Snacks

Ice cream sales in Austria are set to record stable volume growth during 2024 following its slight decline in 2023. Ice cream is shaped by new product launches, line extensions and new, interesting flavours. In addition, sales are dependent on the…

Ice cream consumption in Belgium is traditionally very much dependant on the weather. Following the exceptionally hot spring and summer of 2022, weather conditions in Belgium were not as good in 2023. This factor, coupled with strong price increases,…

Price sensitivity is a major factor influencing ice cream purchases in Cameroon in 2024. As the cost of living rises, ice cream sold by roadside vendors is experiencing a resurgence. Despite long-standing concerns about hygiene, these vendors offer a…

The year 2024 has seen a significant increase in ice cream unit prices in Croatia, driven by rising input costs experienced in 2023. To maintain the perception of affordability for consumers, retailers have implemented two key strategies: reducing…

Ice cream is expected to be the best performing snack in the Dominican Republic, with healthy volume growth. Increasing numbers of foreign tourists is also expected to boost volume sales, with impulse ice cream and also frozen yoghurt through…

The market for ice cream in Greece will see an improved performance in retail volume terms in 2024, following the losses experienced during the previous two years. Sales will benefit from the easing of the annual rate of inflation, which will…

Ice cream is achieving positive volume sales in Slovakia in 2024, with stronger value sales being supported by another round of unit price hikes. However, the deterrent of the high prices is being balanced out by warm weather and out-of-home…

Ice cream looks set to be one of the most dynamic categories within snacks in 2024 due to multiple trends colliding. One of them has been changes in the social lives of young people who are increasingly switching to socialising during the day rather…

Like other snacks categories, ice cream in Turkey is affected by the high inflation that has hit the market, especially towards the end of the review period. This has exerted strong upward pressure on prices and compressed disposable incomes and…

Ice cream in Ukraine is seeing increased availability of imported products in 2024, under popular confectionery brands. For example, KitKat, Toblerone, Oreo, and Milka, as well as Snickers, Bounty, Twix and Mars, among others. Despite their high…