Slovenia

COVID-19 and the closure of foodservice establishments during the lockdown in 2020 led to a shift in consumption from the on-trade to the off-trade while consumers were at home. The increase in RTD tea sales was however not enough to offset the ...

COVID-19 negatively affected RTD coffee sales in 2020 due to the closure of on-trade establishments during the lockdown. For two months on-trade purchases were not possible, which negatively affected sales during and following the peak of infections....

The largest factor impacting concentrates in 2020 was the closure of on-trade establishments during the lockdown. A part of concentrate consumption was transferred from on-trade to individual household consumption, where it largely remained from ...

On-trade closures negatively affected sports drinks in 2020. As a result of the lockdown measures, a portion of sports drinks consumption moved to retail, for consumption at home. Gym closures from March until May had a more pronounced negative ...

The impact of COVID-19 on soft drinks is being reflected predominantly in the temporary closures and reduced capacities of on-trade establishments. In addition, Slovenian consumers have been increasingly adopting a more conscious approach to food and...

Off-trade bottled water sales grew in 2020 in both value and volume terms. This growth can be largely attributed to panic buying at the onset of the lockdown in March. Still bottled water and functional bottled water continued to post the highest ...

Despite growing public concern and negative media coverage of the adverse impact of energy drinks on health, energy drinks continued to grow in volume and value terms in the off-trade in 2020. Health warnings are mainly being targeted at younger ...

Carbonates records a decline in both off-trade current value and volume terms, as well as having been severely impacted, in on-trade volume terms, by the closure of foodservice establishments during the multiple lockdowns in 2020. Even though a share...

The closure of foodservice establishments during the lockdown in 2020 led to a steep decline in on-trade juice consumption. While some of the demand for juice shifted to off-trade, for consumption at-home, the increase in demand through retail was ...

Other hot drinks is not as significantly affected by COVID-19 and the closure of foodservice outlets from March until May as other product areas such as coffee, since other hot drinks such as chocolate-based flavoured powder drinks are rarely ...

The impact of COVID-19 on hot drinks is reflected predominantly in the temporary closures and reduced capacities of foodservice establishments. In addition, Slovenian consumers have increasingly been adopting a more conscious approach to consumption ...

Slovenia has a highly developed coffee drinking culture, which is tightly woven in to the societal fabric. In March the Slovenian government forced all restaurants and bars to close in an attempt to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. Most ...

The demand for tea remains constant in 2020, with a marginal rise in retail volume sales as a consequence of the quarantine which led to an increase in tea consumption at home. The lockdown and the closure of foodservice outlets from March until May ...

In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Slovenian government implemented many restrictions, starting with a national lockdown that begun on 20 March 2020. Under lockdown, schools were forced to close, and employees had to work from home where ...

Ready meals is anticipated to perform well in response to the pandemic with current value and volume sales rising notably. However, average unit price has increased compared to the previous year, which will be the main factor to encourage current ...

Sweet spreads will see declining current volume growth rates in response to the pandemic in 2020 overall. When lockdown was first implemented, sweet spreads was largely unimpacted in terms of demand and consumption. The stockpiling trends recorded in...

Edible oils is anticipated to respond well to the pandemic in 2020 overall, with current value sales rising noticeably. The main reason edible oils will see growth is due to increased consumption opportunities during lockdown. From March to May, the ...

In terms of current volume sales, some product areas are anticipated to respond to the pandemic better than others. For example, cooking sauces and tomato pastes and purées will see their current volume sales grow noticeably. Cooking sauces benefits ...

Prior to the pandemic, soup was benefiting from the increasingly busier lifestyles of Slovenians, particularly the younger generation who work long hours and are more career orientated. Once being a popular product to take to work for lunch, soup ...

Prior to the pandemic, the economy was slowly starting to become stronger in Slovenia which was having a significant influence on breakfast cereals. As disposable incomes rose, consumers were more willing to trade-up or pay for premium products. ...