In 2020, demand for ready-to-cook frozen products in ready meals increased as the country entered a national lockdown period in the first half of the year. At this point, many consumers entered home seclusion to protect themselves and others from the COVID-19 pandemic, and a large proportion of employers shifted to work-from-home arrangements.
The consumption of ready meals saw a spike in demand following the onset of the pandemic. Consumers’ poor culinary skills coupled with the social distancing norms and concerns about potential shortages of essential items benefitted the demand for shelf stable ready meals in 2020, resulting in a slight spike in its packaging unit volume growth rate.
All product areas and pack types in ready meals packaging are expected to be recording positive unit volume CAGRs over the forecast period due to the rising demand for such products in Saudi Arabia. Among the major reasons for the increasing consumer appetite for ready meals is that female participation in the Saudi workforce is increasing rapidly.
It is expected that folding cartons will continue to be the leading pack type in ready meals over the forecast period. Folding carton is a popular pack type because it is recyclable and cost-effective.
At the end of the review period, metal food cans remained the dominant pack type in shelf stable ready meals. However, metal food cans will face challenges from emerging pack types over the forecast period, notably aluminium trays and, to a lesser extent, thin wall plastic containers.
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This is the aggregation of canned/preserved, chilled pizza, chilled, dinner mixes, dried, frozen pizza, frozen ready meals and prepared salads. Note: Ready meals are products that have had recipe ''skills'' added to them by the manufacturer, resulting in a high degree of readiness, completion and convenience. Ready meals are generally accepted to be complete meals that require few or no extra ingredients, however, in the case of canned/preserved ready meals, the term also encompasses meal ''centres’; for dinner mixes, the term encompasses part meals. Some ready meals may require cooking; others may simply need reheating, prior to serving.
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