Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, sp...
Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, specialist knowledge and a comprehensive breakdown of key market data. Our research identifies key strategic themes relevant across the region, while also providing a more granular unders...
Alcoholic drinks in Finland experienced a decline in total volume sales in 2023, alongside a drop in per-capita consumption. While on-trade volumes remained buoyant, off-trade sales suffered from the revival of personal imports from the neighbouring…
In 2023, total volume sales of alcoholic drinks in Denmark remained stagnant, revealing significant disparities across various product areas. Non-alcoholic drinks, flavoured lager, rosé wine, and sparkling wine experienced robust growth, while…
In 2023, alcoholic drinks in Belgium registered a strong decline in total volume sales. This performance was heavily influenced by the economic challenges caused by still relatively high inflation and related pressures on energy, production and…
Sales of wine continued to grow in current value terms in the on- and off-trade channels. Inflation led to a further increase in unit prices which boosted value sales of wine. However, the picture was less positive in terms of volume sales with the…
After strong growth in total volume terms in 2021 and 2022, sales of spirits declined in 2023 due largely to a further decline in off-trade sales. The decline in the consumption of spirits in Spain can be attributed to several factors. First, as…
Sales of RTDs saw healthy growth in total volume terms in 2023 with these products starting to gain a stronger foothold in the Spanish market. Spanish consumers are increasingly looking for convenience, affordability, and constant innovation, and…
2023 was a tough year for cider/perry with sales declining sharply in both on- and off-trade volume terms. Unlike other alcoholic drinks, cider/perry also reported a sharp decline in total current value terms. Producers of cider/perry have found it…
Beer saw moderate growth in total volume terms in 2023, with much stronger growth in total current value terms. The strong value growth was fuelled by inflationary pressures and an increase in unit prices rather than a significant increase in demand.…
Sales of alcoholic drinks in Spain reported flat growth in total volume terms in 2023 with neither the on-trade or off-trade channels seeing a return to pre-pandemic sales levels. However, sales did see a full recovery in total current value terms.…
Wine registered one of its worst performances over the last decade in 2023, outside of 2020 when the outbreak of COVID-19 put a huge dent in sales. This stemmed from an ongoing structural decline in wine consumption in France combined with the impact…
Sales of spirits declined in total volume terms in 2023. This stemmed from the combination of a number of negative factors including the end of the positive post-pandemic offsetting effect that boosted on-trade sales in 2021 and 2022. There were also…
RTDs experienced moderate growth in total volume terms in 2023, benefiting from the end of the pandemic and an increase in social events. This growth was despite the less than favourable weather conditions in the northern part of the country in the…
Although sales of cider/perry declined in total volume terms in 2023 the category actually reported a more stable performance than earlier in the review period. The main contributors to this slight improvement were the recovery of on-trade sales as…
2023 was a tough year from beer with sales declining across all categories in total volume terms. Although sales continued to report healthy growth in total current value terms this was due to the impact of high inflation and rising production costs…
Sales of alcoholic drinks in France declined in total volume terms in 2023, following moderate growth in 2022 and strong growth in 2021. Factors contributing to this stagnation included the impact of elevated inflation, which made consumers more…
Volume sales of wine in the UK declined in both on-trade and off-trade channels in 2023. On-trade was impacted by the high cost of living as many consumers reined in their spending and reduced their frequency of visits to pubs, bars and restaurants.…
Spirits in the UK experienced another weak performance in 2023, recording both on-trade and off-trade volume declines. Sales via the on-trade channel were negatively impacted by high cost of living and the desire among local consumers to save money,…
In stark contrast to many other alcoholic drinks categories, RTDs in the UK recorded a positive performance in 2023. Growth was seen in both off-trade and on-trade channels, with the latter experiencing a more dynamic performance than the dominant…
As with many other alcoholic drinks categories, total volume sales of cider/perry in the UK marginally declined in 2023. Cider/perry in the off-trade channel is quite mature, and following a boost from pandemic-related restrictions, demand continued…
Total volume sales of beer in the UK declined in 2023. However, while off-trade volume sales continued to stabilise following the boost which came as a result of the pandemic, leading to another marginal dip in 2023 via this channel, at-home…