Packaging

The overall meals and soups category saw declining packaging unit volume sales in 2022, due, in part, to inflationary pressures that adversely affected consumers’ discretionary spending. However, within meals and soups, food kits managed to continue…

Dairy recorded another year of growth in its packaging unit volumes in Australia in 2022, as it had done throughout the review period, although growth slowed again in 2022 over the previous year. Demand for dairy continued to be driven by health…

Packaging unit volume sales of sugar confectionery in Australia fell in 2022. The decline in sugar confectionery, spurred in part by continued increasing awareness of health concerns, in addition to the continued falling sales in gum, meant that…

The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a lasting shift in consumer lifestyles towards spending more time at home. One consequence of this was that consumers preferred to cook food for their babies themselves rather than purchase prepared and dried baby…

Glass bottles dominate alcoholic drinks packaging in Australia, accounting for almost three quarters of packaging unit volumes in the retail channel and just over three quarters overall in 2022. However, in recent years, glass bottles have been…