Market research on the snacks industry. Standardised and cross-co...
Market research on the snacks industry. Standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market share and brand performance, distribution and industry trends.​ Insight and data cover chocolate and sugar confectionery, gum, s...
Ice cream is seeing healthy sales in Kazakhstan in 2024, in both on-trade and off-trade volume terms, and with value better supported by high unit prices. Indeed, ice cream benefits from consumers’ return to out-of-home lifestyles following the era…
Retail volume and current value growth rates for ice cream in Guatemala in 2024 look set to be weaker than those recorded the previous year. The slowdown is mainly explained by the ending of the El Niño phenomenon, which brought higher than usual…
The price of most dairy-based products has seen significant rises due to the growing cost of milk, and ice cream in Australia has been no exception. This has been one of the factors behind the retail volume declines for ice cream since 2021, as local…
There is expected to be a healthy increase in volume sales of gum in Uzbekistan, though constant value growth is expected to be muted, due to continuing high inflation. Consumers increasingly buy gum as a breath freshener and there is a growing…
Chewing gum sales in Uruguay are projected to exhibit positive growth in retail volume terms for the third consecutive year in 2024. However, despite this encouraging trend, the category has yet to fully recover from the pre-pandemic slump. This…
Chewing gum is seen by many consumers as a functional product with it helping to prevent bad breath after eating, drinking or smoking. As such, with consumers leading increasingly busy lives and interacting more closely with friends and colleagues…
In spite of continuing high inflation, gum in Pakistan is expected to register healthy constant value and volume growth. A stabilising economy is expected to boost consumer confidence. In addition, continuing population growth also supports increased…
Retail volume sales of gum are set to remain fairly static in 2024. Sales are dominated by chewing gum, which is promoted as a significant contributor to daily fresh breath maintenance. However, there is a widespread perception in Lithuania that gum…
Gum is showing positive dynamics in Kazakhstan in 2024, supported by consumers’ out-of-home lifestyles following the past era of the pandemic. Indeed, gum saw a resurgence after the lockdowns ended and consumers returned to their work lives and…
Plastic bottle packs have continued to gain ground in gum in Guatemala in 2024. Popular brands available in such formats include Trident (35 pieces), Mentos Pure Fresh (15 pieces) and Orbit White (15 pieces). Buoyant demand is partly explained by…
The trend of consumers purchasing less gum in Australia persists in 2024, as the category’s retail volume sales continue to slide. Consumer attitudes towards the category, as well as the need for chewing gum in daily life, has diminished. With hybrid…
Chocolate confectionery in Uzbekistan is expected to register healthy volume growth, though constant value growth is expected to be muted, as high inflation sees consumers trading down to an extent. Players also support volume sales by offering…
Chocolate confectionery sales boomed in Uruguay in 2023, driven primarily by a surge in promotional activity and discounted pricing. With inflation outpacing price increases in the category, manufacturers adopted aggressive promotional strategies…
Chocolate confectionery is seeing steady growth in value and volume terms in 2024. Chocolate is often associated with mood enhancement and stress relief and as such it has remained extremely popular in 2024 as consumers pursue increasingly busy…
Chocolate confectionery is relatively small in Pakistan in terms of value share. However, it is expected to perform strongly in 2024, with healthy constant value and volume growth, only partly explained by population growth. This positive picture is…
The market for chocolate confectionery in Lithuania is set to register modest growth in retail volume terms in 2024, in contrast to the static performance previous year. This is due mainly due a decline in the rate of inflation, which will increase…
Chocolate confectionery is seeing positive volume growth in Kazakhstan in 2024, with value being supported by price hikes. Notably, there has been an increase in the cost of cocoa globally, thus affecting the chocolate confectionery industry.…
Premium-oriented varieties with superior quality ingredients and more sophisticated flavours have continued to perform strongly in chocolate confectionery in Guatemala in 2024. Local and international players alike have seen increased interest in…
Retail value sales of chocolate confectionery in Australia continue to rise in 2024, despite a further fall in overall demand. Chocolate prices have been a significant issue globally, due to production issues with cocoa beans driving up the cost of…
Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in the Philippines continue to show some divergence in sales development during 2024. Sweet biscuits benefited from the severe restrictions on consumer mobility amid the (COVID-19) pandemic, with consumers…