Confectionery

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...

Perfetti Van Melle Group ranked 30th among the world’s packaged food companies in 2019. Confectionery has proved to be a tough market, with refined sugar consumption being a global concern. Nevertheless, Perfetti saw sales grow in value over ...

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 ...

As sharing occasions gain popularity across snacking, more block versions of chocolate products are being launched. Following M&M’s, which launched its block chocolate range back in 2017, other manufacturers such as Darrell Lea and Arnott’s have ...

There has been an increasing interest in higher-quality chocolate confectionery, with consumers becoming more concerned about and aware of the provenance of food, including the snacks they indulge in. More brands are incorporating local ingredients ...

All of our data and analysis for Confectionery in 15 countries in the Americas. Includes 20 years of comparable data, advanced modelling tools, global and regional analysis, company profiles, strategic briefings, articles, datagraphics, videos and ...

All of our data and analysis for Confectionery in 18 countries in Asia Pacific and Australasia. Includes 20 years of comparable data, advanced modelling tools, global and regional analysis, company profiles, strategic briefings, articles, ...

All of our data and analysis for Confectionery in 18 Eastern European countries. Includes 20 years of comparable data, advanced modelling tools, global and regional analysis, company profiles, strategic briefings, articles, datagraphics, videos and ...

All of our data and analysis for Confectionery in 12 countries in Africa and the Middle East. Includes 20 years of comparable data, advanced modelling tools, global and regional analysis, company profiles, strategic briefings, articles, ...

All of our data and analysis for Confectionery in 17 Western European countries. Includes 20 years of comparable data, advanced modelling tools, global and regional analysis, company profiles, strategic briefings, articles, datagraphics, videos and ...

Cannabis is disrupting most major FMCG industries from alcohol to beauty, and pet care to pharma. But what about the confectionery industry? Facing stalling growth and a sugar rush of health trends curtailing sales, diversification and value-added ...

US chocolate sales saw a slight slowdown in 2018, but they picked back up in 2019. Easter in the US has traditionally made a significant impact on chocolate sales, and this held true in the past couple of years. 2018 saw a shorter-than-normal holiday...

Although chocolate confectionery continued to see retail volume and current value growth in 2019, increasing concern around sugar consumption and its correlation with weight gain and food-related health problems is putting pressure on chocolate ...

Chocolate confectionery sales experience strong seasonal fluctuations. Consumers in Colombia often increase their purchases and consumption of chocolate confectionery at specific times of the year. The main sales peaks include the leading up to and ...

High cacao chocolate played a significant role in the expansion of chocolate confectionery in Japan during the review period. Following widespread and prominent publicity across various media in Japan, cacao is widely perceived to provide a number of...

The popularity of filled and plain dark chocolate tablets increased in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2019, with both product types recording value share gains at the expense of plain milk chocolate tablets. Plain white chocolate tablets meanwhile remained a ...

Despite still being cautious in their spending, Italian consumers of chocolate confectionery are increasingly buying into premium brands, which is helping to drive positive growth in value sales as volume sales are seeing relative stability. ...

The review period witnessed impressive changes in Romanians’ spending power, with government policies such as VAT cuts, increases in minimum wages and growth of public sector salaries and pensions representing a boon for consumption. Indulgence ...

Health, as well as indulgence and premiumisation trends, drove the chocolate confectionery category’s growth in 2019, as chocolate is seen as more luxurious than other confectionery. This was observed both in packaged chocolate as well as pick ‘n’ ...