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This new 2-volume report from Packaged Facts takes a comprehensive look at the fast-growing gourmet/specialty foods industry, offering a detailed discussion of market size and growth, market composition, the competitive situation, distribution and retail trends, and the factors affecting market growth, providing market projections through 2005. More than 20 leading and emerging players are profiled. In-depth analysis is provided for hot categories including coffee and tea, specialty cheese, condiments, confectionery and desserts, and pasta and grains.

Volume 1 of the study includes the following report sections:
- Executive Summary
- The Overall Market
- The Coffee & Tea Category
- The Confectionary & Desserts Category

Volume 2 of the study includes:
- The Condiments Category
- The Cheese Category
- The Pasta & Grains Category
- Appendix I: Examples of Consumer and Trade Advertising and Promotions
- Appendix II: Addresses of Selected Marketers.

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Additional Information

Scope And Methodology

Market Parameters

This report groups gourmet/specialty foods into six broad categories, the first five of which—coffee and tea, confectionery and desserts, condiments, cheese, and pasta and grains—are examined in separate chapters of this report. The sixth category encompasses all other types of gourmet/specialty products. In general, Packaged Facts uses the terms "gourmet" and "specialty" interchangeably to describe the industry and products covered in this report. However, within certain food categories, the terms "gourmet" and "specialty" have particular, limited definitions, and for these, Packaged Facts follows industry conventions. Excluded from this report are alcoholic beverages. Also excluded are ready-made take-out meals ("home meal replacements") and service deli sandwiches, etc. that are prepared by foodservice providers, supermarkets, or other retail establishments and offered for sale through retail stores.

Report Methodology

The information contained in this report was obtained from both primary and secondary research. Primary research entailed consultation with industry sources and on-site examination of the retail milieu. Secondary research entailed data-gathering from relevant trade, business, and government sources, including company literature such as annual reports, 10Ks, press releases, and marketing literature. Packaged Facts has derived sales figures from sources such as Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) InfoScan data and Supermarket Business consumer expenditure surveys. Figures provided on national consumer advertising expenditures are based on data (copyright 2000) from CMR, a Taylor Nelson Sofres company. The analysis of consumer demographics primarily derives from the Simmons Market Research Bureau (New York, NY) spring 2000 consumer survey, based on 33,502 respondents. Specific sources and methodologies used to estimate retail sales of the five categories covered separately are detailed in their respective chapters.

Press Release

Gourmet Specialty Foods Market to Top $27 Billion by 2005

New York, July 16/PRNewswire –- The Gourmet Specialty Foods market in the United States has demonstrated an explosive compound annual growth rate of 7% for several years and passed the $20 billion mark in 2000. According to The US Gourmet Specialty Foods Market, a new report published by Packaged Facts and released by MarketResearch.com, the leading provider of global market intelligence products and services, this tremendous growth is expected to continue, propelling the market to top retail sales of $27 billion in 2005.

The new Packaged Facts report highlights several categories of gourmet/specialty foods, including the important markets of coffee and tea, confectionery and desserts, condiments, pasta and grains, and cheese. The US Gourmet Specialty Foods Market reports that the coffee and tea industry leads the gourmet/specialty foods market with sales of almost $4.3 billion in 2000 and is predicted to remain the fastest growing sector of the market through the year 2005.

According to the study, gourmet foods have enjoyed increased popularity in recent years as consumers have ceased to distinguish between gourmet items and mainstream products. This shift in consumer perception may be due to the availability of specialty items in supermarkets. Meg Hargreaves, VP of Publishing for MarketResearch.com, explains “The retail market for gourmet/specialty foods continues to expand as more venues have begun to carry a greater number of these products, leading to increased exposure and sales.” According to The US Gourmet Specialty Foods Market, 55 percent of gourmet/specialty food sales in 2000 were made in supermarkets.

The US Gourmet Specialty Foods Market reveals that the growing ethnic population of the United States has demonstrated a higher than average propensity to purchase gourmet/specialty foods, causing the popularity of these foods to boom. Also included in the report is information covering the trend toward the use of natural and organic ingredients in gourmet foods, opening the products up for distribution in popular natural goods stores and increasing overall sales.

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Why can’t you find the information you need?

The gourmet and specialty foods industry is a large, dynamic market that has recently demonstrated growth far out-pacing that of the food industry as a whole. Ironically, the sales in this booming market’s food product categories are largely ignored and not monitored by standard industry tracking services. The Gourmet/Specialty Foods Market, a new report from Packaged Facts now available through MarketResearch.com, is the definitive industry source for information about gourmet and specialty foods, pulling together and analyzing data from many sources while taking a detailed look at particular hot categories and trends. The report also investigates the important areas of product development, mergers and acquisitions, consumer attitudes, demographic data, advertising trends, sales and the regulatory environment, giving you all of the critical information you need to keep up with today’s growing market. Use The Gourmet/Specialty Foods Market to find out how:

• Companies can harness the industry trends like greater adventurousness on the part of consumers, wider distribution, and a general trend toward upscale products to grow with the booming market.
• Brands in the gourmet/specialty foods industry are maturing. Learn about the successful players and how they have grown with the market.
• Larger corporations are changing the field as they move in through acquisitions and joint ventures with existing players.

The report also provides detailed industry information on many categories, including:

• Coffee and Tea
• Cheese
• Confectionery and Desserts
• Condiments
• Pasta and Grains
• Other Foods

Representing over 600 hours of research, analysis and execution, The Gourmet/Specialty Foods Market is compiled from both primary and secondary data such as:

• Industry-dedicated trades
• Company, government and industry research
• Consultations with industry experts

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Issues Addressed:

• New product development by category
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Regulatory environment
  • federal & state regulations
  • import restrictions
  • duties
• Consumer attitudes
• Demographic data
• Advertising and promotion trends by category
• Advertising expenditures
• Sales by distribution channel

Categories Covered:

• Coffee and Tea
• Cheese
• Confectionery and Desserts
• Condiments
• Pasta and Grains
• Other Foods

Tables and Graphs:

• U.S. Market by Category
• Product Breakouts by Category
• U.S. Sales by Category, Region
• Projected U.S. Sales by Category
• Product Introduction by Category
• Share of Market by Category
• Select Marketers by Brand & Product

Companies/Sites Discussed:

• Kraft Foods
  • Gevalia coffee
  • Grey Poupon mustard
  • Callard & Bowser-Suchard confectionery
  • California Pizza Kitchen frozen pizza
• Nestlé SA
• Unilever
  • Knorr specialty foods
  • Bertolli olive oil
• Homegrown Natural Kitchens
• Starbucks Corp.
• Hain Celestial Group: Celestial Seasonings
• R.C. Bigelow
• Stash Tea Co.
• The Republic of Tea
• Bongrain SA: Bongrain Cheese (BC-USA)
• Groupe Lactalis: Lactalis and Sorrento
• Campbell Soup Co.: Godiva Chocolatier
• Lindt and Ghirardelli
• Joseph Schmidt Confections
• Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker
• Barilla America, Inc.
• Lotus Foods
• Monterey Pasta Co.
• Guiltless Gourmet
• La Brea Bakery
• Melissa’s/World Variety Produce

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