Dairy Products and Alternatives

Having experienced a marginal boost during the pandemic due to prolonged home seclusion in 2020, retail volume sales of drinking milk products in France continue on their declining trajectory in 2023, a trend already emerging prior to COVID-19. This…

Drinking milk products in Finland continued to see normalising sales after the heightened demand that was the COVID-19 pandemic, when consumers stockpiled goods. Inflation and increasing production costs drove up the milk prices in 2022 and continued…

The dairy industry in the UK is being severely impacted by the lingering effects of the pandemic, and political, social and economic challenges. Firstly, Brexit continues to hamper import and export operations between the UK and European markets,…

The performance of dairy products and alternatives continues to be shaped by the elevated inflation being seen in 2023, which has led to strong growth in current value terms, albeit at a slightly more modest rate compared to 2022. However, sales…

Retail sales of dairy products and alternatives in Portugal saw modest growth in volume terms in 2023, a slight improvement over the previous year. While inflationary pressures, driven by surging energy and food prices, receded slightly, demand was…

In 2022 and early 2023, dairy in Italy was particularly affected by price increases due to inflation. This has seen a drop in consumption in some categories, such as butter and spreads. This situation was aggravated by lower milk production in Italy,…

Increasing product costs, rising energy prices, and inflation led to price rises across all dairy products in Greece. This has impacted consumer behaviour, hindered volume demand and limited purchases in line with reduced disposable incomes. There…

Dairy products and alternatives in Germany is a significant and dynamic space that has experienced various shifts and transformations in recent years. While traditional dairy products continue to dominate the local market, there has been a notable…

2023 is being marked by an overall decrease in retail volume sales for many dairy products and alternatives in France, accompanied by an increase in value sales. The latter is being driven by notable price rises, due to the combination of increased…

Inflation and increasing production costs drove unit prices up in 2022 and this continued during the beginning of 2023. As a result, competition became more intense, as consumers paid attention to price points, working on reduced disposable budgets.…