Ready Meals

General Mills ranked 11th among the world’s packaged food companies. While losing sales in key categories dairy and breakfast cereals in its primary market, the US, the company grew between 2014 and 2019 and is expected to perform well over the ...

Unilever is the sixth largest packaged food company globally, but its current position might not be retained if it continues to trim its food offering. Within packaged food, the company retains its lead in ice cream, thanks to the growth of global ...

Kraft Heinz remains fifth globally in packaged food. The company is focusing on restructuring strategies and revamping existing brands in multiple categories to boost its sales. It has put efforts into diverse aspects leading to confusion around ...

Mars is a global leader in chocolate confectionery, gum and pet food. It operates a large portfolio of world-renowned brands, with a long history and a loyal consumer base. Despite its worldwide presence, over 90% of the company’s sales are generated...

The convenience trend is by far the main contributor to the positive performance of ready meals in Germany. Busy lifestyles and less time and willingness to cook from scratch are expected to have a positive influence on ready meals performance over ...

Well-known as one of the busiest cities in the world, every day at lunch time it is difficult to find seats in restaurants that are near office buildings in Hong Kong, no matter whether you are in Central, Kowloon Bay, Quarry Bay or Kwai Chung areas....

Driven by convenience, busy consumers continue to turn to ready meals in their everyday consumption, especially for lunch at work. Traditionally a category which has primarily had men as its target audience, brands are increasingly making an effort ...

The retail scene in the United Arab Emirates has evolved over the years to be identified today as one of the countries in the region with the highest penetration of modern trade outlets; this has paved the way for numerous categories to become more ...

Danone is the world’s largest player in dairy, but faces challenges due to stagnation in its yoghurt sales in North America and Western Europe. However, the acquisition of WhiteWave makes the group a key player in the high growth milk alternatives ...

With New Zealand consumers’ increasing need for convenience as well as rising awareness around sustainability and food waste, meal kit providers such as My Food Bag, PlateUp, HelloFresh and Woop are fuelling the growth in dinner mixes. In order to ...

Convenience food as a concept has been popular in Western countries for quite some time. In global terms, ready meals as a category is small in India. This is primarily due to preference among Indian consumers for cooked meals. However, ready meals ...

Nestlé is the largest packaged food company globally, but that position may not be retained if it continues to rely on sales in mature markets and product categories. Its recent growth strategy has been centred on repositioning itself to become the ...

In 2019, ready meals remained in the early stages of development in Serbia. There are several factors supporting this claim. First of all, it is obvious that ready meals grew notably in the year and, secondly, many product types remained unavailable ...

Products within the dinner mixes category, often referred to as meal kits, have gradually become mainstream since their launch in 2012 in Australia, riding on the demand for convenience from time-poor consumers and a desire to reduce food wastage. ...

Unemployment rates are finally falling in Brazil after reaching higher levels since they started to be monitored by the government. However, average income is reducing; thus, consumers continue to demand practical and affordable food options that ...

In Hungary, shelf stable ready meals has been struggling to record volume growth, partially due to negative perceptions of these products. On paper, they should fit in perfectly with the observed ongoing convenience trends and busy lifestyles; ...

Ready meals continued to grow at a moderate pace in both retail volume and current value terms in 2019. Product diversification, new international players and the rise of private label were notable in frozen pizza and frozen ready meals. The moderate...

In the context of the financial crisis, Argentinians are looking for ways to save money and positively impact their spending habits. As a consequence, ready meals registered a substantial decrease in volume sales in 2019, as upper-middle-income ...

The holy month of Ramadan is a significant part of the calendar in Saudi Arabia. As Muslims are expected to fast from dawn to sunset during Ramadan, some consumers desire quick and easy full meal solutions. This supports the demand for ready meals, ...

The busy lifestyles of modern Japanese consumers, made more hectic by developments such as increasing numbers of women entering the paid workforce and an increase in single-person and dual-income households, is driving increasing demand for ready ...