Market research on the packaged food industry. Standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market share and brand share data, distribution and industry trends.
Nestlé SA is the leading company in packaged food, but with a decreasing share of the market. To maintain its first position, the company is focusing on high-growth categories and countries. The purchase of the recipe box supplier Freshly in the US…
This report aims to provide an overview of PepsiCo Inc in the packaged food universe, and how the Coronavirus pandemic will impact snacking now and in the future.
Chocolate confectionery was hit by the loss of impulse/on-the-go sales, fewer gifting occasions and a disrupted Easter period in 2020 due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), significantly affecting categories such as boxed assortments and seasonal chocolate.…
Chocolate confectionery has been struggling in 2020, hit by quarantines and closures as well as the loss of impulse and on-the-go consumption occasions due to Coronavirus (COVID-19). Some of this has been offset by increasing at-home consumption,…
Overall chocolate confectionery sales were close to stagnation in Eastern Europe in 2020, hit by the loss of impulse/on-the-go sales, fewer gifting occasions and disrupted holiday periods (Easter, Christmas) due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), negatively…
This report aims to provide an overview of Mondelez International Inc in the packaged food universe, and its adaptation to the “new normal”.
This report aims to provide an overview of Mars Inc in the packaged food universe, and how COVID-19 will impact snacking now and in the future.
Chocolate confectionery retail sales continued to record positive growth in 2020, albeit only just in volume terms, although the increases in both value and volume terms were down on a year earlier, as COVID-19 affected shopping and eating patterns.…
India has taken very stringent measures to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, with the country placed under a strict lockdown from 25 March (Lockdown 1.0) with only essential services allowed to function. Major fmcg companies, including chocolate…
In early 2020, economic prosperity allowed Bulgarians to purchase chocolate confectionery more frequently. As well as buying more chocolate confectionery, Bulgarians spent more on such products, including more expensive brands, such as Lindt and…
Chocolate confectionery will be negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in 2020, with a nationwide lockdown lasting from March to May followed by local lockdowns in areas where cases flared up once more. During this time, the…
The emergence of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown measures including work and study from home policies for many Americans in 2020 gave a boost to retail volume sales of chocolate confectionery in Q2, as consumers looked to small indulgences to…
Moving into 2020, chocolate confectionery had been recording solid growth, with the continued strong demand for boxed assortments helping to drive overall sales. Boxed assortments sales had been increasing at a fast pace due to the ongoing trend…
General consumption of indulgences was seriously affected by forced social isolation and the decline in expendable income. However, chocolate confectionery overall will remain popular in Peru, and is expected to post better than review period average…
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacts chocolate confectionery in volume terms as consumers reduce spending and consumption thereof; however, chocolate confectionery sees robust retail value growth in 2020. Also, Nigeria has had slow economic…
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacts chocolate confectionery in 2020 as consumers reduce spending but not consumption thereof. The pandemic’s resultant lockdown and economic fallout are changing many consumers’ spending habits as they become more…
In value terms, chocolate confectionery remains the largest category within snacks in Russia, supported by the slow but positive dynamics in consumers’ disposable incomes. Sales of chocolate confectionery in 2020 are expected to benefit from the…
Chocolate confectionery is expected to see slightly stronger volume and value growth in 2020 compared to the previous year, as consumers have adjusted but not remotely foregone their strong snacking habits as a result of COVID-19. While lockdowns and…
Pre-COVID-19, chocolate confectionery was continuing to experience a recovery in demand terms as local consumers regained their purchasing confidence as the economy recovered from the crisis period which had resulted in significant declines going…
The COVID-19 pandemic is set to impact consumption of packaged food in Taiwan extensively given strong lockdown measures. For chocolate confectionery, impulse snacking categories such as chocolate with toys and countlines were more adversely affected…