Egypt

Having declined during 2020, retail volume sales of savoury snacks will rebound strongly during 2021. With restrictions on movement easing, consumers will spend less time at home. The re-opening of educational institutions will also be a significant ...

Having fallen sharply during 2020, retail volume sales of gum will see no more than a modest rebound during 2021. However, this will mark the first increase in retail volume sales of gum since 2016. While COVID-19 restrictions have been eased, many ...

There was a modest decline in retail volume sales of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks during 2020. While many consumers were forced to rein in their discretionary spending due to the economic shock of the pandemic, sweet biscuits – which ...

Having plunged by more than one fifth during 2020, retail current value sales of ice cream and dairy desserts are set to rebound strongly during 2021. This will reflect a partial loosening of COVID-19 restrictions, which will boost impulse purchasing...

Having declined for six years in a row, there will be a modest increase in retail volume sales of sugar confectionery during 2021, as the threat posed by the pandemic begins to fade and consumers spend less time at home. Even before the onset of the ...

Having declined during 2020, there will be a significant rebound in retail current value sales of chocolate confectionery during 2021, with a marginal increase in retail volume sales. Local consumers will continue to feel threatened by COVID-19, ...

In 2020, on-trade outlets in Egypt faced notable restrictions included limited opening hours and closures which were in effect for much of the year. With sales restricted to home delivery and takeaway for long periods of 2020, there were much fewer ...

Wine recorded a large double-digit decline in total volume growth in 2020. Since on-trade accounts for the largest proportion of volume sales of wine in Egypt, the steep decline reflects the large-scale halting of on-trade activity and tourism in the...

COVID-19 had a considerable impact on alcoholic drinks in Egypt in 2020, disrupting many of the trends observable over the review period. Some trends, however, such as premiumisation and the rise of non alcoholic options, such as non alcoholic beer, ...

In Egypt, only domestically produced products are sold in off-trade channels, with sales of imported brands limited to on-trade consumption. As such, imported brands were hit hard by the closure and restrictions on on-trade consumption during the ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Egyptian authorities introduced a number of measures to prevent the spread of the virus in the country. This included the closure of on-trade outlets to dine-in or drink-in consumption, limited opening hours and curfews....

Cider/perry was not officially available in Egypt in 2019, and this is expected to remain the case throughout the forecast period....

Unlike in many markets, tobacco in Egypt recorded value sales growth in 2020 amid the COVID-19 crisis as cigarettes avoided a volume decline. However, the market dynamics have caused instability in the tobacco industry in terms of pricing for ...

There have been some shifts in regard to the distribution of cigarettes in Egypt owing to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those shops deemed to be non-essential outlets were affected negatively in terms of cigarettes sales, as store closures, ...

In 2020, continual decline in the retail presence of cigars and cigarillos was seen due to their ongoing price increases. Given that the pandemic eroded purchasing power among middle- and upper-middle-class consumers, volume sales of these products, ...

The number of households in Egypt will grow at a slower pace than the region’s average over 2021-2040, impacted by a lower rise in the total population. Although couple with children will be the most common household type, higher divorces rates will ...

More Egyptian households have cats than dogs, and having accelerated during 2020, the rate of growth in the country’s feline population will remain stable during 2021. COVID-19 is the main driver of this growth: With consumers spending more time at ...

Retail current value sales of pet products will continue to expand during 2021 – albeit from a quite a low base – driven in large part by the country’s rising population of cats and dogs. Other pet products, such as toys, bedding and apparel, will ...

The proportion of Egyptian households owning a dog began to increase again during the latter part of the review period, and this trend is set to accelerate during 2021. COVID-19 will play an important role in this, as the fact that consumers spent a ...

Growth in retail current value sales of other pet food is set to accelerate during 2021, as the threat posed by pandemic begins to fade and economic conditions improve. Bird food, which accounts for the bulk of retail current value sales of other pet...