Western Europe

Overall snacks in Ireland in 2024 is in a state of recovery following the inflationary pressures of 2023. 2023 saw falling growth in retail volume sales, thanks to price increases driven by the heightened cost of key raw materials such as wheat,…

The market for snacks in Greece is expected to register modest growth in retail volume terms in 2024, a slight improvement on the previous year. While this will be accompanied by a higher rate of current value growth, this will be due to…

2023 is a promising year for Germany in many ways. The impact of the pandemic is waning and it is the first year without any major restrictions to negatively affect consumer behaviour; even at the beginning of 2022, some restrictions were still in…

Snacks continues to see strong growth in current value terms in 2024, largely boosted by inflation and price rises. However, snacks also looks set to deliver volume growth, albeit with sales of with certain products declining as consumers switched to…

The retail market for snacks in Finland is expected to see only marginal growth in volume terms in 2024, a slight improvement on the previous year. Despite slowing inflation, demand is being supressed by high prices and low levels of consumer…

Despite the fact, that inflation in Denmark was not as high as in its Nordic neighbours, the Danish snacks market did see significant increases in price which drove growth in values sales and, at the same time, made consumers more price focused when…

While the pressure on consumer purchasing power remained high in 2024, the price of snacks began to stabilise in Belgium, following two consecutive years of strong price increases. Price stabilisation was an important determinant of consumer demand…

Inflationary pressures weakened considerably in 2024 although the price of snacks in Austria remained high and increased slightly across a number of categories. Although the cost of energy decreased slightly, commodities including cocoa, potatoes and…

Retail sales of savoury snacks increased strongly in 2020, with people snacking more in the extra time spent at home due to Coronavirus (COVID-19). While growth slowed markedly in 2021, sales were still at much higher levels than prior to the…

Over 2024, savoury snacks in Turkey is projected to continue to register double-digit retail volume growth, despite a highly inflationary climate exerting upward pressure on prices. Higher prices are seeing retail current value growth dwarf retail…