Dairy Products and Alternatives

The dairy products market has maintained healthy growth in Saudi Arabia in current value terms, mainly due to the high rate of inflation, and it is expected that the market will register a better performance in volume terms in 2023 as prices will see…

Retail sales of dairy products and alternatives in Portugal saw modest growth in volume terms in 2023, a slight improvement over the previous year. While inflationary pressures, driven by surging energy and food prices, receded slightly, demand was…

In 2023, the Polish dairy industry experienced a significant downturn as milk prices steadily declined since January. Dairy corporations reduced purchase prices by an excess of 30-40 grosz per litre, a trend that would persist for most of the year.…

Dairy products and alternatives experience an overall decline in volume terms in 2023 as challenging economic conditions limit consumer spending power. In particular, high inflation driven by depreciation of the local currency, increasing fuel costs,…

The dairy industry has faced some difficult challenges and obstacles during 2023, with the headlines being inflation and supply issues. Global inflation has been at high levels, and although the Australia/New Zealand region had slightly lower…

Following a robust economic rebound in 2021, Morocco's economic performance in 2022 took a downturn, registering marginal growth. This decline was largely attributed to unfavourable economic conditions, particularly impacting the agricultural sector…

Baby food continues to be adversely affected by falling birth rates, economic difficulties, breastfeeding and home-cooked alternatives and variances in distribution. Dried and prepared baby food can be easily replaced by home-cooked food, while…

A sharp rise in price inflation as a result of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine led to higher costs in energy, logistics, animal feed and key food ingredients in 2022, which translated into significant price increases for dairy and alternatives.…

In 2022 and early 2023, dairy in Italy was particularly affected by price increases due to inflation. This has seen a drop in consumption in some categories, such as butter and spreads. This situation was aggravated by lower milk production in Italy,…

Increases in the prices of supervised and non-supervised dairy products in 2022 and 2023 have had a strong impact on categories. Higher prices have constrained retail volume growth potential amid high inflation and the rising cost of living in…