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The U.S. Market for Sweet Baked Goods - 5th Edition

Published by: Packaged Facts

Published: Jul. 1, 2003 - 342 Pages

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Table of Contents


The Products

    Introduction

    Scope Of Report

    Seven Product Categories

    In-Store And Freestanding Bakery/Doughnut Chain Coverage

    Clarification Of Terms

    Classification Of Products

    Seven Sweet Baked Goods Product Categories
    • Cookies
    • Pastries
    • Snack Cakes
    • Cakes
    • Doughnuts
    • Pies
    • Muffins


    Shelf-Stable, Refrigerated, And Frozen Forms

    Seasonal And Promotional Products

    Fat-Free, Low-Fat, And Sugar-Free Sweet Baked Goods

    Units Of Sale: Multiple Versus Single Servings

    Product Packaging

    Package Graphics

    Regulatory Environment

    Federal Oversight

    The Nlea Nutrition Label

    Industry Advocacy

    Iso 9000 Certification

    New Legislation In The Works



The Market

    Market Size And Growth

    Overall Sales Near $13 Billion In 2002

    Table: U.S. Retail Sales Of Sweet Baked Goods, 1998-2002 (Dollars)

    Measured Mass-Market Sales At $9.4 Billion

    Mass-Market Cookie Sales At $4.6 Billion

    Table: U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Cookies, 1998-2002

    Mass-Market Pastry Sales At $1.7 Billion

    Table: U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Pastries, 1998-2002

    Mass-Market Snack Cake Sales At $870 Million

    Table: U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Snack Cakes, 1998-2002

    Cake Sales At $740 Million

    Table: U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Cakes, 1998-2002

    Doughnut Sales At $680 Million

    Table: U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Doughnuts, 1998-2002

    Pie Sales At $540 Million

    Table: U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Pies, 1998-2002

    Muffin Sales At $230 Million

    Table: U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Muffins, 1998-2002

    Market Composition

    Cookies Claim Nearly Half Of Sweet Baked Good Sales

    Table: Share Of U.S. Retail Sales Of Sweet Baked Goods
    • By Product Category, 1999 Vs. 2002



    Nearly All Cookies Sold In Shelf-Stable Form

    Toaster Pastries Account For Half Of Pastry Sales

    Majority Of Snack Cakes Are Shelf Stable

    Frozen And Refrigerated Cakes Building Momentum

    Frozen Pie Sales Exceed Shelf Stable

    Muffins Typically Shelf Stable

    Market Share By Retailer Types
    • Supermarkets Hold More Than Two-Thirds Share Of Sales
    • Other Retail Outlets Capture Remaining Sales


    Figure: Share Of U.S. Sweet Baked Goods Sales By Retailer Type,
    1999 Vs. 2002

    Holidays, Weather, Super Bowl All Affect Seasonality

    Sales By Region

    Table: Purchasing Indices For Selected Sweet Baked Goods Classifications:
    By Region, 2002

    Sales By Race/Ethnicity

    Table: Purchasing Indices For Selected Sweet Baked Goods Classifications:
    By Race/Ethnicity, 2002

    Sales By Adult Age Bracket

    Table: Purchasing Indices For Selected Sweet Baked Goods Classifications:
    By Adult Age Bracket, 2002

    Sales By Household Size

    Table: Purchasing Indices For Selected Sweet Baked Goods Classifications:
    By Household Size, 2002

    Sales By Household Income Bracket

    Table: Purchasing Indices For Selected Sweet Baked Goods Classifications:
    By Household Income Bracket, 2002

    Factors To Market Growth


    A Mature Market Spurred By Less Strict Eating Habits; Uncertain Times Bring Impulse To Indulge In Sweets

    Competition From In-Store And Freestanding Bakery/Doughnut Chains

    Economic Squeeze/Industry Consolidation Softens New Product Intros

    Gains Will Be Marketer/Retailer Driven

    Limited Shelf Space: A New Threat?

    Extended Shelf Life Options

    Promotional Efforts Take Center Stage

    The Two Qs: Quickness And Quality

    Convenient Fuel

    Tastes Like Homemade

    The Power Of Teen Spending

    Gen Xers And The Love Of Snack

    The Graying Of America

    New Health Considerations Could Help/Hinder Sales

    Private Label Quality Up: Private Label Sales Down

    Projected Market Growth



    Sales To Approach $15 Billion In 2007

    Table: Projected U.S. Retail Sales Of Sweet Baked Goods, 2002-2007 (Dollars)


The Marketers

    Marketer Overview

    Hundreds Of Marketers, But Less Than 70 Significant

    Leading Marketers Are Publicly Held

    Many Marketers Are Regionalists And Locals

    Large Sector Also Active In Private Label

    Multi-Segment Marketers

    Cookie Giants

    Pastry Leaders

    Snack Cake Marketers

    Competing Cake Marketers

    The Doughnut Leaders

    Many Have A Slice Of The Pie Market

    Major Muffin Marketers

    Table: U.S. Market For Sweet Baked Goods: Selected Marketers By Brand Line And Product Type, 2002

    Marketer And Brand Shares

    Methodology For Estimates

    No Single Marketer Dominates Across Categories

    Kraft/Nabisco Control Mass-Market Cookie Sales

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Shelf-Stable Cookies, 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Frozen And Refrigerated Cookie Dough Claimed By General Mills’ Pillsbury

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Frozen And Refrigerated Cookie Dough, 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Bestfoods’ Command Of Pastries Eroded By Private Label

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Pastry Sales (Excluding Toaster Pastries), 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Kellogg Dominates Shelf-Stable Toaster Pastry; Pillsbury Leads In Frozen

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Toaster Pastry Sales, 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Interstate And Mckee Foods Battle For Snack Cake Category

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Shelf-Stable Snack Cakes, 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Private Label Bests Bestfoods In Shelf-Stable Cakes

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Shelf-Stable Cakes, 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Kraft Foods Outperforms In Refrigerated Cheesecakes

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Refrigerated Cheesecake, 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Sara Lee Reigns Supreme In Frozen Cheesecake

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Frozen Cheesecake, 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Bestfoods, Interstate, And Krispy Kreme Vie For Doughnut Share

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Doughnuts, 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Private Label Leads Sales Of Shelf-Stable Pies

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Shelf-Stable Pies, 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Schwan Food’s Mrs. Smith’s Commands Half Of Frozen Pie Sales

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Frozen Pies, 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Interstate Trails Private Label In Shelf-Stable Muffin Sales

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Shelf-Stable Muffins, 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Heinz/Weight Watchers Owns Frozen Muffin Category

    Table: Marketer And Brand Shares Of U.S. Mass-Market Sales Of Frozen Muffins, 2000-2002 (Percent)

    Competitive Overview


    Marketplace Crowded

    Ongoing Wave Of M&A Activity

    Largely A Regional Competitive Scene

    Opportunities Abound For Smaller, Niche Marketers

    Competition Continues To Mount From Private Labelers

    The Internal Competition: In-Store Bakeries


    The External Competition: Doughnut Warriors


    Competitive Profile: Bestfoods Baking Co.


    Competitive Profile: General Mills, Inc./Pillsbury


    Competitive Profile: H. J. Heinz Co./Weight Watchers


    Competitive Profile: Interstate Bakeries Corp.


    Competitive Profile: The Kellogg Co./Keebler


    Competitive Profile: Kraft/Nabisco


    Competitive Profile: Mckee Foods Corp.


    Competitive Profile: Sara Lee Corp.


    Competitive Profile: The Schwan Food Co. (Flowers Foods, Inc./Mrs. Smith’s Bakeries, Inc.)


Marketing And Retail Trends

    Marketing And New Product Trends

    An Emphasis On Indulgence

    Tastes Like Mom’s

    Convenience The Focus Of Product Size/Packaging

    Kids Increasingly Targeted

    Companies Concentrate On Promoting Major Brands

    Bring On The Chocolate

    Ethnic/Premium Products Driven By Maturing Tastes

    Health Conscious Look For Natural Products

    Many New Products; Even More Line Extensions

    Table: U.S. Market For Sweet Baked Goods: Selected New Product Introductions, January 2002-March 2003

    Advertising And Promotion


    Annual Expenditures On National Consumer Advertising

    Leading National Advertisers

    Consumer Advertising Positioning

    Consumer Promotion And Education

    Trade Ads, Shows, And Incentives

    At The Retail Level


    Two Traditional Paths: Direct Sales Force, Four-Step Distribution

    Types Of Dsd

    Dsd Enhances Category Management

    Dsd Becomes Increasingly Necessary As Retailers Consolidate

    Kellogg/Keebler’s Dsd Lessons

    Esl Options Can Determine Distribution Choice

    Schedules Shift As Weekend Approaches

    Retail Margins Relatively High

    Vast Assortments Pumped Up With Specialty Items

    Organization Of Sweet Baked Goods Shelves…

    …Lends Itself To Cross-Shelving Opportunities

    The Threat Of Fresh Sweet Baked Goods


The Consumer

    Consumer Overview

    The Simmons Survey System

    79% Buy Rte Cookies

    65% Buy Donuts

    53% Buy Snack Cakes

    50% Buy Refrigerated/Frozen Dough Products

    43% Buy Breakfast Pastries

    38% Buy Frozen Pies/Cakes/Pastries

    37% Buy Toaster Pastries


    Consumer Focus: Cookies


    Demographic Analysis And Tables:

    By Type

    By Brand

    By Boxes Used In Last Month


    Consumer Focus: Donuts


    Demographic Analysis And Tables:

    By Brand


    Consumer Focus: Snack Cakes


    Demographic Analysis And Tables:

    By Type

    By Brand

    By Use In Last Week


    Consumer Focus: Refrigerated/Frozen Dough Products


    Demographic Analysis And Tables:

    By Type (Brownies, Cookies, And Sweet Rolls)

    By Brand

    Refrigerated Products By Packages Used In Last 30 Days

    Frozen Products By Packages Used In Last 30 Days


    Consumer Focus: Breakfast Pastries


    Demographic Analysis And Tables:

    By Type

    By Brand


    Consumer Focus: Frozen Pies/Cakes/Pastries


    Demographic Analysis And Tables:

    By Type

    By Brand

    By Use In Last Month


    Consumer Focus: Toaster Pastries


    Demographic Analysis And Tables:

    By Brand

    By Use In Last Month


    Looking Ahead


    Trends And Opportunities


    Convenience Out Front

    Bigger, Bolder Tastes

    Appealing Across The Generations

    The Comfort Food Angle

    Technological Inroads Extend Shelf Life

    Major Packaged Brands Hit The Streets


Appendix: Addresses Of Selected Marketers

Abstract

Packaged Facts’ 2003 edition of The U.S. Market for Sweet Baked Goods analyzes the dynamic $13 billion market for packaged products sold at retail. The report divides the market into seven principal categories—Cookies, Pastries, Snack Cakes, Cakes, Doughnuts, Pies, and Muffins—with quantitative mass-market retail sales analyses based on Information Resources, Inc.’s InfoScan data substantiated by extensive qualitative analysis. The report also documents market size and composition, major marketers and brand shares, and distribution and retail trends, providing market projections through 2007, along with Simmons Market Research Bureau consumer survey-based demographic profiles of sweet baked good consumers across the categories. A special feature is the extension of coverage to include the growing competition to this market in the form of in-store bakeries and external sweet bakers, such as Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

Report Methodology
The information in The U.S. Market for Sweet Baked Goods is based on both primary and secondary research. Primary research involved on-site examination of the retail milieu, interviews with marketing, public relations and industry analysts within the baked goods market and consultants to the industry. Secondary research entailed data-gathering from relevant trade, business, and government sources, including company literature. Packaged Facts has derived mass merchandiser sales figures from Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) InfoScan sales-tracking data. Figures provided on national consumer advertising expenditures are based primarily on data (copyright 2002) compiled by TNS Media Intelligence/CMR, the leading provider of strategic advertising and marketing communications intelligence. The analysis of consumer demographics derives from Simmons Market Research Bureau survey data for fall 2002. New product information is gathered via literature research, personal interviews and data compiled by ProductScan, a service of Marketing Intelligence Service Ltd.

The U.S. Market for Sweet Baked Goods makes important predictions and recommendations regarding the future of this market and ways current and prospective marketers can ride trends for success. Consumers are increasingly willing to indulge in comfort foods such as sweet baked goods, and many marketers are giving them what they want in the form of tasteful and often chocolate-laden new product offerings and line extensions. Quick, convenient, yet tastes-like-homemade products such as refrigerated cookie dough and cheesecakes are experiencing strong growth in the market, while other categories continue to expand despite the encroaching internal and external competition. Industry consolidation and the recent economic squeeze have hampered sales for this mature market, yet some companies are using acquisition activity to improve product distribution and bolster sales, as is the case with Kellogg’s 2001 acquisition of Keebler. Future market growth, albeit relatively modest, looks promising and will come from a new wave of sophisticated, tasteful, and convenience-oriented products.

What You’ll Get in this Report
The U.S. Market for Sweet Baked Goods is a brand-new report that offers a unique perspective on the changing market for packaged and fresh baked goods. No other market research report provides both the comprehensive analysis and extensive data that The U.S. Market for Sweet Baked Goods offers. The report addresses the following segments:

  • The Market(including market size and composition, and projected market growth)
  • The Marketers (including discussions of specific marketer brand and market shares)
  • Competitive Profiles (of the mainstream marketers, specialists and up-and-coming niche players, and analyses of the products they market)
  • Retail Strategies
  • The Consumer (who’s buying what, and where)
  • The Products
  • Trends and Opportunities

Plus, you’ll benefit from extensive data, presented in easy-to-read and practical charts, tables and graphs.

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How You Will Benefit from this Report
If your company is already competing in the sweet baked goods market, or is considering making the leap, you will find this report invaluable, as it provides a comprehensive package of information and insight not offered in any other single source. You will gain a thorough understanding of the current market for sweet baked goods, as well as projected sales and trends through 2008. Contributing to that understanding will be a complete analysis of sales data from IRI and other published and trade sources, a detailed discussion of the consumer for sweet baked goods based on Simmons data.

This report will help:

  • Marketing Managers identify market opportunities and develop targeted promotion plans for Sweet Baked Goods
  • Research and development professionals stay on top of competitor initiatives and explore demand for products in the packaged and fresh baked goods arenas.
  • Advertising agencies working with clients in the food industry understand the product buyer to develop messages and images that compel consumers to purchase these products.
  • Business development executives understand the dynamics of the market and identify possible partnerships.
  • Information and research center librarians provide market researchers, brand and product managers and other colleagues with the vital information they need to do their jobs more effectively.



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