Staple Foods

Despite ongoing inflationary pressures, volume sales of processed meat, seafood, alternatives to meat saw moderate growth in 2023. This was due, to a large extent, to the continued recovery of foodservice, thanks to the normalisation of consumer…

Processed meat, seafood and alternatives to meat maintained dynamic growth in India in both retail volume and current value terms in 2023. Tofu and derivatives saw the strongest value growth in 2023. Increasing numbers of consumers are gravitating…

Processed meat, seafood and alternatives to meat is set to suffer a continued retail volume decline in 2023, although it is expected to maintain positive retail current value growth thanks to unit price increases, driven by inflationary pressures.…

While the war in Ukraine has led to supply disruptions, processed meat and seafood and alternatives to meat is expected to register moderate volume growth. That being said, constant value sales are expected to fall, as rising costs hit profit value…

Additional home-cooking during the pandemic lockdowns and foodservices closures saw sales spike in 2020. While measures to control the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) were still in place in 2021, performances slowed down in this year, with a return…

Despite strong competition from fresh fruits and vegetables, processed fruits/vegetables saw buoyant growth in volume terms in 2023, with foodservice driving this expansion. The influence of western-influenced dietary trends, such as the popularity…

Uzbekistan is a country that is famous for its warm climate, in which a large number of vegetables and fruits are grown. The country’s climate and topography are very suitable for growing a very wide variety of crops, with local specialties including…

Retail volume sales of processed fruit and vegetables continued to register moderate growth in 2023, despite the impact of inflation. Such products benefitted from the continuation of the home-cooking trend, which took off during the pandemic and…

The rebound of tourism after the pandemic era restrictions is helping to boost sales of processed vegetables, because such products are usually consumed by tourists or expats. On the other hand, Thai consumers do not often consider frozen vegetables…

Processed fruit and vegetables in Taiwan was impacted by the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and the subsequent rebound in travel and eating out. This shifted the location of demand as consumers resumed out-of-home lifestyles. Consumers were eager…