Category: Food & Beverage
Food & Beverage market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Small Local Grocers in the United Kingdom
Small local grocers in the UK faced a challenging 2024, with both sales and outlet numbers experiencing a decline, in line with the channel’s weak performance over the previous two years. Local consumers continued to shift towards larger grocery formats, discounters, and online grocery shopping, see ... Read More
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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Latin America
The inflationary environment was impacting the performances of some country markets at the end of the review period, with sales declining or stagnating in Argentina and Mexico in 2024, for example, although the Brazilian market, the region’s biggest, recorded another year of healthy growth in this y ... Read More
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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Middle East and Africa
In recent years, volume sales of cooking ingredients and meals have been struggling in the face of rising costs and prices due to the inflationary global environment as well as more localised problems, such as the frequent loadshedding in South Africa or currency devaluations. However, positive volu ... Read More
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Soft Drinks in Brazil
In 2024, stable off-trade volume growth was maintained in soft drinks in Brazil, with sales increasing across most categories. Brazil is a significant player in the global soft drinks industry, with some unique characteristics that set it apart from other countries. Unlike the global scenario, in wh ... Read More
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Vending in the United Kingdom
Vending in the UK continued to record a strong performance in 2024, with local consumers increasingly valuing speed and accessibility in their shopping habits. Vending, offering quick, contactless transactions at all hours, has witnessed increased footfall in high-traffic areas such as transport hub ... Read More
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Energy Drinks in Brazil
Energy drinks saw yet another year of double-digit off-trade volume growth in Brazil in 2024, with increasing sales of both regular and reduced sugar energy drinks, although regular continued to dominate. In Brazil, the consumption of energy drinks is driven by multiple factors, including their appe ... Read More
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Sports Drinks in Brazil
In 2024, sports drinks in Brazil saw another year of exceptional double-digit off-trade volume growth, maintaining the trend seen since 2021, with both regular and sugar-free sports drinks seeing strong increases. The recent jump in the pace of growth can mostly be explained by the small baseline of ... Read More
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Baked Goods in India
Although seeing a slight slowdown in growth, in 2024 baked goods in India maintained nearly double-digit retail current value growth. Baked goods has seen a significant rise in hybrid bakery products that blend traditional Indian flavours with Western baking techniques. While croissants and sourdoug ... Read More
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Bottled Water in Brazil
Bottled water in Brazil maintained slow and stable off-trade volume growth in 2024, with sales increasing across all categories. The heatwaves in the country throughout the year led to intensified demand for cold non-alcoholic drinks, including bottled water. In addition, there is growing consumer a ... Read More
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Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives To Meat in India
Processed meat, seafood, and alternatives to meat continued to see steady double-digit retail current value growth in India in 2024, with plant-based categories such as tofu and derivatives and meat and seafood substitutes seeing the highest surge in demand – although the latter was from a low base. ... Read More
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Processed Fruit and Vegetables in India
In 2024, processed fruit and vegetables maintained solid retail current value growth, although the rate of increase slowed slightly compared with other years of the review period. Frozen and ready-to-cook processed vegetables continue to expand, as urban consumers prioritise convenience and reduced ... Read More
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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Western Europe
After the pandemic resulted in a spike in demand for retail sales of cooking ingredients and meals in Western Europe in 2020, the volume performance was subsequently hit by high inflation in 2022 and 2023, favouring discounters and private label in a number of markets. With inflation easing in 2024, ... Read More
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Carbonates in Brazil
Carbonates maintained solid off-trade retail volume growth in Brazil in 2024. While globally, bottled water is the largest soft drinks category in volume terms, in Brazil, carbonates is the leading soft drinks category, and has maintained growth year after year – this continued in 2024. This is than ... Read More
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RTD Tea in Brazil
RTD tea maintained solid off-trade volume growth in Brazil in 2024. The main brands enjoy the preference of consumers who already know them from their traditional operation in hot tea. Even though hot tea is still more popular, with higher volume sales, as RTD tea has a higher price point this is be ... Read More
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Breakfast Cereals in India
Breakfast cereals in India maintained strong double-digit retail current value growth in 2024. The category has been experiencing a notable shift towards high protein and functional breakfast cereals, driven by a more health-conscious consumer base. With the growing emphasis on fitness and preventiv ... Read More
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Concentrates in Brazil
In Brazil, off-trade RTD volume sales of concentrates fell for the third year in a row in 2024, partly due to the competition from other soft drinks categories. For instance, over recent years, increasing awareness of the importance of healthy products benefited sales of juice, due to the perception ... Read More
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Staple Foods in India
Overall staple foods in India continued to witness strong double-digit retail current value growth in 2024, with growth across all categories, driven by evolving consumer preferences, macroeconomic shifts, and regulatory interventions. While rising disposable incomes and urbanisation propelled deman ... Read More
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Small Local Grocers in Ukraine
Small local grocers saw modest current value growth in Ukraine in 2024. However, the channel continued to lose out to more modern retail formats, as the structural challenges facing this channel deepened under ongoing wartime conditions. While a modest rebound in consumer demand was visible in urban ... Read More
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Self-Service Cafeterias in Ukraine
Self-service cafeterias saw strong growth in current value terms and in terms of the volume of transactions in 2024, while the number of outlets now exceeds that seen before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This positive performance was despite self-service cafeterias continuing to face significant cha ... Read More
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Limited-Service Restaurants in Ukraine
Limited-service restaurants in Ukraine saw continued growth in 2024, with international chains like McDonald’s and KFC actively expanding across the country. McDonald’s reopened more of its outlets while it also launched new outlets in regions that previously had little or no presence, including its ... Read More
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Street Stalls/Kiosks in Ukraine
In 2024, street stalls/kiosks demonstrated remarkable resilience amid ongoing challenges in Ukraine. These small-scale vendors remained integral to urban life, offering affordable and accessible food options to a population grappling with economic hardship and the ongoing impact of Russia’s war in t ... Read More
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Consumer Foodservice By Location in Ukraine
Consumer foodservice operators in Ukraine continued to grapple with the challenges posed by the ongoing impact of Russia’s war. Tourism-dependent locations, particularly in the southern regions, faced significant issues due to the cessation of Black Sea resort activities and a sharp decline in inter ... Read More
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Consumer Foodservice By Location in Nigeria
Standalone stores remained popular in foodservice by location in Nigeria in 2024, thanks the notable footprint of such outlets across the country. With many chained brands looking to expand into untapped areas, such as smaller towns and even more rural areas, standalone outlets are growing each year ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Denmark
2024 was a tough year for supermarkets with sales declining sharply in current value terms while there also a large number of outlet closures. Major retailers like Salling Group and Coop pushed for price reductions from suppliers but this was met with resistance due to the rising cost of raw materia ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Ukraine
Supermarkets saw current value growth in Ukraine in 2024. Supermarkets played a critical role in maintaining food security and stability in the country during 2024. Major chains such as Silpo and Novus maintained successful operations despite economic challenges, as they prioritised supply chain res ... Read More
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