Cooking Ingredients and Meals

After two years of being influenced by the pandemic, the biggest driver of trends in 2022 for cooking ingredients and meals in Germany was a greater return to normality as restrictions in the country eased. These included lifting the mandatory use of…

Retail sales of cooking ingredients and meals stabilised in 2022 following a drop in demand the previous year when an easing of restrictions and pent-up demand, following home seclusion driven by the pandemic, saw a partial shift back to foodservice.…

Cooking ingredients and meals is expected to continue its upwards growth trajectory in 2022 in both retail current value and volume terms. In value terms in particular, the growth rate is expected to be much higher than in the previous year, due to…

Cooking ingredients in Qatar continue to perform well in 2022, namely due to their essential disposition among households regardless of disposable income. Some other factors that continue to ongoing demand include population growth and more…

Demand continued to increase across most categories of cooking ingredients and meals in 2022 despite significant average unit price increases as high inflation eroded consumer spending power. General economic development, urbanisation and the spread…

The cooking ingredients and meals market in the Philippines is set to see slightly slower retail volume growth in 2022 than in the previous year. In 2021, the market stabilised following the spike in demand resulting from the shift to homebound…

Cooking ingredients and meals are expected to register an increase in current value in 2022, though retail volume sales are expected to fall. However, unlike many other countries, Ecuador is not experiencing soaring inflation and the main factor…

Rising inflation in Pakistan has encouraged consumers to shift between brands and try new brands that offer a similar product. Consumers in the country are increasingly price-sensitive and more drawn to cheaper substitute items. This trend is more…

Consumers are gradually returning to their pre-pandemic shopping and eating out habits thanks to the relaxation of social distancing requirements in Latvia. However, the rising cost of living and sharp increase in food price inflation is stifling…

In 2022, demand for cooking ingredients and meals is proving resilient despite the rising prices caused by high inflation and production costs. Nevertheless, Estonians have begun to spend less time on cooking since the pandemic and are more closely…

In 2022, price inflation is impacting multiple product categories including edible oils, sweet spreads, sauces, dips and condiments and ready meals. Manufacturers are heavily dependent on imports to deliver the raw materials needed for production.…

With Sri Lanka facing its worst economic crisis in 74 years, product shortages and price hikes have recalibrated consumer demand and supply patterns across all categories of cooking ingredients and meals. Manufacturers are struggling due to the…

2022 saw a variety of interesting trends influence Cameroon’s cooking ingredients and meals industry. In the key category of edible oils, the gap between the output of primary producers and the input needs of secondary refiners continues to widen…

While the pandemic stimulated sales of cooking ingredients and meal products with consumers spending more time cooking at home, sales slowed across cooking ingredients and meals in 2023, particularly in edible oils and sweet spreads. Economic…

Cooking ingredients and meals in Ethiopia saw the strongest rate of retail value sales growth in over a decade during 2022 mainly due to high inflation. Edible oils account for the bulk of overall sales. As an essential product it was not adversely…

The direct consequences of the conflict in Ukraine are expected to remain limited in Switzerland in 2022, as the economic interdependencies with Russia and Ukraine are rather weak. However, there are likely to be significant indirect effects. In…

Lebanon’s ongoing economic and financial meltdown continued in 2022 as consumer spending power deteriorated further. Nonetheless, cooking ingredients and meals has adjusted to the new reality, with some stability seen as a result. The lack of a…

The return to normal life after two years of confinement and pandemic restrictions is proving beneficial to cooking ingredients and meals in 2022, supporting retail volume and current value growth. However, retail volume growth is suffering as the…

In 2022, certain areas of cooking ingredients and meals is set to maintain high retail volume sales. Outbreaks of COVID-19 remain high in Taiwan, with the government implementing home quarantines until May 2022. In addition, many consumers have been…

The Moroccan economy has been negatively impacted by the fallout from the pandemic including higher unemployment which has resulted in lower disposable incomes. Since most Moroccans have become price sensitive during the hard economic conditions,…