Spain

Spain is a major food production distributor to the European market and an important producer of grapes, tomatoes, barley and wine. Its energy and transportation sectors remain reliant on imported fossil fuels, however, to reduce greenhouse gas ...

Demand for traditional Spanish processed meat products such as chorizo and jamon has fallen, primarily due to health concerns especially over the high fat and salt content. The health and wellness trend in Spain is driving manufacturers to produce ...

On-the-go consumption is especially visible in unpackaged pastries. Unpackaged pastries maintained positive growth in both current value and volume sales in 2019 while all other baked goods categories, with the exception of packaged flat bread, ...

Consumers in Spain continue to prefer fresh options when it comes to potatoes as they perceive them to be healthier. As a result, retail volume sales of frozen processed potatoes saw further slight decline in 2019, with only the convenience of the ...

Packaged food sales continue to benefit from economic recovery in 2019, even if real GDP and consumer spending growth slowed in the year. This in turn supported slightly stronger, albeit still subdued current value growth, while total volume sales ...

Although overall retail volume sales of rice continue to decline in Spain, the demand for organic rice is growing rapidly. However, many operators are unable to supply sufficient organic rice to meet the demand as the production of this type of rice ...

In Spain, the growing trend towards consumption of healthier and more nutritious foods has pushed cereal manufacturers to meet the resultant demand for healthier breakfast cereals, especially those which have reduced or eliminated the sugar content. ...

Coffee continued to post retail volume growth and even more dynamic retail current value growth in 2019, in the context of an improving economy and rising consumer confidence. Fresh ground coffee pods continued to boost overall growth in 2019. All ...

Other hot drinks saw both retail volume and retail current value declines in 2019, mainly due to the negative trend seen in the main category, chocolate-based flavoured powder drinks. Despite concerns about the high sugar content of products in the ...

Hot drinks witnessed strong current value growth in Spain in 2019, although retail volume sales saw a negligible decline. Local consumers were willing to pay more for certain products due to ongoing economic recovery and their higher disposable ...

The retail volume and current value consumption of tea continued to increase at the end of the review period, favoured by ongoing economic recovery. However, a tea-drinking culture has only just started to emerge in Spain, with hot drinks still ...

The strong economy and consumers’ demand for convenience were the big drivers of sales of ready meals in 2019. Spaniards have become more willing to spend on ready meals. They have less and less time to cook at home and therefore look for products ...

Most soup consumed in Spain is prepared from scratch at home using fresh ingredients. However, increasingly busy lifestyles, especially in urban areas, lead consumers to purchase packaged soup more frequently, especially in shelf stable and chilled ...

Sweet spreads has come under increasing pressure in Spain due to changes in breakfast routines. The decline in retail volume sales is expected to persist over the forecast period as consumers increase their out-of-home consumption. However, in 2019, ...

Sauces, dressings and condiments in Spain continues to improve its results in retail, pushed by the boom in sales of cooking sauces in exotic flavours. More international products are gaining ground, highlighted by the strong growth of cooking ...

Overall, Spaniards continue to use edible oils less, due to cooking at home less and opting more frequently to purchase ready meals from retail channels or to eat out at different types of consumer foodservice outlets. Thus, overall demand for edible...

Spain’s post-crisis expansion will lose steam in 2019. Gains in private final consumption will be subdued. Gains in private final consumption will be moderate. Residential and business investment will perform favourably. However, a less favourable ...

The entry into force of the EU Regulation establishing limits on interchange fees for card-based transactions, (Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment ...

Due to the high demand for consumer credit in recent years, combined with the healthier state of the Spanish economy, which although slowing, continues to achieve one of the strongest growth rates in the EU, card issuers are more willing to lend ...

The shift from cash to card payments in Spain is benefiting debit cards, which remained by far the most popular payment card in retail value terms in 2019. Spanish consumers prefer these cards as a means of payment as they substitute the small ...