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Volume sales of spirits in Finland continued to fall in 2023, alongside a drop in per-capita consumption. Demand was negatively impacted by the rising prominence of the sober curious trend, which promotes a more mindful and moderate approach to…
Spirits saw volume sales decline in Italy in 2023. Strong price rises and pressure on purchasing power had dire effects on demand for spirits through both on-trade and off-trade channels during the year. Indeed, consumers became more and more…
Spirits in Switzerland saw further double-digit on-trade volume growth in 2023, while off-trade volume sales returned to growth after a moderate slowdown in 2022. As a result, total volume sales witnessed a strong increase in 2023, following only a…
Overall, wine in Belgium saw a faster decline in total volume sales in 2023, compared with 2022. The performance towards the end of the review period was impacted strongly by shifting consumer preferences within the dominant still light grape wine…
Total volume sales of wine were stagnant in Denmark in 2023. The largest area, red wine, continued declining, while white, rosé, and sparkling wine performed better. Non-grape wine was another declining area as there were no new products, and it…
Wine in Finland saw declining sales in total volume terms in 2023. This was attributable entirely to a decrease in off-trade consumption, following the revival of personal imports from the neighbouring countries of Estonia and Lativia, where unit…
Wine saw volume sales fall in Italy in 2023. While wine had seen on-trade growth in the previous year as consumers eagerly returned to socialising outside the home once COVID-19 related restrictions were lifted, the category experienced decline in…
Wine in Switzerland registered positive but modest total volume growth in 2023. Moreover, growth was derived mainly through the ongoing recovery of on-trade volume sales from the slump caused by foodservice restrictions in the wake of the Coronavirus…
Overall, alcoholic drinks in Greece saw flat total volume sales in 2023, despite the impact of inflation and the cost-of-living crisis upon disposable incomes and purchasing power. Off-trade volume sales fell in a number of categories, influenced by…
Volume sales in alcoholic drinks in Ireland declined in 2023, in both on-trade and off-trade terms, while value sales are being better supported by hikes in unit prices. This is attributed a pattern of normalisation after the atypical spikes and…
Alcoholic drinks in Portugal witnessed positive growth in 2023, albeit at a much slower pace than the dynamic growth seen in the year prior. The positive performance came mainly from the on trade, supported by another record year of tourism for the…
Alcoholic drinks in the Netherlands suffered a decline in total volume sales in 2023. At the same time, current value sales in both on-trade and off-trade terms registered robust growth as average unit prices for alcoholic drinks categories increased…
Beer in Greece posted a slight decrease in total volume sales in 2023, despite the market size still not having fully recovered to the 2019 pre-Coronavirus (COVID-19) level. However, this was mostly due to the decrease in total volume sales of the…
Beer slumped into negative volume figures in Ireland in 2023, following the strong growth seen in 2022. This is attributed to the normalisation period following the atypical spikes and crashes in sales cause by the pandemic lockdowns followed by the…
In 2023, beer witnessed a slowdown in volume sales following the very strong year in 2022. Current value growth continued to outperform volumes due to high inflation and the expansion of international beers, both in the on trade and off trade. Higher…
The total sales volume of beer recorded a decline in 2023. Further substantial price increases in both the on-trade and off-trade channels, together with mostly disappointing summer weather, negatively affected the category. Almost all categories in…
As the appeal of cider/perry in Greece remained limited among the domestic population, the category’s performance was fairly flat in 2023, with only a marginal drop in total volume sales. Retail volume sales dropped moderately while on-trade volume…
Cider/perry slumped into a marginally negative volume performance in Ireland in 2023, following robust volume sales seen in 2022. However, cider remains fairly resilient through on-trade channels. Therefore, this fall is attributed to the…
Cider/perry remains among the most dynamic categories in Portugal, as it successfully combines flavour, freshness, lower ABV perception and a healthier image. The growing popularity of cider/perry is extending to a wider range of age segments.…
Cider is a minor category in the Netherlands, and in 2023, it saw substantial decline in both volume and current value terms. The decline in current value was limited because of a strong increase in average unit price in 2023. Still, the underlying…