Fruits

Even before the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit Brazil, consumers were increasingly concerned with health and wellness. According to the Ministry of Health, more than one half of the population is overweight or obesity. This is a long-standing…

Retail sales of fresh fruits saw strong growth in 2020. As well as absorbing demand from foodservice outlets, which saw volume sales of fruits hit hard by COVID-19 related closures and restrictions on operations, demand through retail was bolstered…

Retail volume sales of fruits will benefit from COVID-19 in 2020 as the virus has made consumers more health aware and thus boosted home consumption. Fruits is known for having many health benefits and containing vital nutrients that can strengthen…

Fruits recorded a fall in total volume sales in 2020 as consumer purchasing habits shifted due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sales of tropical fruits such as kiwi fruit, pineapple, avocado, guava and mango fell as increasingly…

During 2019 demand had fallen for fruits for a variety of reasons. As with vegetables and other fresh foods, the growing number of small and single-person households had been stimulating a steady shift towards packaged and processed fruits which are…

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, foodservice venues and the institutional sector closed from March 2020, moving total volume growth from 2% in 2019, to record a marginal decline in 2020.

Total volume sales of fruit exhibited their lowest rate of growth in five years during 2020, with an acceleration in retail volume sales growth more than offset by a sharp decline in demand from the institutional and particularly the foodservice…

Growth in total volume sales of fruit accelerated during 2020 to its highest rate in four years. A significant decrease in foodservice volume sales due to a decline in international tourism was outweighed by a surge in retail demand, particularly for…

There were concerns that the pandemic would interrupt the supply of fruits to retailers in 2020. However, the Ministry of agriculture worked with the ministries of other food categories to create temporary measures to allow continuous distribution…

While exports of fruits reduced, premium fruit sellers increasingly focused on the domestic market. Due to fears of contracting the virus, Indian consumers were willing to pay a premium to get hygienic and nutritional food products. This enabled…

Consumer spending on fruits shifted overwhelmingly from foodservice sales to retail in 2020, as the Australian authorities decided that foodservice closures would be necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. During the period of home…

As foodservice locations have had limited or zero capacity for in-person dining at various points throughout 2020, pick-up and delivery have not been enough to maintain foodservice sales at previous levels. Instead, many foodservice eating occasions…

Despite the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the stark consequences of the pandemic on Spain’s society and economy, fruits continued to perform according to review period trends in 2020. Fruits continued to see the effects of the growing…

Home seclusion and the increase in remote working and studying as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that consumers required food for consumption at home throughout the day for much of 2020 and had time to prepare fruit for breakfast, as fruit…

Apples represented the largest fruit product in total sales in Germany in 2020, followed by bananas. More and more consumers are making sure that apples come from the region and are not imported. Bananas, which have to be imported due to their…

Due to the closure of foodservice venues and the institutional sector, retail sales of fruits increased, moving from low growth in 2019 to retail volume growth of 8% in 2020. Despite double-digit declines recorded in both foodservice and…

Being a large country China produces a huge amount and a wide variety of different fruits, with their being an oversupply of some types. Prior to the pandemic, imports of various fruits had been witnessing significant increases as consumers looked…

COVID-19 led to an uplift in total sales of fruits throughout 2020. Although foodservice and institutional volume sales of fruits declined due the lockdown restrictions, retail volumes sales recorded a significant increase, that was larger enough to…

The fresh food industry experienced another year of positive growth in 2017, driven by volume growth in emerging regions of Asia Pacific and Middle East and Africa. Overall, volume growth has been supported by a positive performance in all…

With production of USD3.0 trillion, Asia Pacific remains the world’s largest food, beverages and tobacco producer. Asia Pacific leads in the production of vegetable oils, grain mill products and commodities such as sugar, coffee, tea and spices. The…