Cooking Ingredients and Meals

In 2023, overall cooking ingredients and meals is expected to see retail volume and current value declines. This is primarily due to the Chinese government’s removal of the zero-COVID policy at the end of 2022. With no more lockdown measures in…

Cooking ingredients and meals are seeing a mixed performance in France 2023, as inflation and other cost-of-living pressures cause prices to rise. Overall retail volumes are stabilising back towards positive figures, albeit not out of negative growth…

The effects of inflation and the general economic crisis are still evident In Italy in 2023. This is reflected in an increase in current value terms across all categories within cooking ingredients and meals in 2023. However, this is contrasted with…

Price increases due to widespread inflation observed in 2022 continue in 2022, albeit at a slower rate. According to Euromonitor International's Voice of the Industry: Food Survey 2023, 90% of the food industry has been impacted by inflation and the…

Retail current value sales growth across cooking ingredients and meals remains strong in 2023 with broader inflationary pressures a key contributor to this. While fuel costs have stabilised following the initial shock in 2022 after Russia’s invasion…

Cooking ingredients and meals witnessed positive growth in volume terms in 2023, thanks to a trend of easing inflation (particularly during the second half of the year) and an increase in the rate of employment, which together had a positive impact…

There have been surges in raw material prices for cooking ingredients and meals in South Korea, primarily attributed to climate change and geopolitical issues, which are further pushing up the average unit price. This has created an upward trajectory…

Cooking ingredients and meals in Spain continues to see strong growth in current value terms in 2023, albeit at a slightly slower rate than in 2022 due to lower inflation. However, the category has seen a return to growth in retail volume terms…

Inflationary pressures continue in 2023, however, we are seeing an overall resilience in cooking ingredients and meals in the Philippines – in both value and volume terms, variably. Shortages in raw materials continue to affect some categories, such…

Retail demand for cooking ingredients and meals continues to grow in the United Arab Emirates. The increase in the expatriate population and the boom in tourism since the easing of pandemic restrictions, are positively impacting retail volume growth…