Market research on the snacks industry. Standardised and cross-co...
Market research on the snacks industry. Standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market share and brand performance, distribution and industry trends. Insight and data cover chocolate and sugar confectionery, gum, s...
Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks have generally performed well since the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these snacks fitted with the indulgence or healthier snacking trends in the country and have continued to thrive in the forthcoming years…
Chocolate confectionery recorded moderate retail volume growth in 2023. While the market increased in impulse sales with the return of children to schools in 2022, growth did not continue in 2023 as young students showed increased interest in impulse…
Chocolate confectionery has enjoyed robust growth during the review period, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. The upward trend continued in 2023, as the desire to indulge with chocolate confectionery remains high. Lingering concerns regarding the…
The consumption of chocolate confectionery is heavily reliant on purchases made in the traditional channel, where a significant proportion of sales is driven by impulse buying. With the pandemic now behind them, consumers have been able to return to…
Retail gum sales in Bolivia were contracting in volume before the pandemic as younger consumers have switched to other products such as gummies, or use their mobile phones to distract themselves and channel their anxiety. Gum was then hit hard by…
Consumers continue to conscious about discretionary income in 2023, with the higher price of gum an issue for the less affluent. Gum is not an essential item among Costa Ricans, and so it is easy to reduce consumption, and instead, is more popular as…
Gum is highly dependent on impulse sales in the traditional channel and so the category was heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As demand subsided, companies substantially reduced their staff, product portfolio and distribution. In 2023,…
With Bolivians resuming their normal activities outside of the home, ice cream was boosted by growth of single portion products, which are widely available near educational centres such as schools and universities. With the return of face-to-face…
Recent figures from the Food Chamber of the National Association of Businessmen of Colombia (Andi) suggest a robust ice cream consumption rate in Colombia, with an annual per capita intake of 3.4 litres recorded in December 2022. Crucial to this…
As pre-pandemic life resumes in Costa Rica, consumers are enjoying being outside and socializing once again, especially in Costa Rica´s warm climate. Retail volume sales in ice cream parlours continues to recover in 2023, although this trend is…