Confectionery Market Research Reports & Industry Analysis
Confectionery is sold through one of the broadest spectrums of retail channels of any food product. These channels include supermarkets, grocery stores, mass merchandisers, drugstores, convenience stores, gourmet/specialty stores (including chocolate stores, bulk candy stores, specialty food stores, kitchenware stores, and chains owned by companies that both manufacture and retail chocolate), department stores, health and natural food stores, warehouse clubs, bakeries, coffeehouses and cafés, ethnic markets, movie theaters, kiosks and tobacco stores, card and gift shops, toy stores, office supply stores, florists, transportation terminals, mail-order catalogs, online stores on the Internet, and many others, as well as vending machines and street vendors.
Confectionary sales typically peak at holidays, including Christmas, Hanukkah, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Halloween, and confections are historically welcome as gifts and popular as self-indulgences. As a result,
MarketResearch.com’s catalog of reports focusing on confectionery also includes research on the burgeoning food gifting industry, which is expected to see healthy gains through 2016 and beyond.
Confectionery Industry Research & Market Reports
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Chocolate Confectionery in Canada
... have gained popularity. Moreover, there has been a notable shift towards healthier indulgence in the post-COVID-19 era, with consumers paying increased attention to product labels and seeking options with reduced sugar content and functional benefits. ... Read More
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Gum in Belgium
... which led to a steep decline in sales of gum, posing challenges to the category’s growth trajectory. Chewing gum, sales of which are directly proportional to social interactions, bore the brunt of this impact. Nonetheless, ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Belgium
... social events such as weddings and corporate gatherings, the demand for chocolate for gifting decreased. Sales of chocolate in Belgium fell in both retail volume and current value terms in 2020. This decline was primarily ... Read More
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Gum in Malaysia
... compared to the previous year. A key contributing factor to this trend is the prevailing inflation, which has dampened consumers' propensity to spend on non-essential or indulgence products such as chewing gum. With a constrained ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Vietnam
... were forced to reduce their expenditure on discretionary items, including items of sugar confectionery, which are usually purchased on impulse during shopping trips. While manufacturers tried to their best to limit any price increases, they ... Read More
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Gum in Thailand
... and Clorets brands (albeit with smaller shares), while the other main player is The Wrigley Co (Thailand) Ltd, with the Doublemint and 5 brands (again with smaller shares). It is also noted that consumers are ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Malaysia
... hot weather, local consumers turned to these products as preventative measures against the risk of sore throat and other illnesses. This rise in demand has been further bolstered by the increasing medical costs and tightening ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Singapore
... intake, as well as seeking to avoid unnecessary additives and chemicals in the snacks they consume. Hence, this shift in consumer preference has led to a decline in the popularity of some types of sugar ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Malaysia
... is showing a particular focus on diversifying its product offerings - strategy evident with the launch of Kit Kat Dark Cookies towards the end of the review period; the new variant offers a novel flavour ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Thailand
... (Thailand) Co Ltd) takes the lead brand place, followed by Jele (VS Foods Marketing Co Ltd), being the only two brands holding double-digit shares. Medicated confectionery is a strong area in the overall category, with ... Read More
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Gum in Vietnam
... to become more frugal with their spending and prioritise necessities above non-essential items, including gum, which is usually purchased on impulse during shopping trips. Gum also faces increasing competition from alternative oral hygiene products, such ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Singapore
... as reducing production costs by pushing product ranges which are lower-cost, or reformulating their existing product ranges to refresh the products with lower-cost ingredients. Increasingly, many companies have been adding wafers or fruits into their ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Thailand
... country. As such, this revival is benefitting snacks – including chocolate. Indeed, chocolate confectionery is seeing healthy growth across the main subcategories, such as tablets, and chocolate pouches and bags. The success of tablets is ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Vietnam
... disposable income to spend on non-essential items, including chocolate confectionery, which limited growth within the category as a whole. Indeed, chocolate confectionery is widely considered to comprise of inherently high-priced, imported products, despite the fact ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in the United Kingdom
... which led to increasing costs in transportation, energy, labour and raw materials, such as sugar, milk and cocoa beans. At the same time, local consumers experienced shrinking disposable incomes due to the rising prices of ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in the United Kingdom
... effective since October. Mints and medicated confectionery maintained their positive growth trajectories due to their breath-freshening qualities as consumers spent greater time socialising in person compared to 2021, while pastilles, gummies, jellies and chews benefited ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in the Philippines
... in August 2022 and the return to more active lives away from the home has contributed to the increased demand for sugar confectionery in the Philippines, but particularly boiled sweets and standard mints. Brands such ... Read More
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Gum in the United Kingdom
... and spending greater time outside of the home, gum recorded double-digit growth rates. The category benefited from its breath- freshening qualities and its heavy reliance on impulse sales, which also started to recover in the ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Algeria
... As price sensitivity is rising and worsened by the unfavourable global economic downturn, many products are being cut from household shopping lists. In addition, price rises have been noted, which has further challenged retail volume ... Read More
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Gum in Australia
... strong negative impact on the category, as Australia experienced tough restrictions and heightened anxiety around outbreaks of the virus. The wearing of masks during the pandemic also reduced the consumption occasions for gum, as well ... Read More
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Gum in China
... offline sales and limited product availability. Moreover, with consumers shifting towards online shopping in response to the pandemic, impulse purchases of gum at checkouts were severely negatively impacted, further dampening sales. However, with the gradual ... Read More
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Gum in Japan
... falling number of smokers, who are a key consumer group for the category. Moreover, the competition with other snacks, such as pastilles, gummies, jellies and chews, has been tough, as this category sees frequent innovation ... Read More
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Gum in South Korea
... 2022, despite the easing of the mask mandate, sales of gum did not see growth as expected, as people still needed to wear masks in public spaces, creating an inconvenient experience of constantly taking them ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Japan
... to higher unit prices, as companies such as Kanro, Meiji, Ezaki Glico, and Morinaga & Co, are raising the prices of their sugar confectionery products due to the rising costs of raw materials and energy. ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in China
... chocolate confectionery is expected to return to growth in 2023. With the reopening of bricks-and-mortar stores and the recovery of logistics, sales of chocolate confectionery are expected to rebound, benefiting from the increase in product ... Read More
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