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Tea and Ready-to-Drink Tea: U.S. Retail Market, 6th Edition
Tea and Ready-to-Drink Tea: U.S. Retail Market, 6th Edition examines the market for packaged tea across the U.S. retail spectrum. Retail channels include supermarkets and grocery stores, convenience stores, supercenters/mass merchandisers, gourmet/specialty food stores, warehouse clubs, drugstores, and the Internet.
This report also focuses on retail packaged tea and not tea sold at foodservice, although some foodservice trends are touched upon.
Executive Summary
Scope of Report
Report Methodology
Tea Sales Rise to $7.3 billion
Table Tea Sales in the U.S., 2011-2015 (in billions of dollars and percent)
Tea by Channel
IRI-tracked Tea Shoots Up
Table IRI-Tracked Sales of Tea: Overall and by Segment, 2016 (in millions)
Looking Ahead
Table Tea Sales in the U.S., 2016-2020 (in billions of dollars and percent)
Tea Culture Blossoms
Functional: The Next Wave
Consumer Shifts Create Opportunity and Peril
Powerhouse Brands Target RTD Tea
Tea Market Share Spread Out
Marketing Trends
Product Trends
Retail Trends
Tea Market Share Spread Out
Tea Consumption Trends
Hot and Cold Tea Usage by Gender
Table Tea Usage by Gender, 2016
Tea Trends & Opportunities
Key Opportunities
Tea Culture Blossoms
Gourmet Gear
Functional: The Next Wave
Factors to Market Growth
Consumer Shifts Create Opportunity and Peril
Powerhouse Brands Target RTD Tea
Market Size and Projections
Market Size and Segmentation
Tea Sales Rise to $7.3 billion
Table Tea Sales in the U.S., 2011-2015 (in billions of dollars and percent)
Tea by Channel
Table Share of U.S. Sales of Tea by Channel, 2016 (percent)
IRI-tracked Tea Shoots Up
Table IRI-Tracked Sales of Tea: Overall and by Segment, 2016 (in millions)
Looking Ahead
Table Projected Tea Sales in the U.S., 2016-2020 (in billions of dollars and percent)
The Marketers
Marketer Shares
Tea Market Share Spread Out
Table Top Marketers of Tea at Food, Drug and Mass Merchandisers, 2016 (in millions)
Pepsi Lipton Tea Partnership Tops RTD Tea
Table Top Marketers of Canned and Bottled Tea, 2016 (in millions)
Table Biggest Canned and Bottled Tea Brand Line Gainers, 2016 (in millions)
Gold Peak Tops Refrigerated Tea
Table Top Marketers of Refrigerated Tea, 2016 (in millions)
Table Biggest Refrigerated Tea Brand Line Gainers, 2016 (in millions)
Lipton Tops Bagged/Loose Tea Segment
Table Top Marketers of Tea (Bags/Loose), 2016 (in millions)
Table Biggest Tea (Bags/Loose) Brand Line Gainers, 2016 (in millions)
Four Players with Double Digit Share in Single-Cup Tea
Table Top Marketers of Single-Cup Tea, 2016 (in millions)
Table Biggest Single-Cup Tea Brand Line Gainers, 2016 (in millions)
Private Label Tea Market Feels the Pain
Table Private Label Tea, 2016 (in millions)
Marketing and New Product Trends
Range of Approaches
Global Positioning at Lipton
Experiential Effort for Lipton Sparkling Ice Tea
Pure Leaf Moves into Television
Brisk Targets Urban Teens
Gold Peak Takes It Home
Snapple Goes Madcap
"Butterflyz" at Fuze
AriZona and Marketing
The Honesty Index
Celestial Makeover Misstep
Product Trends
Expanding Premium Tier
Natural Strategies
Sparkling Products in the Spotlight
Tea Lattes Proliferate
Exotic Flavor Directions
Specialty Teas Advancing
Matcha: The Superfood Tea
Unrest in Kombucha
Single-Serve Form
Instant Tea
Segmentation in Hot Tea
Retail Trends
Changing Retail Landscape
Consumer Mindsets Are Shifting
Developments in Mass Channels
Tea Retailers
Tea Cafés
Online Channel
The Tea Consumer
Tea Consumption Trends
Table Usage Rates for Leaf and Instant Tea, 2009-2016 (percent)
Table Usage Rates for Ready-to-Drink Tea, 2009-2016 (percent)
Hot and Cold Tea Usage by Gender
Table Tea Usage Rates by Gender, 2016
Gender Differences in Frequency of Consumption
Table Number of Tea or Tea Drinks Consumed Per Day: Overall and by Gender, 2016
Tea Channel Shopping by Gender
Table Tea Purchasing Patterns by Retail Channel: By Gender, 2016
Tea Type Preferences
Table Caffeinated vs. Decaffeinated vs. Herbal Tea Consumption Patterns, 2016
Table Tea Usage Rates by Form: Overall and by Age Bracket, 2016
Table Types of Tea Drunk at Home: Overall and by Age Bracket, 2016
Table Types of Tea at Drunk at Restaurants/Cafes: Overall and by Age Bracket, 2016
Table Types of Tea Drunk Most Often at Home or Restaurants/Cafes: Overall and by Age Bracket, 2016
Brand Preference Trends
Table Regular Tea (in Bags or Packages) Consumption Trends by Brand, 2008-2016 (percent)