Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks

Like all other snacks categories, the performance of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks will be heavily influenced by the impact of price hikes on energy, fuel, and raw materials as well as the detrimental impact this inflation is having on…

Fruit snacks and sweet biscuits received a boost from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Consumers turned to dried fruit as a healthier snacking option, while the desire for indulgence and pampering during long periods in the home created snacking…

While many other countries have opened up and moved on from COVID-19 restrictions, the late arrival of the Omicron variant in New Zealand meant that certain restrictions remained in place well into the middle of 2022. Despite these having eased in…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks, which suffered a predictable small decline in retail volume sales in 2021, in view of the comparison with the spike witnessed in 2020, due to the positive effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19), is projected to…

The widespread rise in interest in vegan diets, underpinned by concerns about health, the environment and animal welfare, is proving particularly influential in the sweet biscuits snack bars and fruit snacks category. With consumers increasingly…

At the beginning of the pandemic, in 2020, social isolation measures and emergency aid provided by the federal government boosted the consumption of sweet biscuits at home. The main categories to see higher sales were the most basic ones, such as…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks, registered an improved performance in both volume and current value terms in 2022, thanks to the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, which led consumers to return to their out-of-home, on-the-go snacking…

Having weathered the impact of COVID-19 better than most categories in 2020, sweet biscuits has posted solid growth in retail volume and current value terms in 2021 and 2022. A key contributor to the category’s resilience is the consumer shift from…

While other areas on the snacks landscape saw a decline in sales during the pandemic, volume sales of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks rose as result of home seclusion. Many of its products are viewed as staples in Lithuania. Furthermore,…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks is witnessing a second year of strong growth as pandemic restrictions are completely lifted and consumers resume their normal professional and social lifestyles. Uzbek’s crave indulgent snacks such as sweet…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks generally performed well during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, recording positive, if slower, retail volume and current value growth in 2020, compared with 2019. Many of these snacks fitted with the…

Retail volume sales of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks continued to increase during 2022, albeit at a slightly more modest pace than in the previous year. However, the rate of growth in retail constant value sales (2022 prices) of sweet…

Although sales of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks were very negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, total volume growth remained positive throughout the pandemic. Retail volume, which holds a much larger share than foodservice, saw…

Producers continued to focus on developing products with widespread appeal among the Irish in 2022, such as plain biscuits and wafers which helping to drive current value growth in sweet biscuits. Indeed, sweet biscuits was the best performing…

All three categories, sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks, are expecting to see increases in production costs in 2022, due to the energy consumption involved in offering shelf stability. Sweet biscuits is likely to see the highest unit price…

Rising inflation, and increases in raw materials prices, labour costs, packaging costs and freight costs, have led to overall increases in operating costs for manufacturers of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks. Companies have not been able…

The prolonged period of home seclusion resulting from the COVID-19 related lockdown of 2020 boosted sales in the sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks category, especially of sweet biscuits, during the year. The following year saw some…

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect Thailand in 2021 with the government forced to continue using restriction policies such as national lockdowns, closure of public areas, and social distancing to contain its spread. This delayed the recovery…

Fruit snacks and dried fruit continue to see steady growth as French consumers opt for these perceived healthier snacks, which are also increasingly available in smaller and more accessible formats for snacking. Many supermarkets now sell dried fruit…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruits snacks is a sizeable product area in Algerian and while it is expected to register healthy current value growth, volume growth is expected to be lower than 2021, as significant inflation dampens volume demand. A…