Understand the key trends shaping demand and future opportunities...
Understand the key trends shaping demand and future opportunities across industries in Eastern Europe, with the latest regional and country-level analysis and market statistics.
The Romanian beer market faced substantial challenges in 2022, predominantly stemming from the combination of escalating inflation, rising energy and transport costs, and the war in Ukraine. These influences considerably disrupted the supply of raw…
Serbians returned to the on-trade in greater numbers in 2022 as COVID-19 fears subsided and restrictions were lifted with this continuing to drive volume sales of beer. Lager remains by far the most popular beer in Serbia, although smaller beer…
Total volume sales of beer recorded a decline in 2022 due to the increasing prices of beer units. With inflation in Slovakia reaching double-digit growth, it has become more challenging for consumers to afford the same quantities of non-essential…
The inflation rate increased sharply in 2022 leading to double-digit growth in beer unit prices. Nevertheless, soaring beer prices have not heavily affected demand for beer, with volume growth rates elevated compared to 2021 levels. The recovery in…
Beer prices were driven upwards by rising production costs in 2022. This included among other things the increased commodity prices of hops which saw a massive increase in 2022 because of high demand and drought which limited farm yields. The sharp…