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...
Sales have continued to normalise in 2023 after the highs of the pandemic when consumers stockpiled supplies of soft drinks. Despite this, sales remain significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels in retail volume terms, supported by consumers…
Despite rising inflation and economic instability, soft drinks recorded heightened volume sales in both the off-trade and on-trade in 2023. On-trade sales were boosted by the return of tourism to the country, while off-trade saw some consumers return…
For soft drinks in 2023, it is hard to start anywhere other than the impact of the high cost-of-living and the high inflation rate that has characterised much of the year. These factors have translated into sizeable rises in average unit prices…
Overall, off-trade volume sales of soft drinks in Sweden were stable at the end of the review period, with only a marginal increase projected over 2023 as a whole. However, this was in part due to a level of stabilisation, following…
The Swiss market for soft drinks saw a marked slowdown in growth in volume terms in 2023, following the buoyant performance of the previous year. The latter was driven largely by an increase in mobility and the recovery of international tourism,…
Following two years of decline, soft drinks in the Netherlands has seen off-trade volume sales tip back into positive territory in 2023, with most categories set to record improved results in this respect. Given the importance of impulse purchases…
Despite inflation, total volume sales of soft drinks have remained resilient in the United Kingdom. 2022 and 2023 have been challenged by increasing prices, which have had a significant impact on the cost of living. Consumers have lost purchasing…
In 2023, retail volume sales of soft drinks registered slower single-digit growth compared to the previous year, as prices continued to climb. The primary factor driving this growth was the increasing availability of diverse soft drinks, such as RTD…
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners launched a new, universal 250ml returnable glass bottle for its Fuze Tea, Tropico, Sprite, Fanta and Minute Maid brands in France as part of its sustainable packaging initiatives. This change in pack size from the…
PET bottles remained the dominant pack type in soft drinks packaging in Germany in 2023, which will continue to be the case over the forecast period. The success of this pack type is down to its affordability, durability and convenience over…