Consumer Trends in the Chilled & Deli Food Market in Russia

Synopsis

This report provides the results for the Russian Chilled & Deli Food market from Canadean’s unique, highly detailed and proprietary survey of consumers’ Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) consumption habits, and forms part of an overall series covering all CPG product markets.Its coverage includes, but is not limited to, consumption behaviors, the extent to which consumer trends influence their consumption and the value of the market these trends influence, brand and private label choices as well as retailer choices. Much of this information can also be analyzed by specific consumer group, providing hard and fast data on consumers and markets at the product category level.

Summary

Why was the report written?
Marketers in the Chilled & Deli Food market face a major challenge. Understanding market size and segmentation is valuable, but the keys to effective targeting is knowing just how valuable specific consumer groups are, and being able to quantify the impact of consumer trends.This report solves these problems by providing integrated survey-based data on consumer trends, consumer groups and market data which show exactly the size of consumer groups, how much of the Chilled & Deli Food market they account for and which consumer trends drive their behavior.

What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Rapid economic expansion and shifting consumption patterns make understanding the Russian consumer essential to future success. To correctly position products marketers will need to understand which consumer groups are the most valuable to target and which consumer trends and shaping the market.

What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
Consumers’ uptake of products and the influence of consumer trends are fundamental causes of change in markets – making knowing what these trends are and the extent of their influence crucial.The survey-based data provided in this report examines over 20 consumer trends that affect the market and examines the share of sales across 26 consumer groups – providing through the data a detailed insight into exactly who the consumer is and just how much impact the latest consumer trends are having.

What makes this report unique and essential to read?
The data provided is unique in the market as it tracks consumer behavior through to its actual value impact on a product market. This provides readers with a unique data analysis of the market allowing marketing tactics and strategy to be updated in line with the very latest consumer behaviors.

Scope

Consumer survey data for the following specific categories: Cured Meats, Fermented Meats, Pates, Pies & Savory Appetizers, Pre-packed Sandwiches, Prepared Salads and Savory Baked Goods.

Detailed consumer segmentation based on survey data covering over 26 consumer groups, 20 consumer trends and consumption frequency for each product category.

Volume shares in 2011 for brands and private label sales tracked by the survey.

Unique retailer choice and switching data as tracked by the survey are provided at the product category level for 2011.

Reasons To Buy

Unique proprietary data that sizes and segments consumers, tracks their behavior and shows the impact of this on their markets

Results also cover over 20 consumer trends, showing exactly to what extent these trends have a direct influence on a market. As this impact assessment is based not only on how many consumers act on these trends, but also how often they act on this it provides unique insight into the “size of the prize” when targeting these consumer trends in each category covered.

Key Highlights

Brand analysis reveals that private label penetration by volume in Chilled & Deli Food market in Russia is the highest in prepared salads at over 50% followed by cured meats. Private label’s presence is the lowest in fermented meats category.

Results indicate that in certain categories offering consumers products that they see as indulgent, and which create little moment of “me-time” will be key. However in other categories these same trends have much more limited impact.

Consumer segmentation based on grouping by education level reveals consumers with Post Secondary level education account for more than 50% of the Chilled & Deli Foods market in Russia in value terms.