France

Sales of staple foods have been negatively impacted by the elevated inflation that hit France in late 2022 and early 2023. As a result, the vast majority of prices went up across staple foods with volume sales either showing minimal growth or even…

Rice and pasta have both been impacted by price rises, but unlike most other areas of staple foods volume sales in these categories have continued to rise. This is largely due to the fact that these types of products can still offer value for money,…

The consumption of processed meat continues to decline in France in 2023, although the category has continued to see strong growth in current value terms. This contrasting performance is down to the significant price hikes witnessed in 2022 and 2023,…

Shelf stable vegetables is the largest category within processed fruit and vegetables in France, but sales have continued to decline in 2023. This is partly due to price increases on most products as manufacturers have faced up to rising production…

Sales of breakfast cereals have remained relatively steady over the last couple of years of the review period in retail volume terms. Breakfast cereals has, however, seen stronger growth in current value terms in 2023 with prices continuing to rise…

Baked goods in France have shown some resilience over 2022/2023 with bread in particular remaining an essential part of the French diet, seeing growth in both current value and volume terms. Prices have risen due to an increase in both energy costs,…

Womenswear is in a volume slump following an uptick in sales immediately following the pandemic. The uptick was reactionary following the abnormal era of store closures and is not persisting due to budgetary pressures and inflation. Whilst e-commerce…

Sportswear is a winner in 2023, thanks to strong and ongoing athleisure and streetwear fashion trends, such as the popularity of sports-inspired footwear (eg sneakers), and hybrid styles whereby consumers mix sports-inspired apparel with more formal…

Menswear continues to perform fairly well in 2023, despite seeing lower volume growth than witnessed in the previous two years – which can be attributed to a normalisation effect following the steep declines seen during the era of the pandemic store…

Jeans is in a volume slump in 2023, following a strong rebound after the pandemic era declines. This can partly be attributed to budgetary reasons, evidenced by the fact that economy jeans is showing the best performance, along with the fact that…