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Japan Food and Drink Report Q4 2010

Business Intelligence
September 23, 2010
77 Pages - SKU: BTAI2831118

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Countries covered: Japan

The outlook for Japan’s consumer driven industries continues to remain poor as the country still suffers from weak GDP growth, a strong yen and the continued global slowdown in demand. This weak economic outlook, along with an ageing population, stagnant wage growth and market saturation will all have a negative impact on the food and drink sector’s growth moving forward. The outlook for the country’s mass grocery retail sector is also very shaky. After experiencing many years of strong growth as a consequence of the country’s economic development, sustained periods of high consumer confidence and the modern and sophisticated tastes of its consumers, sales through such outlets have now lost momentum. Nevertheless, despite this challenging outlook, Japanese consumers remain very susceptible to product innovation and this remains a very large, wealthy and sophisticated consumer market.

Headline Industry Data
2010 per capita food consumption = +1.6%; forecast to 2014 = +9.2%
2010 alcoholic drink sales = +1.7%; forecast to 2014 = +14.2%
2010 soft drink sales = +4.5%; forecast to 2014 = +36.9%
2010 mass grocery retail sales = +0.3%; forecast to 2014 = +1.9%

Key Company Trends

Poor Performance in the Beer Sector - A number of leading brewers have posted poor results due to declining consumer demand in Japan's alcoholic drinks market. Sapporo posted a 2.9% year-on-year (y-o-y) slip in net sales to JPY177.1bn (US$2.06bn) and a 10.3% y-o-y fall in its operating income for the six months ending June 2010. Meanwhile, Kirin Breweries also reported poor financial results for H110, as revenue slipped 4.7% to JPY1.01tr (US$11.8bn). Finally, Asahi Breweries posted a 0.4% y-o-y fall in net sales; however, it also posted 15% growth in operating income for H110.

SWOT Analysis: Japan Food SWOT; Japan Drink SWOT; Japan Mass Grocery Retail SWOT; Business Environment; BMI’s Core Global Industry Views
Table: BMI Food & Drink Core Views: Asia Pacific Business Environment Ratings
Table: Asia Pacific Food & Drink Risk/Reward Ratings - Q4 2010: Japan’s Food And Drink Business Environment Rating; Macroeconomic Outlook
Table: Japan - Economic Activity: Industry Forecast Scenario; Consumer Outlook; Food; Food Consumption
Table: Food Consumption Indicators - Historical Data & Forecasts: Confectionery
Table: Confectionery Value/Volume Sales - Historical Data & Forecasts: Canned Food
Table: Canned Food Value/Volume Sales - Historical Data & Forecasts: Trade
Table: Japan Food & Drink Trade Indicators - Historical Data & Forecasts: Drink; Alcoholic Drinks
Table: Alcoholic Drink Value/Volume Sales - Historical Data & Forecasts: Hot Drinks
Table: Hot Drink Value Sales - Historical Data & Forecasts: Soft Drinks
Table: Japan Beverage Sub-Sectors - Value Sales - Historical Data & Forecasts: Mass Grocery Retail
Table: Japan Mass Grocery Retail Indicators - Sales Value by Format - Historical Data & Forecasts: Food; Industry Developments; Market Overview; Food Consumption; Confectionery; Functional Food; Canned Food; Frozen Food; Trade; Agriculture; Drink; Industry Developments; Market Overview; Alcoholic Drinks; Beer; Wine; Hot Drinks; Soft Drinks
Table: Soft Drinks Sales Breakdown In Japan (2008 estimates): Functional Drinks; Mass Grocery Retail; Industry Developments; Market Overview; Leading MGR Players
Table: Structure Of Japan’s Mass Grocery Retail Market - Estimated Number Of Outlets
Table: Structure Of Japan’s Mass Grocery Retail Market - Sales By Format (US$bn)
Table: Structure Of Japan’s Mass Grocery Retail Market - Sales By Format (JPYbn)
Table: Average Annual Sales Per Outlet By Format (2008): Competitive Landscape
Table: Key Players in Japan's Food & Drink Sector - 2009
Table: Key Players in Japan's Mass Grocery Retail Sector: Company Analysis; Food; Ajinomoto; Drink; Asahi Breweries Ltd; Kirin; Mass Grocery Retail; Seven & I Holdings; Lawson Inc; AEON; Seiyu; BMI Food & Drink Methodology; Food & Drink Business Environment Ratings
Table: Rewards
Table: Risks: Weighting
Table: Weighting: BMI Food and Drink Industry Glossary; Food And Drink; Mass Grocery Retail; BMI Food & Drink Forecasting And Sourcing; How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts; Sourcing

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