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...
Children who were not able to celebrate their birthday with friends in 2020 and 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, returned to full party celebrations in 2022 and 2023. Sugar confectionery is frequently purchased for children´s birthday parties…
Sugar confectionery continues to post robust retail volume and current value growth in 2023, with the return of normal lifestyles boosting consumption occasions. With schools fully reopened, there is an increase in demand for sugar confectionery that…
In 2023, the sweet biscuits market showed very moderate growth in retail volume terms, with slightly higher value growth due to price adjustments that most major brands were forced to make as a result of the rising cost of one of the main ingredients…
High inflation continues to drive lower income consumers towards price promotions in 2023, with trading down to cheaper options and private labels also a common trend. Brand loyalty is generally quite weak in sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit…
In 2023, sweet biscuits, snack bars, and fruit snacks is benefitting from stronger demand for convenient and on-the-go snacking options. As consumers become busier and leave their homes for longer periods, they are turning to snacks as a quick and…
In 2022, chocolate confectionery sales surpassed their pre-pandemic levels again in volume and real value terms and were expected to continue seeing positive growth in 2023. While impulse channels such as kiosks, which are included under small local…
After seeing a major decline in 2020, when the pandemic first arrived in Uruguay, followed by a further fall in sales in 2021, gum registered a rebound in volume and value terms in 2022, with positive growth also expected for 2023, although sales…
Ice cream continued to register positive volume growth in 2022, with another sales increase expected to be seen in 2023. With a number of heatwaves and a hotter summer than usual, the demand for ice cream increased considerably in the summer months…
Savoury snacks was recording positive growth in volume and value terms in 2022, with a similar trend expected in 2023. All the categories in savoury snacks were registering increasing sales in 2022, with this also expected to be the case in 2023.…
In 2022, GDP in Uruguay increased by 4.9%, surpassing pre-pandemic levels, and was continuing to grow in 2023, helping to drive demand for snacks. Tourism, mainly international tourist visitors from Argentina and Brazil, was badly affected during the…