Ready Meals

Kraft Heinz materialized in July 2015 following the merger of Heinz and Kraft, forming the world’s fifth largest packaged food company from two household names. Kraft Heinz’s portfolio overwhelmingly contains established brands within two mature ...

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

In line with Nestlé’s key message, “Nestlé. Enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future”, its growth strategy for the last few years has been centred on its aim to reposition itself to become the world’s leading wellness and ...

Danone ranked fourth among the world’s packaged food companies in 2018. The most important movement for the big dairy company was the WhiteWave acquisition in 2017, which allowed Danone to enter one of the fastest-growing categories globally, namely ...

Unilever is the sixth largest packaged food company globally, but its current position may not be retained if it continues to trim its food offering to focus on beauty and personal care. Within food, the company retains its title as the leading ice ...

During the review period, in line with global trends, the lifestyle of Chilean consumers has become increasingly busy and accelerated. In line with this trend is that convenient food solutions have gained greater prominence in the packaged foods ...

Canned porridge comprises a large fraction of shelf stable ready meals in China, being easily digested, portable and affordable. However, it is constantly losing consumers to substitutes due to its outdated positioning as an outdoor supplement. ...

Ready meals is a category growing because of new product launches. This is expected to continue since there are many new products likely to emerge over the forecast period. Pinar Entegre Et ve Un Sanayi AS launched two traditional meals under frozen ...

The growth of plant-based alternatives has encouraged the proliferation of new product development across many packaged food categories. In ready meals, this has created an occasion for brands to actively engage with health and convenience trends. ...

Changing lifestyles, particularly in urban areas, are supporting the growth of ready meals. With busy lives and the need for a better work-life balance, many consumers are resorting to buying ready meals as a convenient meal solution. In addition, ...

Despite the country’s large population, ready meals is still a small category in India as compared to more developed economies or even China and other South East Asian nations. This is partly due to a strong preference for fresh food among Indian ...

The health and wellness trend continued to influence packaged food throughout the review period. Despite this, frozen pizza has continued to display strong sales growth in both value and volume terms thanks to its convenience, large number of new ...

Despite fierce competition from fresh vegetables, prepared salads witnessed significant growth in 2018 and is expected to be the most dynamic category in ready meals over the forecast period. The penetration of this relatively new category in Greece ...

Prepared salads was the most dynamic category within ready meals in 2018. Increasingly busy lifestyles led consumers to purchase prepared salads as a more convenient option than purchasing individual ingredients and preparing a salad for themselves ...

2018 was a successful year for ready meals as it was among the most dynamic packaged food categories in value sales terms. For some years now, the category has been benefitting from rising demand for convenience-oriented packaged food products that ...

Peruvians tend to cook their meals at home on a daily basis, using fresh ingredients that they also purchase every day from traditional small grocery retailers or market stalls. More affluent families purchase weekly from supermarkets or ...

2018 saw both retail value and volume sales of ready meals dominated by frozen ready meals. The most significant products in this category offer traditional Georgian cuisine. The brightest examples include Khinkali (meat-filled dumplings) and Qababi ...

Frozen ready meals is the only ready meals category to have established a significant presence in Uzbekistan. Frozen ready meals saw sales rise over the course of the review period on the back of expanding availability, as manufacturers worked to ...

With the wellness trend developing further in the country, more Czech households purchased healthier types of ready meals such as chilled ready meals and prepared salads during 2018. Prepared salads experienced the fastest retail volume and value ...

In 2018 there was growing demand for ready meals that have healthy product positioning. This trend is particularly noticeable in large towns, where consumers have a higher standard of living and are more aware of and concerned about the negative ...