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...
So far, 2024 has been a positive year for snacks with strong value growth (in current value terms) and stable volume growth. The consumption of snacks is being supported by a rise in on-the-go consumption and an increase in social activities, sharing…
Snacks in the Netherlands in 2024 is seeing further price hikes following on from the previous year’s steep rises. Greater player investment in product development and marketing and promotions is also continuing apace. Growth is largely driven by…
The global supply chain crisis has heavily impacted snacks in the UK. Since 2022, the local industry has experienced strong price increases, driven by the shortages of raw materials such as cooking oils, wheat, cocoa, sugar, and milk, adding to the…
Sugar confectionery in Ireland is among the categories heavily affected by rising production costs in 2024, having already recorded losses in retail volume terms in 2023 as product prices limited impulse purchases. Global sugar shortages are expected…
2024 is seeing positive retail volume sales for sugar confectionery in Morocco, though the pace has not picked up since 2023 and has slowed since 2022 is a trend set to persist throughout the forecast period. The category is sizeable and demand is…
Sugar confectionery in Saudi Arabia continues to register healthy growth in retail volume and current value terms. In addition to economic factors, including an easing inflation rate and an increase in the rate of employment, sales are being driven…
Sugar confectionery is seeing strong growth in 2024, both in volume and value terms. While consumers have seen their purchasing power reduced due to high inflation and a sharp increase in the cost of living they are still allowing themselves small…
In the Netherlands in 2024, all members of sugar confectionery are suffering retail volume sales decline while at the same time seeing current value sales rise as a result of unit price hikes. The exception is power mints, which is only showing…
2023 was a negative year for sugar confectionery in the UK. Heightened costs across the supply chain, including transportation, energy, labour and raw materials such as sugar, resulted in double-digit price increases for the category. Inflationary…
In 2024, sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Ireland is seeing retail volume sales return to modest growth as price increases slow down. This is following a negative year for retail volume sales in 2023. The high cost of wheat, which is a…
In 2024, sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Morocco is seeing development driven by out-of-home consumption trends and rising interest in healthy eating. Sweet biscuits are highly popular type in Morocco and as such the segment continues…
Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruits snacks represents one of the best-performing categories within snacks in Saudi Arabia, and this trend is expected to continue into 2024. Stronger demand is being driven by the resumption of normal, fast-paced…
Sweet biscuits was among the packaged food categories to be most significantly impacted by inflation over 2022-2023. Unit price growth for sweet biscuits in 2023 was similar to that seen in 2022. Those manufacturers which were operating with reduced…
In 2024 sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in the Netherlands is recording a slight decline in retail volume sales overall. Fruit snacks and snack bars are both doing well and rising robustly. However, sweet biscuits, the largest segment by…
Sweet biscuits, fruit snacks and snack bars in the UK was among the snack categories to experience the strongest inflationary pressures in 2023. Adding to the already inflated economy from the previous year, the category experienced another year of…
Chocolate confectionery in Chile faces significant challenges due to further price increases driven by rising costs of cocoa. Cocoa is a fundamental ingredient in chocolate production, and fluctuations in its price directly impact production costs…
Chocolate confectionery is set to see current value growth in Israel in 2024. The price of cocoa and sugar have increased in recent months, driving up value sales in the chocolate confectionery market. In May 2023, Diplomat increased the prices of…
Over 2024, chocolate confectionery in Mexico is expected to see moderate retail volume growth, only slightly below the increase posted in 2023. While slowing, the rate of inflation in Mexico remains significant and continues to affect manufacturer,…
Chocolate confectionery in Nigeria is posting deep declines in terms of retail volume sales in 2024, resulting from the negative impact of inflationary conditions on both consumer buying power and unit prices. Current value sales are climbing high as…
In 2024, the average unit price of products within chocolate confectionery in Norway Price of chocolate has not risen as much as is seen in other snacks and food categories, despite rising production and raw materials costs. This is supporting sales…