Meat

Coronavirus (COVID-19) had a severe impact on macroeconomic and demographic indicators in the country, with rising unemployment rates, reduced purchasing power and greater informality in the labour market. With more consumers working and studying ...

Meat performed well through retail channels during the COVID-19 pandemic despite the economic pressures resulting from measures aimed at limiting the spread of the disease. Chicken saw particularly notable growth as budget-conscious consumers ...

In 2020, foodservice and institutional volumes of meat will drop drastically due to the COVID-19 lockdown. This has driven some demand towards retail as home consumption increased during this period. With customers spending more time cooking at home,...

Prior to the pandemic, beef and veal was one of the most dynamic categories within meat in Japan. Volume sales had benefited from falling prices since the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in 2018, with the agreement resulting in a drop ...

Poultry and pork, the two largest categories in meat by total volume sales, both recorded growth in 2020, with pork registering stronger growth compared to 2019. Retail volume sales in these categories were boosted by the COVID-19 lockdown when ...

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy, meat recorded a total volume decline of 2% in 2020, compared to 1% growth in 2019. This was the result of the closure of foodservice industries and institutions from March 2020, when the government installed ...

The closure of restaurants, hotels, educational institutions, and other foodservice venues has heavily hindered the growth of meat in Morocco in 2020. The imposed lockdown has transferred some foodservice sales to retail due to increase home ...

Retail volume and retail value sales of meat surged in the early months of 2020 following the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in Australia. This is due to the fact that consumers in Australia began to panic buy with the implementation of national ...

Total volume sales of meat declined at their fastest rate in well over a decade during 2020. This was due to a significant decline in demand from the institutional and particularly the foodservice channel, as the number of international visitors to ...

The nationwide lockdown that started in March 2020 led to a price hike in meat as slaughterhouses were shut and suppliers were unable to transport livestock to other states. Government-authorised slaughterhouses were also closed which led to no sales...

Total volume sales of meat continued to expand at a modest pace during 2020, with a sharp increase in retail demand outweighing declines in the foodservice and institutional channels. These declines were due to the disruption caused by COVID-19, ...

There have been several scandals within the meat industry since the outbreak of the pandemic. In the media, the companies were often called risk locations, which were responsible for the fact that limit values were exceeded in some cities. In this ...

The COVID-19 crisis led to the closure of foodservice outlets throughout Spain in 2020 as the Spanish authorities sought to curb the spread of the virus in the country. During this time the category faced several challenges. Firstly, the category ...

An outbreak of African swine fever that began in 2018 went on to decimate the country’s pig-farming industry with prices skyrocketing as producers were unable to satisfy local demand. China was forced to rely on imports of frozen pork from the EU and...

Measures aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 led to challenging economic conditions and an uncertain outlook in 2020. As a result, consumers became more budget-conscious, which favoured sales of poultry, specifically chicken, which is perceived ...

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in France, the government put a full lockdown in place in March, which required all non-essential stores to close, as well as schools, institutions and foodservice outlets. Foodservice outlets began to open from May; ...

Retail demand for meat began to spike earlier in 2020 once quarantine measures were instituted and foodservice operators began to close. Consumers had to adapt and bring the away-from-home eating occasions into the home. As retail sales were quickly ...

In 2020, the meat market recorded a dramatic decline in the foodservice, which has led to a total volume decline for the landscape. The decline in foodservice was the consequence of lockdowns installed in the UK, as well as some consumers ongoing ...

The trade tariff wars between the US and China have reached new highs, as more product groups and industries are being affected on both sides. The recent introduction of increased tariffs on agricultural commodities has left US farmers questioning ...

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 ...