Chilled ready meals continued to record strong unit volume growth in its packaging in 2021. While consumers in home seclusion had been looking for easy options to cook and eat a year earlier in 2020, as consumer mobility increased in 2021, home cooking was decreasing, with consumers often turning to chilled ready meals as they are a convenient alternative.
In 2020, there had been a spike in unit volume growth in overall ready meals packaging due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During lockdown periods, consumers spent more time at home, working remotely, and unable to socialise due to strict social distancing measures.
In 2020, shelf stable ready meals gained considerable popularity due to the long shelf life of most products in this category. In the face of the uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, many consumers stockpiled long-lasting products, including those in shelf stable ready meals.
Sustainable packaging is expected to become a major trend over the forecast period. Due to the pandemic, Spanish consumers have become more aware of the impact of pollution on the planet.
Over the forecast period, consumers in Spain are expected to focus more intently on improving their diets and lifestyles as a means of strengthening their general health and immunity as a preventative health measure against viruses such as COVID-19. As a result, consumers are expected to reassess their diets in the forecast period, looking for healthier alternatives.
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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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