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Healthy eating is taking a higher priority with consumers increasingly shunning sugar confectionery due to its high sugar content and limited value-added properties. As a result, retail volume sales are declining for the fourth consecutive year in…

There was a growing trend of sugar confectionery shops becoming more common in Poland towards the end of the review period, with these replacing traditional mobile sweets stalls. One factor that contributed to this trend was the increasing presence…

Sugar confectionery is seeing a negative-digit volume slump in 2024, whilst value is supported by price hikes. Notably, sugar confectionery falls under the shadow of the VAT increase, starting 1 January 2024, from 9% to 19% for food products with…

Retail volume sales of sugar confectionery saw positive growth in 2023, continuing the pattern of the previous year. This was largely due to the return of consumers, including children, to their busy, pre-pandemic lifestyles, which led to an increase…

Private label sugar confectionery has gained increasing popularity among Slovak consumers in 2023, driven by the worsening financial situation due to rising living expenses and food prices. The demand for larger pack sizes and the growing preference…