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...
Beer in Finland experienced a decline in total volume sales in 2023. While on-trade volumes remained buoyant, off-trade sales suffered from the revival of personal imports from the neighbouring countries of Estonia and Lativia, where unit prices are…
While total beer volumes were moderately down in Denmark in 2023, value increased. This development had to do with price increases and the fact that Danes are keen to buy good quality beer rather than bulk in volume. The consumption of domestic…
Beer in Belgium, navigating challenges arising from still relatively high inflation and strong pressure on consumer disposable incomes, saw a decline in both off- and on-trade volume sales in 2023. Despite these economic headwinds, the category…
Total volume sales in beer saw slight growth in Austria in 2023. This was the result of good growth in the on-trade as consumption in inns and pubs continued to recover from the low point during the pandemic, while off-trade consumption, in turn,…
Alcoholic drinks registered fairly modest single-digit volume growth in Turkey in 2023, with off-trade sales stronger than on-trade sales due to a notable transition between these channels. However, value growth continues to hit robust double-digit…
2023 was undoubtedly a challenging year for alcoholic drinks in the UK. Overall, volume sales in both on-trade and off-trade fell when compared to 2022. On the other hand, value sales continued to rise, mainly driven by unit price increases as a…
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…
Total volume sales of alcoholic drinks in Switzerland decreased slightly in 2023, due to the moderate drop recorded by the dominant category, beer. Meanwhile, in current terms, total value sales rose strongly at the end of the review period. This was…
Alcoholic drinks saw total volume sales stagnate in Sweden in 2023. While the resumed cross-border trade from Norway boosted sales as Norwegian consumers appreciated the lower prices found in Sweden, the ongoing health and wellness trend had a…
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.…