Packaged Food

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…

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…

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…

Packaged food will see a significant impact from COVID-19 in 2020 with drastically reduced revenue takings. This was largely due to the temporary closure of bars and restaurants from mid-March to mid-May, which was imposed to reduce the spread of the…

The majority of packaged food types are set to enjoy retail volume boosts during the COVID-19 pandemic and the long periods of lockdowns and home seclusion imposed by the authorities as part of the national and regional responses to the virus. Given…

In 2020, the effects of national lockdown on consumer behaviour have led to a reversal in the poor performance of retail packaged food. From 2015 to 2019, sales of packaged food in retail volume terms decreased because of falling purchasing power and…

In March 2020, the government of Ukraine implemented a lockdown which involved the closure of all stores, with the exception of essential outlets such as grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations and large home improvement stores, to prevent the…

Many consumers rushed to stock up on products like rice, cooking oil and frozen processed potatoes, as well as shelf stable offerings ranging from processed red meat to milk, during the early weeks of the pandemic. Larger pack sizes proved…

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Austria, the government enforced a lockdown in the country from 16 March, closing non-essential stores while grocery retailers and pharmacies remained open. Foodservice venues had to close for dine-in options;…

Packaged food continues to record retail value growth in Romania in 2020 despite significant changes in consumers’ purchasing and consumption habits as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. During 2020, many Romanians spent long periods working from…

Packaged Food will see a slowdown in volume and constant value sales in 2020 as consumers focus on essentials, with consumers in many instances focusing on unpackaged, unbranded, and fresh food products at the expense of branded and packaged products…

Lockdown and restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 boosted sales of retail packaged food in 2020 thanks to precautionary stockpiling by consumers and a sharp rise in working, cooking and eating at home. Most key retail distributors remained…

The emergence of COVID-19 in Vietnam and the early action taken by the government to introduce various lockdown measures in an attempt to control the spread of the virus, is set to have a mixed impact on packaged food in 2020. Demand for packaged…

Packaged food in Italy has been strongly impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Italian government introduced swingeing measures to stem the spread of the virus in the country from March 2020. Strict lockdown measures included the…

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Spain, demand for packaged food increased in the country, as COVID-19 restrictions saw consumers spending more time at home. Lockdown restrictions were introduced from 15 March, while schools were already closed…

Packaged food will see markedly boosted sales in 2020 as the category was heavily impacted by COVID-19. In mid-March, as the spread of the virus intensified in Norway, people avoided non-essential trips outside their homes, greatly reducing the…

COVID-19 will strongly impact packaged food in 2020 as consumers remain at home to avoid catching the virus and the economic climate worsens. While there was no official quarantine in Belarus in 2020, and local producers have continued to work…