Bottled Water

The sales volume of both carbonated and still bottled water experienced a significant decline in 2023. This trend can be attributed to two primary factors. Firstly, notable price increases for bottled water forced consumers to re-evaluate their…

There is a very high penetration of private label within bottled water. As such, leading companies are focusing on their brands and forming strategic partnerships with key retailers to produce private label water. This offers opportunities for…

Bottled water sales continued to normalise in 2023, with on-trade sales growing at a moderate pace and retail sales declining marginally. Retail consumption has been dented by higher prices, as high inflation and rising production costs forced prices…

As in other soft drinks categories, unit prices continue to rise in bottled water due to the economic uncertainty facing Egypt and its consumers. This was reflected across all brands, with Nestlé hitting a price of EGP5.5 for its 1L bottle and…

Bottled water off-trade volume sales grew in 2023 thanks to increasingly health conscious Danish consumers looking for healthier drink options. While non-flavoured sparking and still bottled water sales only saw moderate volume growth, flavoured and…

Bottled water overall benefits from strong health and wellness trends, with consumers increasingly opting for bottled water's simple hydration and refreshment, particularly in restaurants. The category is rising steadily among health-conscious…

Sales of bottled water have continued to experience dynamic growth in both on-trade and off-trade volume terms in 2023, continuing the pattern seen in 2022. This strong demand is in part due to the rising health and wellness movement and a decline in…

Sparkling flavoured bottled water continues to attract a high level of interest from consumers, as a natural sparkling soft drinks alternative. Sparkling flavoured bottled water is now a much bigger and more dynamic category than still flavoured…

Bottled water continued to register solid gains in volume terms in 2023, in both on- trade and off-trade channels. as consumer spending increased. This was supported by the return of consumers to their busy, pre-pandemic lifestyles, including…

Even bottled water sales are falling into a slump in off-trade volume terms in 2023, although this is expected to be remedied over the coming years as the category inches its way back into small, expected, positive growth. The same cross-category…