Category: Food
Europe Food
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Romania Gum
... a breath freshener. Added to which, the VAT hikes in relation to high-sugar products have not affected gum negatively, as the majority of modern variants in chewing gum are sugar-free (no added sugar), alongside the ... Read More
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Switzerland Ice Cream
... demand for indulgence, hot summer weather, and manufacturers’ efforts to reduce the seasonality of sales and make ice cream a product to be consumed all year round. Plant-based ice cream is set to be the ... Read More
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Romania Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks
... bars is seeing the strongest retail value sales, along with seeing a fairly modest volume decline. Snack bars, in particular, are supported by such products’ alignment with health and wellbeing trends, however, sugar content is ... Read More
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Romania Snacks
... value sales are better supported by inflationary pressures driving up unit prices. That said, baseline demand for snacks continues, driven by the post-pandemic landscape heralding a return to out-of-home, on-the-go lifestyles. Added to which, snacks ... Read More
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Switzerland Snacks
... to the rising cost of raw materials such as flour, sugar and cocoa. Demand for snacks has been bolstered by the continued recovery of tourism in the country, with an increase in both European and ... Read More
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Switzerland Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks
... sales. The key drivers of the category are the growing consumer focus on convenience in the midst of hectic modern lifestyles, and the prominent health and wellness trend. Indeed, consumers’ efforts to find convenient snacking ... Read More
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Portugal Sugar Confectionery
... country, thus inflationary-led price increases are more inclined to deter consumers from purchasing. Added to which, sugar is one of the raw ingredients which has seen cost elevations, thus also creating challenges for manufacturers. Euromonitor ... Read More
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Portugal Gum
... have been relatively mild in gum – unlike those seen in many other snacks categories. This is because the cost of raw materials used in gum did not see notable cost increases or shortages, with ... Read More
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Switzerland Gum
... attributed largely to rising prices. In the context of the rising cost of living pushing consumers to focus their reduced purchasing power on essential items, increased prices had a significant negative impact on gum volume ... Read More
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Romania Chocolate Confectionery
... confectionery is also facing challenges form the high prices of raw cocoa, along with the 1 January 2024 VAT hikes for products with added sugar content exceeding 10g per 100g of product, pushing up VAT ... Read More
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Sweden Chocolate Confectionery
... Moreover, the competition within chocolate confectionery is fierce, and while big brands dominate, small premium domestic brands are also active, receiving awards and carving out their niche shares. In order to increase consumer loyalty and ... Read More
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Sweden Sugar Confectionery
... One interesting value-added sugar confectionery introduction towards the end of the review period was The Rebel Energy Bullets from Norway, which promised to deliver not only “great mouth-watering entertainment”, but is also infused with caffeine ... Read More
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Romania Sugar Confectionery
... 2024, from 9% to 19% for food products with added sugar (for which the total sugar content is at least 10g/100g product). By its very nature, sugar confectionery is feeling the brunt of this strongly. ... Read More
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Portugal Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks
... of their diets, the consumption of sweet biscuits remains strong. Chocolate coated biscuits and filled biscuits are particularly popular in this context. Euromonitor International's Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks in Portugal report offers ... Read More
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Portugal Ice Cream
... are limiting their spending when dining out. Firstly, many people are eating out less frequently, and secondly, they are spending less when they do – for example, only having a main meal and forgoing desserts, ... Read More
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Portugal Snacks
... see an overall positive performance across categories, with some variances depending on category-specific factors. Euromonitor International's Snacks in Portugal report offers in-depth knowledge of the market at a national level, providing local insight and understanding ... Read More
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Sweden Snacks
... per capita consumption of snacks in general and market maturity. Nonetheless, some trendy categories are managing to see healthy growth, boosted by product innovation and interest in the health and wellness features of snacking products. ... Read More
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Portugal Savoury Snacks
... whereby consumers eat fewer sit-down meals throughout the day and, instead, snack more often. Added to which, savoury snacks offer various healthy options for consumers on-the-go, for example as seen with nuts, seeds, and trail ... Read More
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Sweden Savoury Snacks
... The competition is fierce and in the challenging economic conditions seen in the latter part of the review period, the popularity of more competitively priced private label products grew. Brands tried to respond using different ... Read More
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Switzerland Chocolate Confectionery
... to continued increases in product prices. While all categories witnessed significant current value growth, this was largely due to the increases in unit price. Some raw materials, such as milk and sugar, are protected, so ... Read More
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Switzerland Savoury Snacks
... social gatherings and barbecues, and major sporting events, including the Euros football tournament and the Olympic Games. Other savoury snacks is set to be the best performer, with potato chips also expected to perform well ... Read More
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Switzerland Sugar Confectionery
... conscious consumers from purchasing such products. Moreover, the category is exposed to the same threats as certain other types of impulse snacks in the form of the generalisation of self-checkout areas at the retail level ... Read More
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Romania Ice Cream
... affected by the seasonal weather, with the warm season which starts in April-May inspiring retailers to focus on their offerings in ice cream. Added to which, consumers’ return to out-of-home lifestyles continues to support interest ... Read More
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Sweden Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks
... Swedes went into money saving mode. In this environment, the private label segment gained share, putting brands on the spot in an already intensely competitive market. In order to improve their competitive standing, players employed ... Read More
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Portugal Chocolate Confectionery
... of raw ingredients, such as cocoa and sugar. In turn, these higher manufacturing costs have ultimately resulted in higher unit prices. However, consumers have not abandoned the category. Rather, we are seeing some changes in ... Read More
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