USA

Credit cards in the US is set to continue to see robust growth by all measures in 2023. While inflation in the country has generally been at lower levels than in the extreme outlier year of 2022, prices have still grown considerably, and some US…

Charge cards as a whole has been performing well in 2023, and it is expected to continue to grow beyond pandemic lows. Consumer spending in 2023 has driven payments across all card types, with the return to travel remaining an important storyline – a…

Recycling and reducing food waste is well-established in the USA, creating a strong opportunity for Zero Waste product development, while implementing the Can Be Recycled claim would be welcomed by locals. There is a solid opportunity for industries…

Tea is not the only beverage facing supply chain challenges. However, when compared with some other beverages in the US, tea is relatively better off, as it has not been affected by harvest issues, like coffee, nor is it heavily reliant on aluminium…

Malt-based hot drinks experienced a surge in retail volume sales in 2020 due to COVID-19, but quickly returned to the pre-pandemic level of sales. Unfortunately, decline is expected to continue in 2023. On the other hand, chocolate-based flavoured…

The COVID-19 pandemic has largely ended, but there has been little respite, either for the hot drinks industry specifically, or for the US as a whole, with inflation quickly replacing COVID-19 as the top concern of both companies and consumers. The…

Over the last three years, the way in which people in the US consume coffee has undergone significant and continuing change. Initially, due to the pandemic, there was a swift shift towards drinking coffee at home, driving retail volumes and leading…

After being impacted by record-high inflation in 2022, sports drinks has continued to see prices pushed in 2023, with high single-digit growth expected in off-trade unit prices in nominal terms. This price growth is in line with much of the soft…

On-trade volume sales of soft drinks in the US are set to continue to grow in 2023. Much of the country has returned to somewhat normal operations, particularly during the busy summer months in terms of on-trade consumption of beverages. Higher rates…

RTD tea has historically been one of the most stable soft drinks categories in the US. It is a mature category with a wide variety of products targeted towards different demographics, with varying levels of sugar content. Although individual brands…