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...
As the cost-of-living crisis carries on, pricing moderation, volume recovery, and attending to heightened value perceptions have become priority across snacks. The disinflation process has begun but is likely to land differently across markets and…
Snack sales are still being impacted by unprecedented historic events (eg the COVID-19 pandemic, war and inflation). The latest updates to Snacks Industry Forecast Model suggest that with prices on the rise, sales are expected to see a slowdown in…
Western European snacks sales were relatively unaffected by the pandemic, other than showing a slight demand spike in retail value terms when COVID-19 hit the region in 2020. However, high inflation in the post-pandemic period negatively impacted the…
Healthy growth rates were recorded in both volume and value terms in the Middle East and Africa snacks market in 2023. This followed stagnating volume sales and a decline in real value terms in 2022, when consumers in many countries were seeing their…
After the sales decline seen in 2020, due to the restrictions implemented when COVID-19 hit the region, Latin America has since been recording positive volume and value growth. While new regulations are being introduced across the region that require…
After a return to healthy growth in 2021, following the pandemic-induced decline in 2020, snacks sales were again negatively impacted by COVID-19 in 2022, as case numbers spiked in China, the region’s biggest market. However, although volume sales…
Urbanisation has historically driven snackification, with snacks typically characterised by convenience and portability traits that enable on-the-go and impulse snacking moments. With “anytime, anywhere” now less dependent on storefronts and physical…
Retail sales of savoury snacks increased strongly in 2020, with people snacking more in the extra time spent at home due to Coronavirus (COVID-19). While growth slowed markedly in 2021, sales were still at much higher levels than prior to the…
Retail value sales of savoury snacks slipped into decline in 2020, with some countries seeing weaker year-on-year performances as a result of the economic impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) hitting consumers’ disposable incomes. Mobility restrictions…
Sales of savoury snacks continued growing in most Eastern European countries in 2020 and 2021, in spite of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Even if some on-the-go sales were lost during the pandemic, particularly in 2020, home seclusion has tended to benefit…