Category: Food & Beverage
Africa Food & Beverage
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Breakfast Cereals in Morocco
... cost and less satisfying nature compared to traditional alternatives. Many consumers have switched to lower-priced brands like Sante, Revey, and private label brands such as Marjane and Casino, eroding the market share of pricier brands ... Read More
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Processed Fruit and Vegetables in Egypt
... a small increase in retail volume sales, with divergences in category terms, and a dynamic increase in retail current value sales. The limited growth in retail volume sales, with some categories seeing decreases, is largely ... Read More
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Staple Foods in Morocco
... resulting in reduced domestic demand amid inflationary pressures. Notably, the prices of raw materials and consumer goods, especially energy products, reached unprecedented highs, leading to an increase in imported inflation. Consumer goods saw a notable ... Read More
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Edible Oils in Tunisia
... The significance of the Ministry of Trade in Tunisia, particularly in the vegetable oil category, cannot be overstated. The National Office for Trade (OCT) provides subsidised oils in traditional grocery retailers that are sold for ... Read More
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Meals and Soups in South Africa
... of inflationary price rises. The growing demand for healthy and convenient ready meals from more affluent consumers has been continuing to drive stable growth in demand through retail. Volume growth has also continued as continuous ... Read More
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Edible Oils in Kenya
... government's imposition of a 25% import tariff on edible oils. This policy move has had a cascading effect, forcing consumers to grapple with elevated prices. As a result, the year 2023 has seen a noticeable ... Read More
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Edible Oils in Cameroon
... rationing. Discussion are still ongoing regarding Cameroon’s other prominent edible oil, that is cotton seed oil, which is selling at the elevated price of FCFA1,700 per litre. Despite intense pressure from Sodecoton, the producer of ... Read More
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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Tunisia
... in the country. This upward trend in prices continued to impact volume sales and demand across most categories, whilst value sales recorded significant growth. Traditional grocery retailers remained the leading channel in 2023; however, an ... Read More
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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Morocco
... prices, explained by the weakness of global demand. The national economy has witnessed a marked slowdown in its economic growth under the combined effects of drought and inflation. This led to a slowdown in domestic ... Read More
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Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Kenya
... price increases. One noteworthy brand in this segment is Knorr, which continues to enjoy popularity among consumers. However, Kenafric Industries' Oyo has been gaining momentum, primarily due to its competitive pricing. Oyo's affordability factor has ... Read More
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Edible Oils in Morocco
... the blow of hot arid winds (Chergui) from the desert in April and May, which precipitated the falling off the leaves of the olives. Low production was also compounded by the high prices of inputs, ... Read More
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Meals and Soups in Nigeria
... as consumers focused on essentials and sought to cut spending in a challenging economic environment, demand declined. Nevertheless, as the income base for these categories is comprised of fairly higher income consumers, the rate of ... Read More
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Sweet Spreads in Cameroon
... a long-standing presence has built up strong customer loyalty. In addition, its global owner, Tiger Brands, regularly undertakes marketing campaigns to support the brand, especially during the Easter and September peak sales periods in an ... Read More
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Meals and Soups in Cameroon
... soup are also considered to be unnecessarily expensive products and this also contributes to low consumer interest. Dry soup is the only product with any significant presence, but value sales are still low. Furthermore, as ... Read More
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Sauces, Dips and Condiments in South Africa
... recipe sauces is set to experience moderate growth, as consumers have been seeking quick and convenient meal solutions. Boosting the performance further is scheduled power outages, which have encouraged consumers to seek quick meal solutions. ... Read More
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Meals and Soups in Egypt
... of raw materials, ingredients, and energy, alongside the depreciation of the EGP. The currency factor means it is even more expensive than ever for Egyptian businesses to import raw materials, leading to increases in the ... Read More
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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Kenya
... while cutting back on impulse or non-essential purchases. For example, the cost of edible oils remains high due to a substantial increase in 2022. Prices are unlikely to decrease, as the Kenyan government has imposed ... Read More
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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in South Africa
... as consumers, as it has been implemented almost every day in 2023, averaging at stage 4 for the year (at the time of writing this report), which means that consumers experience power cuts for three ... Read More
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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Uganda
... is putting pressure on incomes thus limiting stronger growth, with consumers focusing on their primary needs. Meanwhile, the government is investing more in local production, especially within edible oils, with the aim to reduce the ... Read More
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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Cameroon
... government coffers and helped stabilise the economy. However, ongoing civil conflict, as well as widespread poverty, restrains growth in cooking ingredients and this continues into 2023. With this background, cooking ingredients is expected to register ... Read More
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Edible Oils in South Africa
... vegetable and seed oils have started to normalise over 2023, with prices falling significantly. Exports of sunflower oil from Ukraine have resumed despite the continuation of the war, and this, combined with local production, yielded ... Read More
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Sweet Spreads in South Africa
... due to price rises. Apart from the rising price of sweet spreads, the main reason for the expectation of decline in sweet spreads in 2023 is that rising wheat prices have resulted in exceptionally strong ... Read More
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Meals and Soups in Morocco
... of taste, sensitive to price and, to a lesser extent, health and wellness benefits, the demand for ready meals remained low at the end of the review period. Ready meals tend to be consumed occasionally ... Read More
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Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Morocco
... of the review period. The drought and the severe cold winter weather severely impacted local production. Besides, strong global demand pushed Moroccan producers to export their tomato production instead of selling it on the national ... Read More
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Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Tunisia
... and investment in processing facilities. Tomato price increases due to adverse weather conditions affecting crop yields, challenges in cultivation and harvesting processes, and fluctuations in supply and demand are also contributing to the overall price ... Read More
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