Alcoholic Drinks

RTDs experienced moderate growth in total volume terms in 2023, benefiting from the end of the pandemic and an increase in social events. This growth was despite the less than favourable weather conditions in the northern part of the country in the…

RTDs represented the best-performing category within the Finnish alcoholic drinks market in 2023, supported by ongoing new product development, as players competed to offer consumers unique offerings. With the economic situation making Finns more…

Throughout the review period, spirit-based RTDs demonstrated robust growth in Denmark, fuelled by the introduction of new products and an evolving market landscape. Notably, popular brands like Smirnoff Ice, Breezer, and Shaker, alongside emerging…

RTDs in Belgium stood out in alcoholic drinks in 2023 despite seeing a decrease, albeit modest, in total volume sales. Amid the challenges faced by alcoholic drinks in general, RTDs had a strong and growing non-alcoholic category, which helped to…

RTDs saw volume sales rise in Austria in 2023. During the year, RTDs continued to benefit from a lasting shift to consuming alcoholic drinks at home, which is the environment in which such drinks are predominantly consumed. The reasons for this…

This report considers what socialising will look like in a post-COVID-19 era, focusing on several key questions. A return to the “Roaring Twenties” in the beverages space or a continuing decimation of the on-trade? How has socialising changed (eg…

Private label – retailers’ alternatives to brands – tend to benefit from inflation. However, despite record inflation in France, Germany and the UK, the market share of private label in the three countries remained broadly stable across FMCGs in…

As the end of 2021 approaches, almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergence and rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant has increased uncertainty and weakened the momentum of the global recovery. This series of quarterly reports…

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered the most severe global recession since World War II. In Q4 2020, the end of the pandemic started as countries began administering effective vaccines among the population; however, vaccine distribution…

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered the most severe global recession in nearly a century. Businesses are operating in a world of anxieties and uncertainties, not knowing what will be the new normal or when output and consumer spending…

The global outlook has improved as of Q1 2021, thanks to vaccination progress in many developed countries. Nevertheless, the recovery prospects remain distant for most economies in the face of the spread of new, more infectious variants of the virus.…

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries in Q4 2023 and 2024. Global inflation is moderating, although divergence remains among the key economies. Higher volatility in the energy markets and disruption of…

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries. Global inflation is reaching a peak, although geopolitical risks and uncertainty in the energy market remain key risks. The impact varies between countries, with…

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries. Global inflation is reaching a peak, although geopolitical risks and uncertainty in the energy market remain key risks. The impact varies between countries, with…

The report examines inflation level and drivers globally and in the key countries. Global inflation is forecast to accelerate due to higher energy and commodity prices, disruptions in supply chains and weaker business confidence. Impact varies…

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries. In 2023, global inflation is expected to ease from its peak in 2022, but remaining significantly above-trend. Geopolitical risks and uncertainty in the energy market are…

Slower growth, surging inflation, rising geopolitical risks and an accelerating deglobalisation trend are factors shaping the global economic, financial and trade landscape in 2022 and beyond. Despite the challenges, there are opportunities for…

In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with income inequality, mass migration and rising uncertainty about another crisis being among the major ones. Nevertheless, within this lie untapped opportunities. This…

The briefing introduces the Cities Households Necessities Spending Index. The index ranks 1,075 cities by household expenditure on non-discretionary items, namely food, housing, and clothing and footwear. This analysis focuses on 160 major cities.…

Cider/perry saw slumping volume sales in Turkey in 2023, with both on-trade and off-trade volume in negative figures. This also shows a steep drop from the positive volume figures seen in both channels in 2022. Cider/perry is not the most popular…

As with many other alcoholic drinks categories, total volume sales of cider/perry in the UK marginally declined in 2023. Cider/perry in the off-trade channel is quite mature, and following a boost from pandemic-related restrictions, demand continued…

Cider is a minor category in the Netherlands, and in 2023, it saw substantial decline in both volume and current value terms. The decline in current value was limited because of a strong increase in average unit price in 2023. Still, the underlying…

Cider/perry in Switzerland continued to perform positively in off- and on-trade volume and value growth terms in 2023. In line with the general trend towards lower consumption of alcoholic drinks, but with a focus on higher-quality and premium…

Cider/perry saw modest total volume growth in Sweden in 2023. Within the off-trade, sales of cider were hit by the rise in popularity of hard seltzer and premium RTDs, as well as competition from other categories such as other sparkling wine and…

2023 was a tough year for cider/perry with sales declining sharply in both on- and off-trade volume terms. Unlike other alcoholic drinks, cider/perry also reported a sharp decline in total current value terms. Producers of cider/perry have found it…

Cider/perry remains among the most dynamic categories in Portugal, as it successfully combines flavour, freshness, lower ABV perception and a healthier image. The growing popularity of cider/perry is extending to a wider range of age segments.…

Cider/perry in Norway registered a second consecutive year of strong decline in off-trade volume sales in 2023. However, this followed double-digit retail volume growth in 2020 and 2021, supported by limitations on the on-trade channel amid the…

Cider/perry saw significant volume growth in Italy in 2023. Indeed, cider/perry was the only alcoholic drinks category to see a positive performance in volume terms in the Italian market in the final year of the review period. The small size of the…

Cider/perry slumped into a marginally negative volume performance in Ireland in 2023, following robust volume sales seen in 2022. However, cider remains fairly resilient through on-trade channels. Therefore, this fall is attributed to the…

As the appeal of cider/perry in Greece remained limited among the domestic population, the category’s performance was fairly flat in 2023, with only a marginal drop in total volume sales. Retail volume sales dropped moderately while on-trade volume…

Cider/perry saw significant growth in both total volume and current value terms in 2022, driven in large part by increasing demand from the younger generations of legal drinking age in Germany. This demand was influenced by the trends towards…

Although sales of cider/perry declined in total volume terms in 2023 the category actually reported a more stable performance than earlier in the review period. The main contributors to this slight improvement were the recovery of on-trade sales as…

Cider/perry sales in Finland registered a significant decline in volume terms in 2023, in the face of growing maturity and intense competition from other alcoholic drinks, such as beer, wine and RTDs. The beverage has traditionally been promoted as a…

Cider/perry sales experienced a decline in 2023 in Denmark, reflecting shifting consumer preferences and product innovation trends. While manufacturers primarily focused on spirit-based RTDs, the launch of flavoured lager by Carlsberg in 2023…

In line with other alcoholic drinks categories, cider/perry in Belgium saw a decline in total volume sales in 2023. The burgeoning health trend and a lack of investment in the category by players and retailers were the main reasons for the downward…

Cider/perry saw volume sales stagnate in Austria in 2023. During the year, the category saw improved consumption in pubs and bars, as the on-trade channel continued to recover from the low point it experienced during the pandemic. However, this was…

This regional briefing discusses value and volume market sizes, growth since 2016, channel distribution and company shares in the region. It analyses the huge impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the performance of craft producers,…

Beer registered positive volume growth in Turkey in 2023, despite the overall challenging economic conditions of steep prices rises and declining consumer spending power. Whilst volume sales are lower than those seen in 2022, beer benefits from…

Total volume sales of beer in the UK declined in 2023. However, while off-trade volume sales continued to stabilise following the boost which came as a result of the pandemic, leading to another marginal dip in 2023 via this channel, at-home…

The total sales volume of beer recorded a decline in 2023. Further substantial price increases in both the on-trade and off-trade channels, together with mostly disappointing summer weather, negatively affected the category. Almost all categories in…

Total volume sales of beer in Switzerland decreased moderately in 2023 as a result of health and wellness trends and the general economic situation in the country. Consumers opted more frequently for non/low alcohol drinks, including non-alcoholic…

Sweden saw beer volume sales stagnate in 2023. The flat performance for total volume sales of beer resulted from the rise in on-trade volumes being offset by a fall in off-trade sales during the year. The category’s growth was constrained by the high…

Beer saw moderate growth in total volume terms in 2023, with much stronger growth in total current value terms. The strong value growth was fuelled by inflationary pressures and an increase in unit prices rather than a significant increase in demand.…

In 2023, beer witnessed a slowdown in volume sales following the very strong year in 2022. Current value growth continued to outperform volumes due to high inflation and the expansion of international beers, both in the on trade and off trade. Higher…

In 2023, total volume sales of beer in Norway saw a second consecutive year of strong decline, if slower than in 2022. The main factors behind the downward trajectory of total volume sales of beer towards the end of the review period were the weak…

Beer saw total volume sales fall in Italy in 2023. The growth dynamics of the pandemic changed for beer over the 2022-2023 period. Following consecutive years of off-trade growth (2020 and 2021), demand for beer in the off-trade declined in 2022.…

Beer slumped into negative volume figures in Ireland in 2023, following the strong growth seen in 2022. This is attributed to the normalisation period following the atypical spikes and crashes in sales cause by the pandemic lockdowns followed by the…

Beer in Greece posted a slight decrease in total volume sales in 2023, despite the market size still not having fully recovered to the 2019 pre-Coronavirus (COVID-19) level. However, this was mostly due to the decrease in total volume sales of the…

The long-awaited post-pandemic rebound of on-trade sales materialised in 2022, as most foodservice outlets were fully reopened for the entire year, in sharp contrast to the closures affecting the previous year. In March 2022, nightclubs were also…

2023 was a tough year from beer with sales declining across all categories in total volume terms. Although sales continued to report healthy growth in total current value terms this was due to the impact of high inflation and rising production costs…