Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks

The Hershey Co remains one of leading confectionery players with number one brands in categories like countlines, seasonal chocolate and power mints. The company is looking to continue its expansion into savoury snacks, seen recently in the…

Traditionally, sweet biscuits are generally consumed in India with tea and coffee or as an impulse indulgence. With increasingly health-conscious consumers in the country, there is greater scrutiny over the levels of sugar present in sweet biscuits.…

Sweet biscuits, snacks bars and fruit snacks recorded solid growth in value terms in 2023. Sweet biscuits continued to generate the lion’s share of value and volume sales during the year. Overall, the increase in levels of mobility after the period…

Ferrero records growth in sales across all snacks categories globally in 2023 and continues to expand its portfolio with regular acquisitions across all categories. Seasonal confectionery remains an important part of the company’s core activity with…

In 2024, sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in China is expected to maintain the trend from the previous year and witness steady minimal growth in retail current value terms. This is mainly due to the overall economic slowdown in China, and…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks looks set to see a return to growth in retail volume terms in 2024 after a challenging couple of years in which sales declined. Growing health concerns played a role in dampening demand in 2022/2023, with…

Sales of biscuits, snack bars, and fruit snacks in Italy in 2024 are being supported by a particular emphasis on protein/energy bars. This phenomenon can be attributed to several reasons. Firstly, there is a growing awareness of the importance of…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in South Korea is set to maintain retail volume and current value growth in 2024, with growth anticipated for all the main categories. In particular, remarkable growth is expected for cereal bars and…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Japan is set to see both retail volume and current value growth in 2024. In the midst of rising prices for various products, sweet biscuits is expected to emerge as a standout category in 2024, showing…

Sales growth of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Hong Kong is slowing, due to a shift in consumption patterns amid greater time spent outside of the home. Supermarket prices for sweet biscuits are increasing, in part due to the…

In 2024, sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Ireland is seeing retail volume sales return to modest growth as price increases slow down. This is following a negative year for retail volume sales in 2023. The high cost of wheat, which is a…

In 2024, sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Morocco is seeing development driven by out-of-home consumption trends and rising interest in healthy eating. Sweet biscuits are highly popular type in Morocco and as such the segment continues…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruits snacks represents one of the best-performing categories within snacks in Saudi Arabia, and this trend is expected to continue into 2024. Stronger demand is being driven by the resumption of normal, fast-paced…

Sweet biscuits was among the packaged food categories to be most significantly impacted by inflation over 2022-2023. Unit price growth for sweet biscuits in 2023 was similar to that seen in 2022. Those manufacturers which were operating with reduced…

In 2024 sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in the Netherlands is recording a slight decline in retail volume sales overall. Fruit snacks and snack bars are both doing well and rising robustly. However, sweet biscuits, the largest segment by…

Sweet biscuits, fruit snacks and snack bars in the UK was among the snack categories to experience the strongest inflationary pressures in 2023. Adding to the already inflated economy from the previous year, the category experienced another year of…

Producers of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Chile have been navigating economic challenges, notably price hikes, by adopting a subtle yet impactful strategy known as shrinkflation. This approach, while not new, has become increasingly…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks is set to see current value growth in 2024. The global price of sugar rose significantly in 2023, pushing up a key raw material cost for manufacturers of sweet biscuits. In May 2023, Diplomat increased the…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Mexico is expected to see good retail volume and fast retail current value growth over 2024. With stabilising rates of inflation and unemployment and a growing female presence in the workforce,…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars, and fruit snacks is declining in retail volume terms in 2024 in Nigeria, falling to the same negative impact of inflationary conditions on consumer spending as is seen throughout all snacks categories. High inflation…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruits snacks is feeling the impact of prevailing health and wellness trends in Norway in 2024. Local consumers are gravitating towards premium-positioned fruit snacks like dates and other dried fruits, with rising…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Argentina witnessed a recovery from the strong decline in retail volume sales in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in 2020 to exceed the 2019 pre-pandemic level in 2023. Despite the…

As is the case with a number of other snacks categories in Azerbaijan, the gradual easing of inflationary pressures means sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks is set to record a slowdown in current value growth in 2024, but post slightly…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars, and fruit snacks are experiencing a deceleration in value growth in 2024. Inflationary pressures are impacting certain products, such as sweet biscuits and dried fruits. However, the most significant factor hindering…

Average retail current unit prices are set to rise across sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Colombia over 2024, amid an inflationary climate. This is expected to boost retail current value sales but drive down overall retail volume sales…

Retail volume sales of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Egypt are set to continue to expand during 2024, with the rate of growth expected to be similar to the previous year. This is in spite of rising prices, driven by rising raw…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Peru in 2024 is inhabiting a challenge landscape marked by rising input prices and a decline in domestic consumption. This double impact has led to sluggish growth in retail volume sales. Despite a…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars, and fruit snacks is seeing positive value and volume growth in Portugal in 2024. Indeed, despite consumers becoming increasingly health-aware and conscious of their diets, the consumption of sweet biscuits remains strong.…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars, and fruit snacks is seeing a small negative-digit volume slump in 2024, while value is better supported by high unit prices. Snack bars is seeing the strongest retail value sales, along with seeing a fairly modest volume…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks is set to see current value growth in Sweden in 2024. As the economy was hit with a recession, Swedes went into money saving mode. In this environment, the private label segment gained share, putting brands…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks is set to see modest current value growth in Switzerland in 2024, with an even smaller rise in volume sales. The key drivers of the category are the growing consumer focus on convenience in the midst of…

Sales of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in the United Arab Emirates are increasingly shaped by rising consumer awareness of health and wellness, leading to strong performances by fruit snacks, primarily dried fruit, and snack bars.…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in New Zealand is experiencing a more favourable trading environment compared to 2023, largely due to improvements in supply chain efficiencies, reduced logistics costs, and a decrease in major commodity…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Bosnia and Herzegovina grapples with a duality in 2024. On one hand, health and wellness trends continue to dampen demand for certain sweet biscuit categories reliant on refined sugar. On the other hand,…

2024 has been another tough year for sales of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks with sales continuing to decline in retail volume terms, albeit at a slower rate than in the previous two years. Despite inflation starting to stabilise and a…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Finland will struggle to generate any more than marginal growth in retail volume terms in 2024,in the context of the high cost of living. Such products also face heavy competition from other types of…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks is set to see current value growth in Taiwan in 2024. In 2023, there was a decline in overall demand for sweet biscuits as consumers decreased their home snacking habits and bulk purchasing. This…