Germany

In 2023, current value sales in cafés/bars in Germany continued to lag behind the pre-pandemic level, despite increases in value sales and volume transactions. One of the notable trends in this year was the persistence of a lower average spend per…

The briefing introduces the Cities Households Necessities Spending Index. The index ranks 1,075 cities by household expenditure on non-discretionary items, namely food, housing, and clothing and footwear. This analysis focuses on 160 major cities.…

Showing overwhelming dominance when the effects of the pandemic and inflation significantly impacted the consumer foodservice industry, standalone continued to be the leading location when the scenario showed almost complete recovery in 2023, despite…

The consumer foodservice industry was without doubt challenged in recent years. This started in the first quarter of 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic, which had a direct effect in this and following years, with outlet closures and sales at historic…

Technological advances are creating unprecedented change across consumer-facing industries. The Digital Consumer Survey, fielded in March and April, offers insight into the pace and depth of this evolution, tracking consumer behaviour, attitudes,…