Read in-depth analysis on the key trends shaping demand across in...
Read in-depth analysis on the key trends shaping demand across industries, consumers and national markets, with insight and market statistics that offer global strategic coverage.
After growth held up quite well during the first two years of the pandemic, only a modest sales increase was recorded in 2022, given all three of the biggest markets in the Asia Pacific region were in decline in this year. While the Chinese market…
Environmental concerns over the future of the planet are changing the perspectives on food. An increasingly conscious consumer base wants products that are committed to areas like animal welfare, fighting food waste, plastic pollution, organic…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had an unprecedented impact on food and nutrition, an industry that was already in a continuous pattern of change. Through extensive worldwide research, a series of Strategic Themes reshaping the global market had…
Special diets remain an important tool for weight management. The majority of followers of keto, low-carb and paleo diets are young, educated consumers without major health issues, which makes special diets a preventative measure and a part of a…
As the cost-of-living crisis carries on, pricing moderation, volume recovery, and attending to heightened value perceptions have become priority across snacks. The disinflation process has begun but is likely to land differently across markets and…
Snack sales are still being impacted by unprecedented historic events (eg the COVID-19 pandemic, war and inflation). The latest updates to Snacks Industry Forecast Model suggest that with prices on the rise, sales are expected to see a slowdown in…
Western European snacks sales were relatively unaffected by the pandemic, other than showing a slight demand spike in retail value terms when COVID-19 hit the region in 2020. However, high inflation in the post-pandemic period negatively impacted the…
Healthy growth rates were recorded in both volume and value terms in the Middle East and Africa snacks market in 2023. This followed stagnating volume sales and a decline in real value terms in 2022, when consumers in many countries were seeing their…
After the sales decline seen in 2020, due to the restrictions implemented when COVID-19 hit the region, Latin America has since been recording positive volume and value growth. While new regulations are being introduced across the region that require…
After a return to healthy growth in 2021, following the pandemic-induced decline in 2020, snacks sales were again negatively impacted by COVID-19 in 2022, as case numbers spiked in China, the region’s biggest market. However, although volume sales…