Category: Food
Bulgaria Food
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Staple Foods in Bulgaria
... are showing minimal or flat growth in terms volume. At the same time, product costs remain high despite inflation slowing down, thanks to continuous increases in labour salaries. Increased wages are, however, supporting consumption, with ... Read More
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Rice, Pasta and Noodles in Bulgaria
... significant type of pasta available, fresh pasta that can be cooked at home and readymade pasta delivered to homes are rising, as is pasta consumption through foodservice. Rice continues to be the most substantial segment, ... Read More
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Baked Goods in Bulgaria
... maturity and intensified threat from artisanal bread, which is benefitting from bakeries combining retail sales with foodservice. Per capita growth in bread generally is limited due to Bulgaria’s declining population, which is falling well ahead ... Read More
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Processed Fruit and Vegetables in Bulgaria
... faster than volume sales, driven by reduced local production of fruits and vegetables and resultant higher prices. This is benefitting importing shelf stable processed vegetables in particular, thanks to favourable prices. More broadly, the increased ... Read More
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Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives To Meat in Bulgaria
... is in turn driven by perishable sausage products, which are still sold mostly in bulk by weight. Chilled process red meat is suffering from increasingly low-quality products sold through retail chains – a result of ... Read More
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Breakfast Cereals in Bulgaria
... on a par thanks to stabilising prices and subsiding inflation, along with greater penetration of low-cost private labels. Children's breakfast cereals is benefitting from high levels of media communication and increasingly healthy options providing easy ... Read More
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Food & Grocery Retailing in Bulgaria: Market Snapshot to 2028
... retailing. The report provides an opinion to help companies in the retail industry better understand the changes in their environment, seize opportunities and formulate crucial business strategies. Scope Historic and forecast retail sales value for ... Read More
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Sports Drinks in Bulgaria
... remained negligible at the end of the review period. The demand for drinks containing vitamins and offering alternatives to carbonated options boosted the appeal of regular sports drinks in the off-trade channel. Health-conscious consumers looked ... Read More
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Sweet Spreads in Bulgaria
... Bulgaria over 2024, salaries continued to increase, and packaging and transportation costs remained high for manufacturers, thus putting upward pressure on price. The only category to witness sales decline was jams and preserves, mainly due ... Read More
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Edible Oils in Bulgaria
... droughts in major producing countries and subsequent reduction in olive oil supply. As a result, many brands like Olitalia, Cirio, and Borges almost disappeared from the market. Shortages were also evident in private label, which ... Read More
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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Bulgaria
... 2024 as average unit prices remained high. Although the rate of inflation has decreased in Bulgaria, production costs remained high, and this kept price elevated. On the other hand, rising wages is supporting purchasing power ... Read More
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Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Bulgaria
... years. Current value sales were upbeat as prices remained at a high level following the period of high inflation when increased production costs and salaries drive up unit prices. Most of the volume sales decline ... Read More
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Meals and Soups in Bulgaria
... over the counter. Shelf-stable ready meals and dried and shelf-stable soups are suffering from growing concerns about processed foods, notably due to the wide number of ingredients used and the availability of artificial preservatives and ... Read More
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Weight Management and Wellbeing in Bulgaria
... weight management products. The increasing number of people leading a sedentary lifestyle and looking for quick and easy weight loss solutions is driving demand, especially among women. As there is a constant pressure to maintain ... Read More
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Sports Nutrition in Bulgaria
... is supporting sales growth as consumers look to improve daily nutrition. Traditionally, athletes were the main target audience for sports nutrition products, but the growing interest in exercise and healthy snacks is extending consumer interest. ... Read More
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Food & Grocery Retail in Bulgaria
... also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Key Highlights The food & grocery retail market is segmented into household products, tobacco, food, and ... Read More
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Bulgaria Butter and Spreads
... oil, which is much cheaper. At the same time, butter sales decreased slightly, almost flatlining because of its wider usage for sandwiches and traditional breakfasts with toast. Moreover, butter was regularly offered at significant discounts, ... Read More
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Bulgaria Cheese
... almost all categories, except for spreadable cheese, grew in current value terms as prices remained at a relatively high level due to increased production costs and retailers’ overheads related to the increased minimum and average ... Read More
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Bulgaria Other Dairy
... frais and quark subcategories. Most retail prices have risen less than in the latter half of the review period than in the first half due to decreased rates of inflation. However, they continued to increase ... Read More
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Bulgaria Dairy Products and Alternatives
... production costs, and retailers’ overheads. Average unit prices remained high, but improved incomes meant the consumption of most dairy products did not significantly decline. Many categories remained flat or slightly declined only in volume terms, ... Read More
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Bulgaria Yoghurt and Sour Milk Products
... and the most significant category in dairy, has little growth potential per capita. Moreover, yoghurt prices remained high due to increased production costs and retailers’ overheads. This negatively impacted volume consumption but saw current value ... Read More
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Bulgaria Baby Food
... the nutritional value they offer babies and the convenience factor. Additionally, 2023 was the first year in ten years with a positive birth rate in Bulgaria, which further contributed to the growth of the baby ... Read More
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Bulgaria Plant-Based Dairy
... reducing their consumption of dairy products in general. The majority of these consumers consider plant-based dairy alternatives healthier, but many gravitate towards them for ecological and ethical reasons, or because of allergies. Another driver for ... Read More
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Bulgaria Gum
... product and thus it has been impacted by higher transportation fees. The category is still in the process of recovering from the huge drop in sales seen during the start of the pandemic when consumers ... Read More
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Bulgaria Sugar Confectionery
... which have remained high after rising sharply in 2023. The return of El Niño and the warmer and drier weather in sugar producing countries limited the sugar supply in 2023, and although the supply chain ... Read More
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