservice volume sales in 2020, as on-trade outlets across Brazil were forced to close for several months due to COVID-19 lockdowns, and home delivery services could not compensate for the loss of in-person ...

The migration inflow that has been experienced over recent years in Chile, with people coming from countries with a very strong coffee culture, allowed coffee to increase its household penetration, which has enabled it to sustain total volume growth ...

Retail coffee volume has stagnated in 2020. Retail channels have not been able to absorb demand from foodservice, which has been dramatically impacted by the closure of outlets in order to limit the spread of the pandemic. Retail’s capacity to ...

In 2020, coffee saw increased volume sales compared with 2019’s growth, while in value terms the category saw a slightly weaker performance. This occurred as consumers bought more coffee during lockdown for home consumption, while choosing cheaper ...

As it had been in 2019, growth in coffee consumption in retail value terms will be driven in 2020 by premium quality coffee. Fresh coffee beans and coffee pods will show the highest growth, while instant coffee products continue to falter. Fairtrade ...

The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive impact on the consumption of coffee in Thailand during 2020 as consumers across the country avoided spending time outside of the home wherever possible. Furthermore, the nationwide quarantine lockdown that was ...

Coffee drinkers worried about the impact of COVID-19 on their coffee supply took to hoarding at the start of 2020. Sales of premium coffees, such as organic coffee and coffee pods, are performing particularly strongly. With the majority of coffee ...

Taiwan has been one of the most successful countries in the world in terms of its management of COVID-19. However, the threat posed by the pandemic has made consumers more cautious about spending money, with consumer confidence falling to its lowest ...

Coffee will see increased retail current value sales in 2020, as working from home, social distancing, hospitality closures and the quarantine due to COVID-19 has increased consumers’ time at home and thus the opportunities for home consumption ...

Slovenia has a highly developed coffee drinking culture, which is tightly woven in to the societal fabric. In March the Slovenian government forced all restaurants and bars to close in an attempt to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. Most ...

In 2020, coffee demand has been significantly impacted by restrictions related to COVID-19, especially the mandated closures of cafés and restaurants from March to at least May. High quality gourmet proposals particularly suffered during this time, ...

In 2020, coffee is anticipated to be negatively impacted by the pandemic in terms of volume with all product areas predicted to see declining volume growth. In response to the financial repercussions of the pandemic, many Uruguayan consumers have ...

Coffee remains a strong morning tradition in Guatemala, which was particularly prevalent in foodservice channels pre-COVID-19. This was thanks to the high number of working consumers purchasing coffee en route to work for when they arrived at the ...

Premiumisation trends were already visible in the Hungarian coffee market before the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to the growing purchasing power of consumers and the strengthening coffee consumption culture. Barista trends were spreading to home ...