Homewares

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people were compelled to stay at home for extended periods, which led to an increase in the habit of cooking at home among consumers. Even in 2021 and 2022, a significant number of consumers continued to prepare…

While ceramic plays an integral part in traditional Thai cooking, plastic dinnerware is also popular due to its high durability, affordability and the fact it is lightweight and easy to store. However, rising awareness about the environmental threat…

Homeware products failed to see any visible growth in constant value terms in 2022, despite the continuation off the home cooking trend. This was in sharp contrast to 2021, when COVID-19 restrictions required people to spend longer periods of time at…

Increased time spent at home during the pandemic, and the consequent boost in interest in home cooking, resulted in higher demand for homewares in current value terms and in value terms at constant 2022 prices in 2022 compared with pre-pandemic…

In 2022, pandemic restrictions started to ease in Singapore. Hence, consumer foodservice reopened with more regular hours and local citizens stopped cooking as much at home, with greater mobility reducing the time that they had to prepare their own…