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.
In 2023, the Polish market for packaged cooking ingredients and meals experiences significant growth and evolving consumer preferences. The ready meals category leads in terms of value, and to some extent in volume, with rigid plastics as the primary…
Cooking ingredients is expected to register moderate current value growth, but volume growth is expected to be minimal. Continuing economic uncertainty as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the meteoric rise in inflation and tightening…
Cooking ingredients is expected to register muted constant value and volume growth in 2023. Continuing economic uncertainty as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the meteoric rise in inflation and tightening monetary policy, all have a…
Retail sales of cooking ingredients and meals in Hungary registered buoyant growth in current value terms in 2023. However, this was due to massive inflationary pressures, rather than any huge upturn in demand. With Hungary having been added to the…
2023 is offering a more promising outlook for cooking ingredients and meals in Georgia than was seen in 2022, when the industry suffered from soaring costs across packaging, raw materials, and logistics. A standout in this scenario is the edible oils…
Cooking ingredients and meals continued to expand in both volume and value terms in Estonia in 2023. This is attributable to the popularity of food and cooking blogs that promote products, Estonians spending less time on cooking, and a greater focus…
After declining in 2022, overall retail volume sales of cooking ingredients and meals in Croatia are set to increase moderately in 2023. This recovery is partly explained by the gradual easing of inflationary pressures linked to the global recovery…
Most product areas within cooking ingredients and meals maintained positive value, despite a decline in volume. This decline can be attributed to the significant inflation experienced in the previous year, the resulting growth in retail prices, and…
2023 was a year of stable, modest retail volume growth and strong double-digit retail value growth in current terms for cooking ingredients and meals in Bosnia and Herzegovina as high inflation and subsequent significant unit price growth all of…
Pre-paid cards continued to perform well in 2023, with the number of cards in circulation rising steadily and transaction values registering double-digit growth. Digital solutions are performing well in pre-paid cards with Revolut, for example, using…