Meals and Soups in Japan

Meals and Soups in Japan


In May 2023, COVID-19 was reclassified as a class 5 infectious disease, which is the same level as influenza. The restrictions on group activities that had been in place since the first pandemic in February 2020 were therefore finally relaxed in Japan. As a result, more consumers returned to the office, and sales of chilled ready meals continued their rebound, returning to around the pre-pandemic level of retail volume sales. Chilled ready meals such as convenience store bento boxes, which are p...

Euromonitor International's Meals and Soups in Japan report offers in-depth knowledge of the market at a national level, providing local insight and understanding unavailable elsewhere. In addition to the latest retail sales data 2018-2022, it identifies the leading companies, brands and retail outlets, and assesses the key trends and demographic shifts behind consumer demand and sales growth. How key trends such as health and wellness, sustainability and recovery from the pandemic are shaping the market in <|Year|> directly informs our forecasts to 2027, clearly indicating how the market is expected to change.

Product coverage: Food Kits, Pizza, Prepared Salads, Ready Meals, Soup.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

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Meals and Soups in Japan
Euromonitor International
December 2023
List Of Contents And Tables
MEALS AND SOUPS IN JAPAN
KEY DATA FINDINGS
2023 DEVELOPMENTS
More time in the office leads to winners and losers in meals and soups
Meiji withdraws from frozen pizza in 2023
Convenience store chains continue to dominate ready meals
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Japanese consumers expected to continue to focus on price advantages
Ajinomoto’s launch of reduced salt frozen ready meals could be a game-changer for the reduced salt space
The use of plant-based ingredients expected to continue to expand
CATEGORY DATA
Table 1 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2018-2023
Table 2 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2018-2023
Table 3 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2018-2023
Table 4 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2018-2023
Table 5 Sales of Chilled Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2018-2023
Table 6 Sales of Frozen Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2018-2023
Table 7 Sales of Soup by Leading Flavours: Rankings 2018-2023
Table 8 NBO Company Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2019-2023
Table 9 LBN Brand Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2020-2023
Table 10 Distribution of Meals and Soups by Format: % Value 2018-2023
Table 11 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2023-2028
Table 12 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2023-2028
Table 13 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2023-2028
Table 14 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2023-2028
COOKING INGREDIENTS AND MEALS IN JAPAN
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Cooking ingredients and meals in 2023: The big picture
Key trends in 2023
Competitive landscape
Channel developments
What next for cooking ingredients and meals?
MARKET DATA
Table 15 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2018-2023
Table 16 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2018-2023
Table 17 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2018-2023
Table 18 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2018-2023
Table 19 NBO Company Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2019-2023
Table 20 LBN Brand Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2020-2023
Table 21 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2018-2023
Table 22 Distribution of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Format: % Value 2018-2023
Table 23 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2023-2028
Table 24 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2023-2028
Table 25 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2023-2028
Table 26 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2023-2028
DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
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