Packaged Food

Many areas of packaged food benefited from stockpiling in early-2020 in response to concerns over potential product shortages due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many consumers also stocked up as they sought to minimise shopping trips…

This report analyses the market for packaged food in Qatar. For the purposes of the study, the market has been defined as follows:

The COVID-19 pandemic has been the main driver for retail sales growth in basic Brazilian packaged food categories as consumers have prioritised essential household items such as rice, pasta, sauces and dairy products. Consumption of baked goods has…

Confectionery

COVID-19 will have a significant effect on demand for packaged food in Uzbekistan during 2020. The economic instability it engendered has led to an acceleration in the country’s already rapid rate of consumer price inflation during the spring by…

An initial 2-month nationwide lockdown announced from March 2020 by the government in an attempt to control the spread of COVID-19 in the Philippines resulted in early stockpiling tendencies amongst many local consumers who were concerned about…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the Thai packaged food market in 2020. The closure of foodservice channels and the imposition of a curfew had a marked negative effect on sales of packaged food in the on-trade environment during…

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world, the Greek government implemented measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus in March 2020. With the announcement of the lockdown, consumers rushed to stockpile essential packaged food items…

During 2020, the Slovakian government implemented several measures to minimise the transmission of COVID-19, including the closure of cafés and restaurants for all but takeaway orders, first during spring, then again in autumn due to a rise in…

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a significant impact on packaged food sales in India. A nationwide lockdown was imposed from 25 March for 21 days after which it was only lifted in some regions where the number of infections was low. The…

COVID-19 is expected to have less of an impact in Cameroon than many other countries in terms of packaged food sales in 2020. However, some products which are considered non-essential are expected to register a decline in retail volume, including…

Fearing supply chain disruption, many Latvian consumers rushed to stock up on cooking essentials like edible oils, and sauces, dressings and condiments during the early stages of the pandemic. Meanwhile, with restaurants and cafés closed for an…

Prior to the pandemic, one of the most pertinent factors in exerting a negative impact on potential volume growth of packaged food was the contraction of the Japanese population due to a declining birth rate. This was encouraging manufacturers to…

In 2020, sales of packaged food in Ireland in retail are expected to perform well, anticipated to post higher current value growth than was seen in 2019. Stockpiling during the early months of lockdown heavily encouraged sales of long-expiry products…

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Ecuador was experiencing a complicated economic scenario in 2019. The government tried to impose a series of tax measures as part of the IMF's requirement to disburse loans. This led to a national strike in…

Back-to-basics will be the overriding theme in Croatian packaged food during 2020. The number of unemployed people is rising, many more are scared of losing their jobs, the local tourism industry has been devastated by the pandemic, and a significant…

COVID-19 was undoubtedly the biggest influence on retail current value sales of packaged food in Chile during 2020. With restaurants, schools and many workplaces closed for an extended period and consumers spending more time at home, there was a…

As a response to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Canadian government installed a nation-wide lockdown from March 2020, closing foodservice outlets, except restaurants in Northwest Territories, while ordering the public to stay at home as much as…

During 2020, the government of Singapore implemented many measures, including a Circuit Breaker lockdown, where residents had to work at home and study remotely as much as possible to curb COVID-19 transmission in the community. When the…

Overall packaged food is expected to benefit from COVID-19 in 2020, with healthy retail volume growth. Growth in current value sales is expected to be even higher, with double-digit growth rates expected. However, part of this current value growth is…