The emergence of the pandemic and the pressure placed on small foodservice businesses, encouraged the government to offer economic support in the form of low interest loans for street stalls in Mexico City. Those who were either self-employed or ran small and medium-sized companies were able to apply for these loans, at approximately MXN25,000.
Street stalls/kiosks is traditionally a very strong consumer foodservice channel in Mexico. However, the pandemic lockdown and social distancing measures meant that many of these units had to close over 2020, resulting in significant declines across all indicators.
Street stalls/kiosks remained a highly fragmented competitive landscape in Mexico in 2021, dominated by independent players. Nevertheless, the category remains led by several chained operators, with Nutrisa, Coco Express, Chilim Balam, Pica Limón, and Creppaletas all closely competing for leadership.
A quick recovery is expected for street stalls/kiosks with both value sales and units/outlets set to exceed pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022. This is mostly driven by independent street stalls/kiosks (which will continue to dominate the channel), with chained operators not set to fully recovery until the following year.
The confidence of many consumers visiting street stalls/kiosks will rely on such outlets meeting sanitary requirements. Many consumers will continue to be concerned about exposure to COVID-19 from a street stall/kiosk, with such outlets unlikely to follow the same sanitary procedures as more established restaurants.
Street stalls/kiosks is likely to continue to struggle to adapt to new trends in foodservice such as home delivery and partnerships with last-mile delivery providers. Delivery has proven too expensive, and the types of foods that many of these operators offer are not conducive to travelling.
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Street Stalls/Kiosks
Small, sometimes mobile, foodservice providers characterised by a limited product offering and by low prices. Includes street stalls, street hawkers and foodservice kiosks where food is prepared in some way and served through a hatch or over a display counter to take away. Also includes kiosks and carts located externally or internally eg in shopping malls etc. As a rule, street stalls/kiosks outlets tend to be smaller than 100% home delivery/takeaway outlets, while menus are more limited, often (though certainly not always) with a greater emphasis on snack items, rather than full meals.
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