France

Climate activism is strong within France, reflected in consumers purchasing decisions, with many climate activists willing to pay more for sustainable products. As such, aligning initiatives to reduce carbon emissions and providing locally sourced…

RTD coffee has inevitably been on the path to recovery after struggling during the COVID-19 crisis. But its reprieve has not been as strong as was expected. RTD coffee was one of the soft drinks categories hit hardest by the pandemic. With forecourt…

Concentrates performed relatively well in 2023. Sugar, fruit and energy cost increases contributed to the strong growth in value in 2022 and inflation continued to contribute to significant growth in 2023. Volume growth was also high during the…

Coffee was the main growth driver in hot drinks, in actual value terms at least, in 2023 as its value growth was strongly supported by the dramatic rate of inflation. Despite the recovery of tourism, on-trade sales were not so dynamic due to the…

The first news in debit cards is the ongoing growth of their number and transactions – despite the gloomy economic context. This is attributed to the following reasons.