Confectionery Packaging

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had a dramatic impact on the production of fast-moving consumer goods in India. Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in India, manufacturers needed to implement additional health and safety measures in order to…

When COVID-19 hit the country in 2020, it resulted in a further deterioration of the confectionery packaging performance, which had already been in decline in 2019. The pandemic led to heightened consumer interest in health and wellness, which had a…

As consumers were socialising more with friends and family in 2021, compared with 2020, when COVID-19 restrictions were preventing this for extended periods, seasonal chocolate saw a strong rebound, posting positive unit volume growth in 2021. This…

Gum packaging, which was already in decline in 2019, recorded a steep fall in 2020, when the pandemic resulted in a major reduction in impulse purchasing and on-the-go consumption. This was still ongoing to an extent in 2021, when gum recorded…

Sugar confectionery was negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as many products in this category are targeted at children. With fewer opportunities to leave the house, with children confined to home seclusion for extended periods, impulse…

Confectionery packaging recorded declining unit volumes in 2020, with particularly bad performances being seen in most of the chocolate confectionery categories in this year. Sales suffered as impulse and on-the-go consumption was hit by severely…

There was a slight increase in demand for confectionery packaging unit volumes in 2021, but it was slower than the decline seen a year earlier in 2020. Confectionery consumption was impacted by consumers spending more time at home due to COVID-19 in…

Most of confectionery was recording worsening performances in terms of its packaging unit volumes in 2020, as COVID-19 restrictions during the year resulted in the loss of a lot of impulse and on-the-go purchases. However, in 2021, performances…

In 2021, St Valentine’s Day celebrations were hugely disrupted in Japan. Major cities were placed under a state of emergency as Japan dealt with a deadly second wave of COVID-19, with many working adults, who are the key consumers driving sales…

The consumption of certain types of chocolate confectionery tends to be closely associated with Valentine’s Day in the minds of many Vietnamese consumers, with demand for boxed assortments in particular tending to spike during the first half of…

While chocolate and sugar confectionery packaging was badly hit by the pandemic in 2020, gum packaging suffered a collapse in its unit volumes, which almost halved year on year. While demand for gum packaging had already been in steady decline prior…

Chocolate confectionery registered moderate retail volume growth in both 2020 and 2021, as demand for this category’s products was maintained as the desire for indulgent treats remained high, which helped stimulate continued growth in the category.…

While the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted confectionery packaging as a whole, as well as most areas of confectionery, in 2020, when the virus first arrived in the region, tablets and chocolate pouches and bags managed to continue recording…

Demand for confectionery packaging recorded a sharp decline in 2020, primarily due to the falling unit volumes in gum and sugar confectionery, with chocolate confectionery still recording positive growth in this year, even if it was slower than in…

Flexible packaging maintained its dominant position in confectionery packaging in 2020 and 2021, also growing at very similar rates to overall confectionery packaging unit volumes. Flexible plastic will remain the dominant pack type in confectionery,…

Most areas of chocolate confectionery continued recording strong growth in 2020, in spite of the pandemic, with further positive growth being seen in 2021. For example, tablets saw a spike in demand in 2020, with further growth in 2021, as innovation…

While a number of confectionery categories (eg seasonal chocolate, boxed assortments) were badly impacted by the pandemic in 2020, mainly due to the restrictions introduced to slow its spread, other product areas (eg countlines, tablets) actually…

Demand for a number of products in confectionery was negatively impacted by the COVID-19 restrictions implemented in 2020 and, to some extent, still in place at times in 2021. Home seclusion and limited mobility hit impulse and on-the-go purchases,…

Flexible plastic is the main pack type for confectionery, while the thin wall plastic containers format also holds a significant share in this category. In addition, folding cartons have been gaining share in recent years, partly as a result of the…

Flexible plastic remains the dominant pack type in confectionery in Turkey. Flexible plastic is widely used in chocolate confectionery, completely dominating countlines packaging as the only pack type used in this product area, the biggest in Turkish…