Market research on the snacks industry. Standardised and cross-co...
Market research on the snacks industry. Standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market share and brand performance, distribution and industry trends.​ Insight and data cover chocolate and sugar confectionery, gum, s...
Volume sales of snacks are expected to continue on a growth path in 2023 with growth seen across all categories. The resumption of society and busy lifestyles is promoting snacking, although inflationary pressures are making consumers price…
Retail volume sales of snacks are expected to continue expanding in 2023 thanks to a return to normality in the wake of the pandemic. Demand for confectionery as well as sweet biscuits, snack bars, and fruit snacks, however, is being hampered by…
Sweet biscuits is the only category within sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks with notable sales. Plain biscuits are the most popular, followed by cookies, filled biscuits, chocolate coated biscuits, and wafers. Despite rising prices, retail…
Sugar confectionery is set to decline in retail volume terms in 2023, although it will continue to see current value growth due to price rises. The prices of raw materials have been rising. For instance, reduced local production of sugar cane,…
Snacks is set to maintain retail volume growth in 2023, although this is expected to remain low. Amidst mounting inflationary pressure, an acceleration in unit price growth has been limiting volume growth, as sales are largely impulse-driven, but is…
Savoury snacks recorded robust retail volume and current value growth throughout the review period, and this is set to continue in 2023, driven by the strong performance of potato chips. This is being driven by the youth population, especially…
Ice cream is set to see a second year of retail volume growth in 2023, although sales are still not expected to return to the pre-pandemic level, as ice cream is increasingly regarded as an occasional indulgence by local middle-class consumers.…
Gum is set to maintain slow retail volume growth and more dynamic current value growth in 2023, with fairly similar rises expected for both bubble gum and chewing gum. The former is mainly consumed by children, and the latter by adults. Despite the…
Chocolate confectionery is set to see low retail volume growth in 2023, although current value growth is expected to be far higher, amidst inflation. Modern grocery distribution channels are important for sales of chocolate confectionery in Kenya,…
The snacks market is set to be hampered by high inflation in 2023, leading to muted growth of non-essential categories, such as boxed assortments. While the market is recovering from the economic shock of COVID-19, with sales maintaining positive…