Consumer Trends in the Oils & Fats Market in the US

Synopsis

This report provides the results for the US Oils & Fats 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 Oils & Fats market in the US face a major challenge. Understanding market size and segmentation is valuable, but the keys to effective targeting are to know just how valuable specific consumer groups are, and to be 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 Oils & Fats market they account for and which consumer trends drive their behavior.

What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Consumer concerns about health clash with traditional consumption patterns and food preferences in the Oils & Fats market. Marketers are faced with a confusing landscape and need to be aware of which consumer groups to target and which trends are having an impact on the market in order to best position their products in the future.

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: oils and solid fats.

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 behaviour 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

The top 2 retailers dominate the Oils & Fats market in the US, accounting for well over a third of volumes. For any brand seeking to achieve major scale, developing effective relationships with these retailers will be vital.

While not the leading Trend in the Oils category, Changing Age Structures – whereby people seek out products which specifically focus on the needs of their time of life – is having a clear impact on the market. This highlights that, periodically, consumers are likely to review their intake of Oils, given their time of life.

Private label products have a secure foothold in the market, having around a fifth of the market in both Oils and Solid Fats in 2011. Branded manufacturers would be well advised to act now to prevent further loss of share to these products in the future.