Category: Food & Beverage
France Food & Beverage
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Juice in France
... high prices. Overall, the category is facing a combination of structural challenges, with limited scope for recovery. To start, the “sugar bashing” trend is negatively influencing the perception of juice due to its high sugar ... Read More
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Concentrates in France
... cost of sugar and imported fruits, with players passing on these cost increases to their end customers and being less active in price-based promotions. Ultimately, this means that concentrates are no longer perceived as an ... Read More
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Carbonates in France
... event of the Paris Olympics 2024, which was also sponsored by Coca-Cola, leading to an influx of visitors to the locale. That said, sales are suppressed from their potential due to a confluence of factors. ... Read More
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Energy Drinks in France
... carbonates or sports drinks. Energy drinks tends to recruit a growing range of consumers and enjoy frequency of purchases and, while the main consumer base tends to be Millennials and Gen Z, such products are ... Read More
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Soft Drinks in France
... Regarding high unit prices, we note that products such as sugar and imported fruits are still costly, thus keeping costs high despite signs of overall inflation improving. It is also noted that soft drinks also ... Read More
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Sports Drinks in France
... small category in the country, with few players and brands available. Indeed, Powerade (Coca-Cola Entreprises SA) holds the dominant share, which was further supported by Coca-Cola being a key sponsor of the Paris Olympic Games ... Read More
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Bottled Water in France
... the cost of packaging, alongside a number of rising factors from “plastic bashing” to health concerns to competition from tap water stored in gourds. Added to which, in a cross-category trend, it is noted that ... Read More
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RTD Coffee in France
... Indeed, it is noted that RTD coffee is becoming less popular due to the high costs of packaging, sugar, and the coffee itself pushing up unit prices. Added to which, RTD coffee faces direct competition ... Read More
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RTD Tea in France
... a confluence of factors, from the poor weather for part of the year, with warm weather key to the consumption of RTD tea, through to inflationary pressures and high unit prices. We also note a ... Read More
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Tea in France
... note that, whilst tea is consumed in foodservice, it is not as widespread as coffee throughout the café culture. Regarding high prices, we note that both tea itself and packaging have increased in cost, however, ... Read More
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Hot Drinks in France
... impacted retail sales of hot drinks, although we are starting to see signs of volume growth creeping back towards positive figures, while value is slowing down overall in relation to lowering levels of inflation. Meanwhile, ... Read More
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Other Hot Drinks in France
... follows a cross-category trend seen in hot drinks more generally, in line with lowering consumption at home in the post-pandemic landscape, within which foodservice has rebounded. In other hot drinks, cost increases have been caused ... Read More
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Coffee in France
... help support volume over value. Whilst sales are trending back towards a more positive volume performance, coffee continues to face some challenges. Coffee is a mature category in France, drunk by many consumers and with ... Read More
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Packaging Industry in France
... environmental concerns and changing consumer demands. For example, major beverage companies like Coca-Cola Europacific Partners are actively promoting recyclable materials, such as the introduction of a universal 250ml returnable glass bottle, wh... Euromonitor International's Packaging ... Read More
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Breakfast Cereals in France
... price hikes seen in 2022 and 2023. Private label products have also helped to drive volume growth with consumers. This particularly true in hot cereals where many consumers see little difference between private label and ... Read More
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Edible Oils in France
... Spain being a major provider of olive oil to France. This affected the harvest, reduced supply, and led to significant price hikes in olive oil. Therefore, with this product now priced out of the range ... Read More
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Sweet Spreads in France
... and seed based spreads is robust in both value and volume terms, while chocolate spreads is also seeing a positive, albeit not as strong, performance. These areas are supported by the indulgence aspect of chocolate ... Read More
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Staple Foods in France
... As a result, volume sales have dropped in some categories of staple foods such as chilled processed seafood and packaged cakes as consumers have looked to make savings. Nonetheless, some other categories such as dried ... Read More
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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in France
... high due to inflationary pressures and supply chain issues in some instances (eg edible oils, honey), which supports value sales but hinders the potential in volume growth. Added to which, budget-conscious consumers are adapting their ... Read More
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Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives To Meat in France
... increase in sales in retail volume terms. The category had been struggling earlier in the review period due to the negative impact of Avian flu as well as price increases related to the rising cost ... Read More
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Baked Goods in France
... remained priced between EUR2-3 per packet. As such, demand has remained stable with volume sales having seen a slight increase in 2023 and 2024, unlike many other products within baked goods which have seen a ... Read More
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Rice, Pasta and Noodles in France
... from main dishes to soups, salads and more. With many households feeling the pinch towards the end of the review period as France experienced high inflation and spiralling prices an increasing number of consumers turned ... Read More
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Sauces, Dips and Condiments in France
... leading consumers to switch away from certain products or trade down. This generally means value sales are better supported, whereas volume sales are somewhat challenged. For example, cooking ingredients and condiments is seeing the strongest ... Read More
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Processed Fruit and Vegetables in France
... tomatoes and shelf stable vegetables reported a slight decline in retail volume terms. Prices rose sharply across processed fruit and vegetables towards the end of the review period and while inflation has stabilised in 2024 ... Read More
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Meals and Soups in France
... home more often again, both for budgetary and health reasons. One of the reasons for this depressed outlook for ready meals, in particular, is that private label is not strong in the category and did ... Read More
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