Online Assortment Reshaping E-commerce Performance in Sauces, Dips and Condiments
26 May 26This article explores how online assortment strategies are reshaping e-commerce performance in US sauces, dips and condiments. Using Euromonitor’s Passport E-commerce and Via SKU tracking data, it shows that many leading retailers achieved strong sales growth while reducing SKU counts, highlighting a shift from range expansion towards more focused, higher-performing assortments. The analysis also reveals growing emphasis on affordability, with retailers such as Walmart, Target and Kroger lowering the share of products priced above USD5. The findings suggest that successful e-commerce strategies increasingly depend on careful assortment curation, value positioning and balancing consumer choice with profitability in a price-sensitive environment.
Jared Conway
The Company Analytics Behind the Unilever-McCormick Deal
21 Apr 26This article evaluates the proposed Unilever Foods-McCormick transaction through a company‑level analytics lens to move beyond deal headlines. Using granular category and geographic portfolio analysis alongside forward‑looking growth forecasts, it highlights how the combination closes McCormick’s category and geographic gaps while supporting Unilever’s shift towards a focused home and personal care portfolio. By examining where current strengths and future growth drivers align, the analysis demonstrates why both micro‑level portfolio detail and macro‑level growth outlooks are essential for understanding deal rationale, long‑term impact, and future strategic opportunities.
Jared Conway
Top Five Trends Shaping the Cooking Ingredients and Meals Industry in 2026
13 Apr 26The food consumer of 2026 faces numerous challenges. Foremost amongst these is rising prices, a trend likely to worsen as the supply disruptions of the war in Iran disrupt the global agricultural system. This is going to push consumers to above all seek value. They are willing to splurge less than they were before, but that does not mean they are not still willing to spend on things such as health benefits and convenience if the value proposition is right.
Matthew Barry
Three Main Trends Shaping Cooking Ingredients and Meals
15 Jan 25The cooking ingredients and meals industry posted slight market size growth year-on-year for 2024. New launches have subsided due to high inflation and disturbed global supply chains; however, consumers’ desire for novel products has remained.
Rasa Vaiciuniene
Unlocking Sustainability Opportunities in Staple Foods and Cooking Ingredients and Meals
10 Dec 24In staple foods and cooking ingredients and meals, consumers are increasingly discerning, prioritising locally sourced, high-quality products that embrace clean labels, as they are increasingly conscious of their health and the ultra-processed food stigma. In fact, sustainability is fuelling expansion in the staple foods and cooking ingredients and meals industries, with sustainable products retail value sales growing at a 7% CAGR (2020-2023).
Jorge Zuniga
Five Trends Shaping Cooking Ingredients and Meals
21 May 242023 was another challenging year for cooking ingredients and meals globally. Inflation and rising commodity prices continued well into the year, driving value sales of cooking ingredients and meals to increase. Consumers across markets became more frugal when shopping for essential goods, and cut back on splurging.
Rasa Vaiciuniene
Impact of the Top Four Key Food Themes on Asia
7 Jul 23Despite Asia’s relatively soft inflation rates compared with several other global regions, cost-of-living pressures are continuing to play a major role in shaping consumer preferences in 2023 and leading up to 2024. In addition, travel resumption (with the reopening of China in early 2023) has meant changing day-to-day lifestyles and consumer values in terms of priority product attributes; all of which make for overarching shifts in key food themes in Asia Pacific.
Emil Fazira
Meal Kits: Convergence of Experience and Convenience
28 Jun 23Hybrid lifestyles mean consumers are spending more time at home, and the cost-of-living crisis is putting pressure on disposable incomes. These trends bring opportunities to meal kits, as they are premium offerings in a retail context but are more affordable than traditional foodservice options, thus making them an attractive choice for consumers in a post-pandemic world.
Maria Mascaraque
The Future of Seafood? Testing Aqua Cultured Foods
20 Jun 23As meat and seafood substitutes evolve, so do technology, production abilities, and paths to market. A recent visit to Aqua Cultured Foods HQ in Chicago highlights technological innovations and a shift to foodservice.
Miri Eliyahu
Sustainable Dairy Alternatives
Asia Pacific 24 May 2022 18:40 SGTTo stay ahead of the innovation curve, attend the Sustainable DAIRY Alternatives event on the 24 - 25th of May in Singapore and find out what are the new materials & technologies out there and can truly delivering authentic taste, functionality and cleaner label for dairy protein.
Monique Naval
植物基食品，真的是健康帮手吗？
18 Mar 22疫情期间，许多常规的习惯不得不改变，日常使用的产品也要重新考虑。由于免疫力、肥胖和其他潜在健康因素都可能与新冠感染有关，所以更多消费者期望通过饮食改善健康。同时，长达数月的在家隔离和休息使很多人重新思考卡路里摄入、消化问题和增肥对整体健康的影响。
Simona Bernatonyte
The Fight Against Food Waste
11 Feb 22In a time when the world is striving to create a balance between sustainability and profitability, a challenge such as food waste can severely undermine these efforts. With recent advancements in sustainable development and increased international pressure on countries to play a role in mitigating associated risks, many countries are exploring novel ways to reduce food waste.
Somaia Basha
Ready Meals: How Current Trends will Reshape the Market in the Future
5 Jan 22In this episode, Euromonitor International’s Nutrition Research Analyst Ekaterina Tretyakova discusses the key trends - health and wellness, sustainability, and the impact of technology – which are driving consumer demand for ready meals.
Euromonitor International
Grocery Delivery, Dark Stores and Meals at Home: How Opportunities in Germany are Becoming Best Practice in Global Retail
30 Dec 21The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly disrupted the market for meals in Germany. With foodservice largely restricted, most food spending is funneled into grocery retail and retailers are leveraging this position of strength, working with grocery delivery startups, to target consumers at home.
Stephen Dutton
Plant-Based Alternatives: Health Boost vs Ultra-Processing
3 Dec 21During the pandemic conventional dietary habits were challenged, and daily use products were reconsidered. Consumers’ expectations of gaining some health-boosting benefits from food increased, as it appeared that immunity, obesity and other underlying health factors could be key when faced with COVID-19.
Simona Bernatonyte
Impact of HFSS Legislation on Food and Drink in the United Kingdom
28 Oct 21The British Government’s anti-obesity regulation on products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) is likely to impact packaged food and soft drinks, both in terms of brands and consumers. Although the new legislation might come as a hindrance for some categories, it might also offer an opportunity for others.
Natalia Theofilopoulou
Food Professionals Predict Lasting Coronavirus Impact
28 Sep 21As the pandemic has impacted our lives, so it has impacted our food choices. Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to shape our environment, accelerating and consolidating emergent trends into longer term probabilities. The pre-pandemic "normal" for eating out is unlikely to return for some years to come, and three in four food industry professionals think that health and wellness will remain a paramount concern through to 2025.
Tom Rees
Permanent Work Shift Moves Lunch Occasions to The Home
26 Sep 21Working-from-home is likely to remain a lasting trend, which companies need to address. For food, this primarily means that more lunches are being eaten at home. Consumers will have less need for lunch restaurants and more need for ready meals, time-saving cooking solutions, home delivery of meals and retail food for cooking.
David Ingemar Hedin