Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts

Ice cream was one of the worst hit categories in 2020 due to the onset of COVID-19 and the country going into lockdown at the start of the peak season for ice cream consumption (summer). However, the category is set to recover only a small proportion…

Retail current value sales of ice cream and frozen desserts continued to expand during 2020, albeit at a much slower rate than in the previous year. Restrictions on movement weighed heavily on demand for impulse ice cream, frozen yoghurt and…

After lockdown restrictions negatively impacting the current value sales of ice cream and frozen desserts in 2020, the easing of restrictions will allow the category to recover to pre-pandemic levels in 2021. Different sub-categories were differently…

The COVID-19 pandemic had a considerable impact on ice cream demand as consumers continues to be negatively affected by the economic fallout from the pandemic in 2020 as well as the recession that started as a result of negative economic growth in…

With the growing interest in cooking at home in 2020, some of these consumer habits are persisting in 2021. In addition, although the lockdown measures were relaxed to a great extent in 2021 some consumers are still interested in cooking some meals…

COVID-19 revitalised the overall consumption of ice cream and frozen desserts as people were spending more time at home, which consequently led most of the major domestic and local manufacturers to record positive growth in 2020. Typically, ice cream…

Demand for unpackaged ice cream was significantly impacted by the pandemic in Peru, with restrictive measures imposed by the Peruvian government in 2020 resulting in horeca outlets forced to close for more than three months. With foodservice…

In 2020, the ice cream category experienced an overall negative impact from the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown restrictions. As home seclusion reduced the opportunities for impulse purchases, the category of single portion dairy and water ice…

In 2020 when consumers were required to stay at home as much as possible to curb the transmission of COVID-19, bulk dairy ice cream was increasingly purchased for sharing at home, thus leading to double-digit growth in retail volume and value sales.…

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the lives of Germans have changed. This is particularly the case with regard to how local consumers, both adults and children, spend their leisure time. This is especially relevant for

After suffering over a year of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, ice cream players have been hit hard by the restriction measures implemented by the government on consumer foodservice and some retail outlets which remained closed for…

Lockdowns have had a considerable impact on ice cream demand, as spring and summer are the key seasons for ice cream consumption. Therefore ice cream consumption in the latter part of 2021 will depend on the extent to which restrictions are lifted…

The emergence of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown measures introduced by the government in an attempt to control the spread of the virus in 2020, resulted in retail sales of ice cream declining in volume and value terms. However, ice cream will…

Ice cream is considered to be relatively healthy in Turkey when compared to desserts that have a higher calorie content. Thus demand for ice cream increases during Ramadan when consumers break their fasting. Consequently, demand for especially bulk…

The major story of 2020 in most food and beverage categories was the movement of consumption towards the home. Such was the case with ice cream. Consumers practicing social distancing, either through fear of contagion or due to government-mandated…

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, ice cream has suffered a dramatic decline in demand. This decline was primarily due to the lack of impulse purchases and on-the-go consumption, as consumers in Saudi Arabia faced periods of home…

The very favourable conditions for the development of ice cream and frozen desserts, not least a shift from foodservice to the off-trade channel, the desire for indulgence/pampering and stockpiling, during Coronavirus (COVID-19), supported strong…

Demand for ice cream in Portugal had been significantly impacted in 2020 by the pandemic and subsequent lockdown with sales through foodservice particularly affected due to the closure of horeca outlets. In some areas of the category, such as in the…

Ice cream continued to see growth in current value and retail volume terms in 2020, with the category seeing record sales in Japan. This was the result of a result long-term effort by ice cream manufacturers in Japan to expand the consumer base and…

Impulse ice cream consumption in Georgia declined in 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19, which caused inbound tourism to collapse and resulted in Georgians spending much of the year confined to their homes. The category is expected to see a robust…