Snacks

Chocolate confectionery is managing to achieve positive volume growth in 2024, despite unit price hikes suppressing stronger sales. Indeed, chocolate confectionery has been strongly affected by considerable increases in the costs of raw ingredients,…

Gum just about manages to achieve marginally positive volume sales in 2024, while value is better supported by price hikes caused by inflationary pressures. However, we should also note that prices increases have been relatively mild in gum – unlike…

Ice cream in Portugal is achieving positive volume and value growth in 2024, in both on-trade and off-trade terms. However, consumption is somewhat suppressed in foodservice, as financial pressures mean consumers are limiting their spending when…

Savoury snacks is achieving positive growth in Portugal in 2024, in both value and volume terms, and via both on-trade and off-trade channels. Baseline demand is supported by the “snackification” trend, whereby consumers eat fewer sit-down meals…

Snacks in Portugal is maintaining steady volume sales in 2024, in both on-trade and off-trade channels, despite consumers’ suppressed purchasing power due to the inflationary economic environment. That said, we continue to see an overall positive…