Snacks

Chocolate confectionery in Italy in 2024 is following the general trend of value being supported over volume due to lingering inflationary pressures. However, any volume challenges in subcategories are being balanced by the popularity of seasonal…

Gum saw strong growth in 2023 in retail volume and current value terms as the category continued to recover from the huge decline in sales seen during the height of the pandemic. However, while the category has continued to see healthy growth in 2024…

Gum in Italy continues to achieve positive value and volume sales in 2024. Notably, gum consumption is strongly related to an out-and-about, sociable lifestyle, whereas such activities were curbed during the era of the pandemic restrictions and…

Sales of ice cream declined sharply in retail volume terms in 2023, with France experiencing lower temperatures and greater instability in the weather than in 2022. Whilst value sales grew this was due to price rises, with volume sales fell across…

Ice cream remains in a small negative volume slump in Italy in 2024, albeit with sales improved from 2023. Meanwhile, value is better supported by inflated prices. The overall negative performance is being affected by a slump in take-home ice cream,…

Savoury snacks is having another good year in 2024 although certain categories are seeing a much stronger performance than others in terms of volume growth. Potato chips, for instance, is seeing solid growth in volume terms while the category’s value…

Savoury snacks are seeing a positive performance in Italy in 2024, in both volume and value terms. This is strongly supported by the “snackification” trend, whereby consumers eat fewer, full, sit-down meals and, instead, snack more often during the…

Snacks continues to see strong growth in current value terms in 2024, largely boosted by inflation and price rises. However, snacks also looks set to deliver volume growth, albeit with sales of with certain products declining as consumers switched to…

Sales in snacks in Italy in 2024 are being characterised by growth in terms of value, while volume tends to be a little lower due to lingering inflationary pressures. That said, inflation is notably easing in 2024, thus heralding a gradual return to…

Sales of sugar confectionery saw further progress in 2023, with retail volume sales exceeding pre-pandemic levels. The category has continued to see positive growth in retail volume terms in 2024 boosted by the revival of children’s birthday parties…

Sugar confectionery is achieving positive sales in both value and volume terms in Italy in 2024. However, performance differs between categories, with boiled sweets and pastilles, gummies, jellies and chews seeing good growth in both value and volume…

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…

In 2024, chocolate confectionery in Ireland remains impacted by the global cocoa and sugar shortages, which continue to drive strong price increases. High single-digit price hikes follow on from the previous year’s double-digit rises. The…

Chocolate confectionery is seeing healthy growth in current value terms in 2024, although sales are stagnating in volume terms. Fluctuations in cocoa prices in 2024 have contributed to the positive value growth with manufacturers being forced to…

Chocolate confectionery in the Netherlands is recording robust retail current value growth in 2024, though retail volume sales are falling, and a faster rate than was recorded for the previous year. For the second consecutive year, average unit…

Following a period where inflation reached an historic 40-year high in 2023, the average unit price of chocolate confectionery in the UK increased by double digits. The heightened costs across the supply chain, including transportation, energy,…

Gum in Ireland is recording marginally positive retail volume sales growth in Ireland in 2024, following on from a pattern set in 2023 when inflation impacted consumer spending. Pressures remain in 2024 even though inflation has slowed somewhat.…

Gum sales exceeded expectations and had already reached pre-pandemic volume sales levels by the end of 2023. In 2024, the category continues to grow albeit at a slower pace compared to the previous two years when the category was recovering from the…

Gum is among the snacks categories losing significant volume sales in the Netherlands in 2024, thanks largely to persistent unit price hikes continuing on from 2023. Consumers are opting to purchase gum less frequently, resulting in further volume…

Maintaining its positive performance from 2022 and 2023, gum in the UK continues to enjoy positive growth in both volume and value terms in 2024. The category, which suffered significant losses during the pandemic due to limited time spent outside of…

Ice cream in Ireland in 2024 is recovering, having been one of the snacks categories most severely impacted by inflationary pressures. The heightened cost of milk, sugar and cocoa, key ingredients in ice cream production, led to high single0digit…

In 2024, ice cream sales have seen steady volume growth, thanks in part to the strong performance of impulse ice cream and the solid performance of multi-pack ice cream. While large retail chains typically do not offer impulse ice cream for on-the-go…

Ice cream in the Netherlands is suffering volume sales declines in 2024. Amid a shift from retail to foodservice, the increase in the latter is not enough to offset the losses in the former in terms of total volume sales. Persistent price rises are…

2023 witnessed another year of double-digit price increases for ice cream in the UK due to persistent cost pressures in raw materials, such as milk, sugar, edible oils and cocoa beans, key ingredients in the category’s production, combined with the…

Savoury snacks in Ireland is seeing sustained demand though a fairly flat performance in 2024. The category suffered from steep price increases in 2023, resulting from rising costs of raw materials oil, wheat and potatoes. In retail volume terms,…

Savoury snacks has seen healthy volume growth in 2024, with the difference between value and volume growth diminishing after two years of high inflation. An increase in socialising and a rise in inbound and domestic tourism is contributing positively…

2024 is seeing positive development in terms of both retail volume and retail current value sales for savoury snacks in the Netherlands. Some segments are posting impressively strong growth – for example, tortilla chips, pretzels, and vegetable,…

The global supply chain crisis has heavily affected savoury snacks in the UK, as the category has experienced consecutive years of strong price increases. Adding to the inflationary environment in 2022, savoury snacks recorded even stronger…

Overall snacks in Ireland in 2024 is in a state of recovery following the inflationary pressures of 2023. 2023 saw falling growth in retail volume sales, thanks to price increases driven by the heightened cost of key raw materials such as wheat,…

So far, 2024 has been a positive year for snacks with strong value growth (in current value terms) and stable volume growth. The consumption of snacks is being supported by a rise in on-the-go consumption and an increase in social activities, sharing…

Snacks in the Netherlands in 2024 is seeing further price hikes following on from the previous year’s steep rises. Greater player investment in product development and marketing and promotions is also continuing apace. Growth is largely driven by…

The global supply chain crisis has heavily impacted snacks in the UK. Since 2022, the local industry has experienced strong price increases, driven by the shortages of raw materials such as cooking oils, wheat, cocoa, sugar, and milk, adding to the…

Sugar confectionery in Ireland is among the categories heavily affected by rising production costs in 2024, having already recorded losses in retail volume terms in 2023 as product prices limited impulse purchases. Global sugar shortages are expected…

Sugar confectionery is seeing strong growth in 2024, both in volume and value terms. While consumers have seen their purchasing power reduced due to high inflation and a sharp increase in the cost of living they are still allowing themselves small…

In the Netherlands in 2024, all members of sugar confectionery are suffering retail volume sales decline while at the same time seeing current value sales rise as a result of unit price hikes. The exception is power mints, which is only showing…

2023 was a negative year for sugar confectionery in the UK. Heightened costs across the supply chain, including transportation, energy, labour and raw materials such as sugar, resulted in double-digit price increases for the category. Inflationary…

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…

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…

In 2024, the average unit price of products within chocolate confectionery in Norway Price of chocolate has not risen as much as is seen in other snacks and food categories, despite rising production and raw materials costs. This is supporting sales…

Mars’ Extra gum continues to overwhelmingly dominate gum in Norway in 2024, with no direct competitive threats from within the category as it holds on to its market share. The category is mature and Mars has not launched anything new. Value share…

In 2024, ice cream in Norway is witnessing a rush of new launches. Diplom Is, for example, is balancing its product portfolio with old classics and new innovations in impulse ice cream. At the same time, the player continues to invest in salted…

Savoury snacks in Norway is suffering stagnant retail volume sales in 2042, with nuts, seeds, and trail mixes rising slightly as potato chips falls. Price increases are limiting volume growth, with cross-border trade and reduced at-home consumption…

Norway’s snacks industry is seeing a minor increase in retail value sales in 2024. Unit prices and inflation have been important issues within food overall throughout 2023 and 2024, also impacting snacks. However, snacks has seen lower price hikes…

Nidar is the biggest brand in sugar confectionery in Norway and has gained marginal market share in 2024. The brand’s product lines are traditional, which is true for brands in most of the mature segments within the overall category. The general…

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…

Chocolate confectionery is managing to achieve positive volume growth in 2024, despite unit price hikes suppressing stronger sales. Indeed, chocolate confectionery has been strongly affected by considerable increases in the costs of raw ingredients,…

Chocolate confectionery is set to see current value growth in Sweden in 2024. Chocolate confectionery faces strong competition from sugar confectionery, chocolate coated biscuits and, in summer especially, from ice cream. Moreover, the competition…