Category: Food & Beverage
Europe Food & Beverage
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Greece Sugar Confectionery
... and attract health-conscious consumers, many confectioners are being compelled to promote the health-related benefits of their sugar confectionery, while there is a growing demand for sugar substitutes, like stevia. One product area to benefit from ... Read More
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Slovakia Ice Cream
... is being balanced out by warm weather and out-of-home lifestyles attracting consumers to ice cream. Added to which, to maintain the perception of relative price stability, retailers reduced pack sizes and foodservice establishments adopted smaller ... Read More
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Austria Sugar Confectionery
... remained stable in 2024. The demand for sugar confectionery varies from product to product. Those positioned in line with health and wellness trends fared better than others. Health claims including sugar free, reduced sugar, or ... Read More
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Ukraine Sugar Confectionery
... company offers the most favourably priced products in comparison to the majority of imported brands, like Haribo, thanks to local manufacturing and less impact from currency devaluation. Further, the domestic player boasts a wide product ... Read More
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Greece Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks
... prices. Indeed, some products in the category have almost doubled in price in the last year, rendering them more of a luxury purchase. However, certain offerings have steadily gained favour among consumers, capitalising on a ... Read More
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Ukraine Gum
... Dirol (Mondelez) in supermarkets and convenience stores. This is keeping their famous brands at affordable prices and helping to boost impulse purchases of chewing gum, which is usually located by tills. Euromonitor International's Gum in ... Read More
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Greece Chocolate Confectionery
... price rises, as input costs spiral to an all-time high. Cacao prices, for example, surged at the beginning of the year, thanks to unfavourable weather conditions in West Africa, home to a significant proportion of ... Read More
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Slovakia Savoury Snacks
... seeking price promotions and discounts, notably so in the popular subcategory of potato chips. Indeed, in this context, private labels hold high places in potato chips, with Lidl (Lidl Slovenská Republika vos) in third brand ... Read More
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Slovakia Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks
... unit price growth. That said, while sweet biscuits is seeing a volume slump, fruit snacks and snack bars are faring better in volume sales thanks to aligning with rising health and wellness trends. Consumers are ... Read More
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Ukraine Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks
... 2022, mostly driven by imported goods, as its local factory is located close to the Russian border in Trostyanets in the Sumy region, open to danger from frequent air attacks. As a result, the player ... Read More
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Slovakia Sugar Confectionery
... consumers welcome price-based promotions and discounts, also helping to support sales of private labels such as Lidl (Lidl Slovenská Republika vos), Tesco (Tesco Stores SR as), and others. However, the big players remain in the ... Read More
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Austria Ice Cream
... new, interesting flavours. In addition, sales are dependent on the weather with the warmer spring and autumn boosting volume sales. In line with the health and wellness and sustainability trend, plant-based ice cream is set ... Read More
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Belgium Savoury Snacks
... household budgets, with purchasing power compromised by the high cost of living. Price sensitivity pushed consumers further towards private label products. The higher cost of eating out in foodservice also pushed consumers towards more drinking ... Read More
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Croatia Chocolate Confectionery
... and inflation in 2023 has had a noticeable impact on Croatian consumers' purchasing power in 2024. As a result, shoppers are demonstrating a heightened interest in price promotions and discounts offered by retailers to capture ... Read More
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Croatia Savoury Snacks
... 2023 due to soaring energy and input costs. Major brands like Intersnack and PepsiCo implemented a strategy of reducing pack sizes while maintaining or increasing unit prices to manage these rising expenses. This trend is ... Read More
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The Czech Republic Sugar Confectionery
... flu. With COVID-19 no longer in place other seasonal viruses such as cold and flu are once again spreading with this being a key driver of demand for medicated confectionery. Unlike other types of sugar ... Read More
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Austria Chocolate Confectionery
... of commodities. In particular, the steep increase in cocoa prices forced chocolate confectionery manufacturers to increase average unit prices of their products. The cost of sugar remains high in 2024 putting upward pressure on price. ... Read More
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Belgium Sugar Confectionery
... impulse products are amongst the first on which consumers compromise and cut their spending. With inflation falling in 2024, price stabilisation and the snacking trend is supporting volume sales, with the uptick in on-the-go lifestyles ... Read More
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Croatia Gum
... However, brand loyalty remains a crucial factor in this category, with consumers gravitating towards their preferred brands and flavours. This loyalty does not prevent price comparisons though, as consumers become increasingly cost-conscious. They are actively ... Read More
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Belgium Chocolate Confectionery
... effects of the inflation crisis still lingering Belgians proved more conservative with their spending and pressure on purchasing power was still strong in 2024. As a result, volume sales of chocolate confectionery suffered in 2024 ... Read More
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Ukraine Snacks
... progress still limited by current circumstances including inflation and decreased disposable incomes. Local consumers continue to shy away from impulse purchases and non-essentials. Ukrainians are also avoiding celebrations and limiting socialisation and are engaged in ... Read More
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Slovakia Snacks
... being better supported by ongoing unit price hikes, due to high commodity prices and production costs. However, we are starting to see some elements of stabilisation, which means retail volume is improving compared to the ... Read More
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Austria Snacks
... cocoa, potatoes and sugar remained costly for manufacturers. Total volume sales of snacks grew slightly in 2024 with a slightly better performance year on year. This healthy performance reflects stable consumer demand in most product ... Read More
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Belgium Snacks
... important determinant of consumer demand in 2024, driving moderate volume growth. At the same time, the trend towards indulgence and healthy snacking were relevant factors too amid increasingly busy lifestyles. Most snacks categories registered slight ... Read More
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Slovakia Gum
... to the commodity prices of sweeteners, volume is being supported by consumers’ return to their sociable, out-of-home lifestyles in the post-pandemic landscape. This is good news for gum, which benefits from indulgence purchases and visible ... Read More
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