Coffee

Unilever is the third largest hot drinks company in the world, and the top tea company globally. Asia and other developing markets are key growth areas for the company, where black tea demand has been rising. However, developed markets in Europe and ...

Western Europe is the biggest coffee market in the world. It has been experiencing a strong premiumisation trend, contributing to an increase in high-quality offerings and higher expectations from consumers. Sustainability concerns are pushing the ...

Foodservice has become one of the most important areas of branding, marketing and direct consumer connection for a growing array of food and drink products. This report explores how brands are successfully using foodservice and other away-from-home ...

A more sophisticated coffee-drinking culture is developing in Hong Kong, driving the growth of coffee. Both changing lifestyles and shifted focus of coffee makers to promote pure and high-quality coffee have resulted in the continuous development of ...

Fuelled by development of coffee culture, fresh coffee continued to grow in 2019, presenting strong competition to instant coffee. In 2019, while instant coffee still posts higher volume sales, the difference in sales between the two subcategories ...

While many fast-moving consumer goods faced deceleration or declines during the worst years of economic crisis, the Brazilian coffee market remains resilient and is growing faster year after year. This is particularly important for a country that ...

Fresh ground coffee pods dominate value sales of French coffee and continue to drive overall sales growth. Growth in this area is mostly coming from Nespresso compatible pods, which offer more competitive pricing than Nespresso fresh ground coffee ...

The two biggest fresh coffee categories, fresh ground coffee and coffee pods, have seen unit price drops. Premiumisation is still relevant to the coffee category, but consumers are beginning to look for quality within the whole bean and organic ...

The premiumisation trend in coffee has been more sophisticated in South Korea, with consumers’ interest in speciality coffee growing. Increasing numbers of South Korean consumers expect higher quality as well as emotional pampering from a cup of ...

In Austria, fully automatic coffee machines that use fresh coffee beans are driving growth in coffee. Austria is known for having a coffee house culture that is thriving in its capital Vienna. Austrian consumers thus also like to enjoy cups of coffee...

Fresh coffee continued to experience strong premiumisation in Italy and is expected to lead growth of the category over the forecast period. Indeed, fresh ground coffee pods remains the most dynamic category in 2019, whilst standard fresh ground ...

Costa Rican consumers are becoming increasingly interested in high-quality coffee. This trend is been supported by the spread of gourmet tastes and higher levels of sophistication among consumers. In particular, the on-trade coffee experience ...

Australia is a trend-setter when it comes to coffee, considered one of the most sophisticated in the world. Coffee drinkers continue to become more discerning, expecting higher quality and more transparency in how brands showcase the story of the ...

Regular instant and gourmet products within fresh coffee are performing better than instant coffee mixes in Turkey, in both value and volume terms. Middle-income consumers in the country increasingly prefer instant gold coffee and Turkish coffee over...

Fresh coffee continued to experience strong growth in Germany in 2019, and is expected to lead growth of the category over the forecast period. Due to the rising number of coffee drinkers, many companies have launched premium ranges reflecting ...

Overall, the decline in coffee consumption is aligned to lower spending on fmcg, triggered by economic downturn, which saw retail volume sales of fresh coffee and instant coffee contract in 2019. Meanwhile, the fast growth in retail current value ...

Instant products dominate the coffee category in Thailand, and thus dictate its overall performance. Growth of instant coffee was weaker in 2019 compared with previous years due to its increasing maturity, however. Additional factors included the ...

Younger consumers offer the greatest potential for expansion in coffee, as demand in this segment has shifted coffee from a product seen as providing an energy boost in the morning to one with a central role to play in a perceived lifestyle. ...

A number of factors drove growth in coffee in India at the end of the review period. Rapid urbanisation contributed in several ways: eroding traditional consumption practices, creating new consumption opportunities through the development of retail ...

In 2019, coffee continued to see higher retail value growth relative to volume growth, driven by higher growth within fresh coffee, especially fresh ground coffee pods. The growing popularity of specialist cafés in Singapore has led to more ...