Ready Meals

Market research on the cooking ingredients and meals industry. St...

Market research on the cooking ingredients and meals industry. Standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market share and brand performance, distribution and industry trends.​ Insight and data cover edible oils, ready...

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Ready Meals in China

Jan 2022

After seeing higher retail volume and current value growth than before the pandemic in 2020, overall ready meals is set to turn to decline in 2021, although sales are expected to remain higher than the level seen in 2019, before the emergence of…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in India

Jan 2022

Despite the rise in home cooking due to COVID-19, time-pressed lifestyles and convenience were still major factors driving sales of ready meals in 2021. As the second wave of the pandemic struck, consumers continued to work and study from home, as…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Mexico

Dec 2021

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic remained a constant influence on the performance of ready meals in 2021. Restrictions remained in place, leading consumers to continue to work and study at home during much of the year. These restrictions…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Latvia

Dec 2021

Ready meals hugely benefitted from the pandemic in 2020, registering very healthy current value and volume growth. With foodservice closed for much of 2020, consumers bought ready meals instead when they wanted a break from cooking. With the pandemic…

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Ready Meals in France

Dec 2021

After registering solid sales growth during 2020 as the imposition of quarantine lockdowns at different times during the year made consumer foodservice unavailable, ready meals registered negative growth in 2021. The main reason for this turnaround…

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Ready Meals in Kazakhstan

Nov 2021

Ready meals was not particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some stockpiling was evident during the first two months of the pandemic restrictions; however, later the market returned to a more regular performance. Also, after the initial…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Ecuador

Nov 2021

Ready meals current value sales are anticipated to see a slight decline in 2021 overall. This comes after a staggering growth in the previous year when, after the implementation of the lockdown in March 2020, many Ecuadorians transitioned to working…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Sweden

Dec 2021

The performance of ready meals in Sweden is being driven by two main factors. On the one hand, the boom in home cooking during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a negative impact on ready meals, with consumers having more time to prepare…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Switzerland

Dec 2021

Ready meals remain highly popular in 2021. Although volume growth has been negative in 2021 compared to 2020, the category outperformed pre-pandemic sales in 2019. 2020 saw a spike in demand as lockdown measures meant consumers had restricted access…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Hungary

Dec 2021

Ready meals experienced double-digit currant value and volume growth in 2020, as with lockdown severely disrupting foodservice, consumers increasingly turned to ready meals when they wanted a break from cooking. In 2021, the picture is still healthy,…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Finland

Dec 2021

Ready meals is seeing lower sales in 2021 than compared to 2020, although performance has been variable over the review period overall. The selection of ready meals is large in Finland, with consumers favouring traditional dishes such as casseroles…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Egypt

Dec 2021

Having surged during 2020, as the pandemic led some local consumers to stockpile these products, retail constant value sales of ready meals fell back during 2021 – despite an increase in price promotions. However, they remained well above their…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Bulgaria

Dec 2021

The ready meals category in Bulgaria has continued to develop well in 2021, remaining positive in terms of value sales growth although the spike in volume sales growth of the previous year has now plateaued. While demand for frozen pizza is dipping…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Brazil

Dec 2021

Spurred by convenience and the imperative of home consumption, pizza was one of the fastest growing categories during COVID-19 quarantine periods. Traditionally seen as a shared meal for special occasions, it has shifted towards being a more…

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Ready Meals in Azerbaijan

Nov 2021

Demand for ready meals has eased in 2021, with volumes slowing down as the country’s lockdown measures have been eased and consumers have begun to return to work. Demand lifted in 2020 as lockdown saw consumers having to prepare their own meals more…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Chile

Dec 2021

Ready meals is expected to continue to benefit from the effects of the pandemic in 2021, maintaining positive growth rates despite the high growth already registered in 2020. Due to ongoing lockdown regulations, many consumers have spent prolonged…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Georgia

Nov 2021

Ready meals is expected to portray a lower growth rate in 2021 compared to 2020 as foodservice resumes activity, with fewer restrictions than in the previous year. Growth rates across product areas remain high nonetheless as ready meals benefit from…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Tunisia

Nov 2021

Historically, demand for ready meals in Tunisia has been driven by students and single occupant households, with less access to cooking facilities or inability to cook for themselves. The onset of the health crisis in 2020 and the long closure of…

USD 1,195
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Ready Meals in Taiwan

Dec 2021

In 2021, retail volume and current value sales of edible oils are expected to see positive growth. The closure of schools and the banning of indoor dining at cafés and restaurants as a result of the viral outbreak in May 2021 led to a growth in…

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Ready Meals in Thailand

Dec 2021

Ready meals experienced high demand during the lockdown period in the first half of 2020, as many people who would normally eat outside of the home turned to them instead of cooking from scratch. Ready meals are known to be easy, convenient, and…

USD 1,195
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