Uruguay

Tea sales showed a moderate increase in total volume sales terms as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic increased home consumption. The off-trade increase has been able to offset the sluggish on-trade recovery in 2021. The moderate rebound in tea sales…

Towards the end of the review period, volume sales of concentrates showed a moderate decrease. The economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to rising unemployment rates in Uruguay and subsequent declining disposable incomes. As a…

After several years of continuous sluggish results, carbonates has returned to growth in 2021 due to the impact of COVID-19. More people worked and studied from home, which contributed to off-trade growth in the year. There was still low dining-out…

At the start of the pandemic in 2020, Uruguayan consumers were not as housebound as their counterparts in other regional markets; the government took a relatively light regulatory approach to managing the virus. However, most consumers responded…

Toilet care saw significant retail value and volume growth in 2020. COVID-19 triggered an elevated sense of hygiene-consciousness among consumers, benefiting sales of home care products including toilet care products. Moreover, with more time spent…

In 2020, laundry care responded exceptionally well to the COVID-19 pandemic in general as there was a greater concern surrounding hygiene which boosted demand. Although demand for laundry detergents was constant, school closures, home seclusion and…

Department store chain, Lojas Renner, is the only mixed retailer present in Uruguay in 2021 and while it posted very healthy current value growth in 2021, value sales were still lower than before the onset of COVID-19. 2020 was a difficult trading…

Air care portrayed a decline in 2020 in retail value and volume terms. Whereas other products in home care were able to capitalise on their disinfectant properties, thus encouraging sales during the pandemic, this was not the case in air care. Home…

Volume sales of sports drinks recovered from the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic fairly quickly over 2021. The main factor behind this recovery was the return to normality in the lives of consumers throughout Uruguay, although from March…

With the economy opening up in 2021 after the upheaval caused by the pandemic in 2020, retailing registered an increase in current value sales. However, its constant value growth was less, as inflation hit volume sales.

The Uruguayan economy showed mild recovery in 2021 after deep recession in 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Uruguay faces a contraction on the supply side linked to restrictions on internal and international mobility; as a result, the industry…

Wipes has seen very mixed performances by product type in 2020 and 2021 that are related to upended consumer habits as a result of the pandemic. Facial cleansing wipes, for example, saw volume sales collapse in 2020, as consumers working from home or…

Direct selling is on a downward trend and is losing out to online sales. As a result, for the second year running, direct selling registered a fall in constant value sales. Beauty and personal care continued to be by far the largest product area in…

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, shoe polish was largely considered an outdated product area that was declining in demand. In previous years, consumers used to buy a pair of shoes and try to maintain them so they would last as long as possible. One…

As in most countries in the world, COVID-19 shaped people’s lives and the economy in Uruguay in 2020. However, the impact of COVID-19 was relatively limited in terms of the infection rate and the number of casualties in the country. The government…

The juice industry was severely impacted by a lack of fruit, especially oranges, due to weather factors, with a notoriously lower harvest in volume versus previous years. In addition, COVID-19 drastically reduced employee numbers in the plantations…

Energy drinks’ off-trade sales recorded strong growth in 2021 with consumers continuing to spend more time at home and wanting an energy boost to get through their working day, and as the economy partially reopened from the recent crisis. On-trade…

With the partial closure of foodservice outlets, coffee is set to record further off-trade volume growth in 2021. With consumers set to remain wary of socialising in public for the first semester of 2021, on-trade sales are set to rebound at a slower…

Uruguay’s economy showed a mild recovery in 2021 following deep recession in 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The country faces a contraction on the supply side linked to restrictions on internal and international mobility; as a result, the…

In response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2021, RTD is set to record further decline in terms of volume sales. The main reason for this decline is its high price positioning as the pandemic has led to ongoing economic problems in 2021. The…