France

Tea remained the most dynamic category of hot drinks in France in 2021 as neither coffee nor other hot drinks were able to match the growth rates registered in tea in both off-trade and on-trade terms over the course of the year. Within tea, the most…

While negative sales growth in both the retail and foodservice channels largely defined the performance of other hot drinks prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 saw a dramatic rebound in foodservice sales in other hot drinks after a…

Expectations that 2021 would signal a return to some semblance of normality in the lives of French consumers after a year of severe disruption in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic went unfulfilled as several waves of COVID-19 swept through the…

Only a partial recovery was recorded in foodservice volume sales of coffee in 2021 after on-trade sales collapsed in the category over the course of 2020. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on foodservice sales of coffee was severe, with some…

France ranked among the top 35 countries in the Ease of Doing Business Index 2020, with quality infrastructure, strong innovation capabilities and trading conditions. Nevertheless, the country struggles with a heavy tax burden and rigid labour…

The last lockdown measures remaining in place in France in 2021 were lifted at the end of June. With that in mind, French consumers were still impacted by some lockdown measures in 2021, for about half of the year. The number of stay-at-home…

With lockdown measures in place in France until the end of June 2021, French consumers were still impacted by COVID-19 restrictions in this year, for about half of the year. The impact of the pandemic on retail, foodservice and institutional sales of…

Total volume sales of starchy roots have shown some increase in 2021, mainly driven by the increase in foodservice volumes. Indeed, foodservice volumes are picking up following the sharp decrease in sales in 2020, although the volumes sold…

Total volume sales of pulses have increased in 2021, mainly driven by the rise in foodservice volumes, which have been picking up following the sharp decrease in sales in 2020. The volumes sold pre-pandemic through this channel are not expected to be…

Total volume sales of nuts have increased in 2021, mainly driven by the increase in foodservice and institutional volumes, which have been picking up following the sharp decrease in sales experienced in 2020. However, the volumes sold through these…

Meat consumption through retail is still above pre-pandemic levels in 2021, but it has experienced a decline from 2020. As French consumers have gradually returned to out-of-home lifestyles and activities, eating occasions at home have declined. Pork…

With lockdown measures in place in France until the end of June 2021, French consumers were still impacted for about half of the year. The impact of COVID-19 on retail, foodservice and institutional sales of fresh fruits has therefore been felt in…

Fresh food total volume sales in 2021 are slightly down compared with 2020 levels. Although retail sales benefited from increasing cooking at home in 2020, retail sales are down in 2021. In 2020, French consumers spent much more time eating and…

In 2021, total volume sales of fresh fish and seafood have picked up from 2020, but the split between the channels remains different than what it was in 2019. Indeed, with part of the year still seeing lockdown measures, retail consumption has…

At the end of 2020 and in early 2021, eggs faced issues with prices due to feed costs. Indeed, there were increases in feed costs for all agricultural sectors. In the case of eggs, producers had difficulties channelling these cost increases down to…

After a difficult 2020 due to the closure of gyms and sports venues, sports drinks is starting its recovery in 2021, with stronger demand noted in the second half of the year in line with the reopening of gyms, sports clubs and fitness centres in…

2021 is predicted to see a slowdown in demand for soft drinks through off-trade, although value sales are set to rise. This is the result of consumers gradually spending longer periods of time away from the home, particularly in the second half of…

After the negative impact of COVID-19 on demand for RTD tea in 2020, as the drink was not perceived as essential by local consumers, the category is starting to see the beginnings of a tentative recovery in 2021, as consumers slowly return to…

After a year of significant declines due to the pandemic and multiple series of lockdowns and prolonged home seclusion in France, on-the-go formats of soft drinks were negatively impacted, which was particularly relevant for RTD coffee. However, as…

Whilst in some European countries such as the UK and Ireland, juice has benefited from the pandemic and the preventative health effect, this trend has had a limited impact in France with demand continuing to decline through off-trade in 2020 and…