Country Report
Mar 2021
The combination of rice and beans is highly popular with Brazilian consumers, and features among most families’ daily diet. This high penetration and cultural relevance helped to sustain the category performance in the retail channel, despite a spike...
Country Report
Feb 2021
Pulses, especially the beans and “other” pulses categories, performed very well through retail channels in 2020. During the challenging economic conditions resulting from measures aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, pulses benefited from being ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Pulses will record decreased total volume sales in 2020 as the category suffers due to foodservice closures that were implemented to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Over the review period, pulses became increasingly popular in the country and led many...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Peas, as the largest category, was the main driver of volume sales of pulses in 2020. Peas is a relatively mature category in Russia and prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers were increasingly willing to explore and experiment with a...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Despite the closure of the foodservice and institutional sectors, pulses recorded 3% total volume growth in 2020. At the start of the lockdown period in March 2020, many consumers took to stockpiling shelf-stable goods, through fear that the COVID-19...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Pulses followed the same general sales trend as other categories of fresh food in 2020 reflecting changes in overall fresh food demand across channels. Retail sales experienced positive, if slower growth, as a result of the closure of foodservice and...
Country Report
Jan 2021
In contrast to meat and fish and seafood, foodservice accounts for a relatively small proportion of total volume sales of pulses in Thailand. Nonetheless, total volume sales of pulses declined sharply during 2020, with retail volume sales declining ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Consumption of pulses in 2020 increased in the retail channel, with foodservice and institutional sales volume dipping due to COVID-19-induced lockdown. However, total volume consumption of pulses stagnated with 1% decline in 2020. This stagnation is...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Consumption of pulses is ingrained in Moroccan eating habits and culture, as pulses are amongst the main ingredients in Moroccan cuisine. COVID-19 did not have a strongly negative influence on the purchasing behaviour of customers in 2020 as low unit...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Total volume sales of pulses continued to expand in Vietnam during 2002. Retail volume sales were the main driver of this, as COVID-19 led local consumers to spend more time at home and eat more meals there. This channel accounts for the bulk of ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Demand for pulses was positively impacted by the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 as, facing national lockdown and an uncertain future, Australian consumers rushed to stockpile store cupboard essentials. Pulses especially benefited from consumer stockpiling ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Prior to the pandemic, pulses were considered time-consuming to prepare making them unpopular among busy consumers. However, their low prices and various health benefits made them attractive to some consumers, especially the elderly. This was ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Pulses experienced a strong increase in retail demand during the first lockdown period, benefiting from being a shelf stable product that could easily be stockpiled. In addition, with consumers focusing on health and wellness during the outbreak of ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Beans registered a positive performance in 2020, as these products are seen as an affordable staple by Mexican consumers. With home seclusion, the rise in the number of people working and studying remotely, and the closure of foodservice outlets, ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
The impact of the pandemic was extremely positive on retail volume sales of pulses in 2020, as consumers relied on store cupboard staples to get them through the home seclusion. With the closure of foodservice outlets during the national lockdown, ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly changed the German fresh food market and thus pulses. Due to the fact that restaurants were closed for several weeks and the increased home seclusion of many Germans, out-of-home purchases were significantly reduced,...
Country Report
Jan 2021
With widespread in-person dining restrictions around the country, consumers are eating snacks and meals at home much more often than before. This has led to a huge shift from foodservice consumption to retail consumption. Manufacturers have had to ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
The outbreak of COVID-19 boosted the health and wellness trend, with consumers becoming increasingly interested in their personal wellbeing. As such, retail volume sales of pulses increased, moving from 2% in 2019, to 13% in 2020....
Strategy Briefing
Apr 2018
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 ...
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