Fresh Food

The pandemic continued to have an impact on fresh food in 2021. As an increasing proportion of the local population was vaccinated, consumers felt more comfortable leaving their homes. As a result, foodservice witnessed strong growth as eating…

Increased time spent at home and heightened levels of stress led consumers to consume a lot more food during periods of COVID-19 lockdown, as well as afterwards, with easy access to pantries as most people were constantly at home. The desire to…

Italy entered 2021 with stringent COVID-19-related regulations following the second wave of infections that began in November the previous year. After some regions in Italy had already enforced curfews on the population, the government rolled out a…

Major fresh food categories in Russia, such as starchy roots, vegetables, meat and fruits, dominate volume sales, and therefore they influenced the entire market’s dynamics in 2021. Starchy roots, including the major category of potatoes, continued…

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…

Fresh food rebounded to growth in Japan in total volume terms in 2021, after seeing a significant decline in 2020. In 2020, fresh food experienced a strong decline amidst COVID-19, as foodservice and institutional sales largely collapsed at the…

In 2020, fresh food turned to total volume growth, as although COVID-19 led to significant declines in foodservice and institutional sales, a channel switch was seen and retail sales soared, which more than made up for the declines in the other…

Historically, fresh food in Brazil tends to closely follow the economic situation in the country and reflects the dynamics of average purchasing power amongst the population. Unlike the pandemic’s impact on packaged food during the initial months in…

Germany, as a developed country in the Western world, has fairly high consumption levels of many fresh food products. Potatoes and meat in particular, are popular in Germany and can often be purchased cheaply, which also leads to criticism in the…

The Mexican market saw total volume sales of fresh food decline slightly in 2020, mainly because the COVID-19 crisis had a dramatic negative impact on consumer confidence and purchasing power. In addition, major switches in sales were seen between…

Thailand has experienced the strongest infection of COVID-19 since March 2021, known as the third wave of COVID-19. The emergence of the Delta variant in June 2021 had a significant impact across the country and strongly contributed to the third wave…

Morocco has shown resilience when it comes to confronting the COVID-19 pandemic. This included the launching of different strategic plans, including the new agricultural strategic plan entitled “Green Generation 2020-2030”. The plan aims to support…

The emergence of the pandemic in Vietnam in 2020 saw the introduction of restrictive measures by the government to control the spread of the virus, leading to home seclusion as places of work, schools, and foodservice establishments were forced to…

2021 has been a difficult year for fresh food, following the pandemic and the local economic recession. Prior to the emergence of COVID-19, South Africa had already entered a recession. Well into 2021, consumers have remained under extreme financial…

The emergence of the pandemic and the subsequent introduction of restrictions on movement to control the spread of the virus in the United Arab Emirates led to a notable shift in consumption patterns of fresh food in 2020, with foodservice recording…

2021 has seen the gradual recovery of China following the notable impact of the pandemic on the country including home seclusion, with greater mobility and the return to a relatively normal pace of life and work over the year. The number of cases of…

The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to have a lasting impact on the fresh food industry in 2021. As the vaccine has become widely available and the threat of the virus has started to diminish, consumers have felt more comfortable leaving their homes.…

Total fresh food sales are set to stagnate in 2021 as the British market continues to be heavily impacted by the pandemic. Following a year of unprecedented growth in retail sales, in 2021 demand for fresh food is switching back from retail to the…

This report offers a global overview of the fresh food industry, highlighting major trends and developments. It looks at the state of the industry, examining the performance of the fresh food categories comparatively across regions and markets. For…

This report is a global overview of the fresh food industry, examining and comparing the performance of fresh food categories across regions and markets. It explores 5-year forecasts for each category and identifies five key trends driving major…