Category: Food
Europe Food
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Finland Cheese
... maturer and more adventurous tasting cheeses are perceived as festive and special. Different flavours, various maturing levels, and snacking cheeses are generating consumer interest. Moreover, cheeses designed for quick and easy food preparation are gaining ... Read More
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The Netherlands Yoghurt and Sour Milk Products
... been performing well with retail volume growth projected for 2024. Research by the leading player Royal FrieslandCampina shows that the number of Dutch consumers who eat yoghurt for breakfast has almost doubled since 2016. Roughly ... Read More
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The Netherlands Butter and Spreads
... and exploring other meal options, such eating yoghurt or quark for breakfast. This means bread is a less popular item on the breakfast and lunch table and this has a negative impact on the development ... Read More
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The Czech Republic Butter and Spreads
... weigh on consumer purchasing power and force many to remain cautious with expenditure. Inflation soared in 2022 and this continued into 2023 pushing up prices of butter and spreads. However, price reductions in butter began ... Read More
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Poland HW Dairy Products and Alternatives
... Consequently, consumers in 2023 increasingly looked to avoid high levels of fat, salt and sugar while looking to maximise health benefits by selecting fortified goods. In addition, focusing on the negative impact of ultra-processed foods ... Read More
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Spain Cheese
... slow appreciably after double-digit rises due to high inflation in 2022 and 2023. The rebound in retail volume sales in 2023 and into 2024 is being driven by a consumer shift towards lower-priced imported hard ... Read More
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France Baby Food
... pressures resulting in lower consumer spending power. Added to which, dedicated baby food products can be substituted for other methods of feeding, from breastfeeding through to pureed home-cooked/prepared food. This means baby food can be ... 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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France Cheese
... are seeing something of a rebound in soft cheese, such as Camembert being cited as one of the most popular types of cheese in France. This is largely down to younger consumers, who are heavily ... Read More
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Austria Cheese
... country. Generally, in cheese the trend towards quality and regional products is apparent. Next to origin of products consumers are more and more interested in ingredients. Consumers are also taking more interest in animal welfare. ... Read More
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The United Kingdom Dairy Products and Alternatives
... price growth is evident across dairy categories, particularly in drinking milk products, cheese, butter, and yoghurt, and is being driven by increasing production costs, including fertilisers, energy, and animal feed. The situation continues to be ... Read More
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Austria Other Dairy
... snacks, cream, and fromage frais and quark, to name some of the more popular options. Other dairy is projected to register only slight retail volume growth, but a strong retail current value increase in 2024. ... Read More
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Spain Baby Food
... demand in these years. In 2024, baby food in Spain is projected to continue to witness negative retail volume growth, albeit slower and more in line with the pre-inflation hike period. Meanwhile, a slowing inflation ... Read More
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Spain Yoghurt and Sour Milk Products
... marked by decreases in retail volume sales and double-digit increases in retail current value sales due to high inflation. Kefir (sour milk products) is increasingly competing with the mature category of yoghurt, as the demand ... Read More
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Sweden HW Snacks
... to improve and support their long-term health. As such, snacks that are positioned as healthier, with strong health and wellness claims, have increasingly driven growth. One of the key trends of healthier living is the ... Read More
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Austria Butter and Spreads
... good retail current value growth in 2024. The average retail current unit price is set to rise in 2024, following the trajectory of unit prices of the main category, butter. Strong price increases during 2022 ... Read More
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Spain Butter and Spreads
... Indeed, traditionally, Spaniards use a lot of olive oil in their everyday life. With strong price increases for edible oils and butter and spreads, there has not been a visible shift from olive oil towards ... Read More
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Austria Yoghurt and Sour Milk Products
... sales in 2024. The demand for these products remains at a high level. Plain yoghurt is predicted to see the highest retail volume and value growth in yoghurt and sour milk products at the end ... 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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France Plant-Based Dairy
... and plant-based cheese attracts a great deal of attention. However, these varying performances can be attributed to the maturity or immaturity of the categories in question, with stronger growth prospects for products which are continuing ... Read More
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The United Kingdom Yoghurt and Sour Milk Products
... average unit price of yoghurt and sour milk products in the UK continues to rise in 2024, albeit at a slower rate. The effect of these inflationary pressures has left a lasting impact on both ... Read More
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The United Kingdom Plant-Based Dairy
... its share within plant-based dairy in addition to recording solid growth. This reflects a broader consumer tendency to trade down and reduce costs without eliminating plant-based options from their shopping baskets. Nevertheless, plant-based dairy continues ... Read More
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Sweden HW Staple Foods
... are reaching for free-from options and looking to eliminate certain ingredients to aid overall wellbeing. An estimated 2% of the Swedish population have coeliac disease, although it is believed a high number of sufferers go ... Read More
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The United Kingdom Other Dairy
... sugar content, and obesity. This demand for indulgence is evident in the strong performance of certain brands and products within the category. Rensow Ltd’s Gü brand continues to record dynamic value growth in 2024, highlighting ... Read More
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