Western Europe

The positive growth registered in ready meals packaging during 2020 can be attributed mainly to the spike seen in demand for ready meals within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the requirement for all consumer foodservice outlets…

While dinner mixes was already the most dynamic category in ready meals packaging prior to the pandemic, it received a major spike in its demand in 2020, as the COVID-19 restrictions boosted demand for these products. With consumers in home seclusion…

As consumers had been spending more time at home during the pandemic, but were wearying of preparing their own meals or were still working, even if from home, and had less time for meal preparation, they were increasingly opting for frozen ready…

Demand for refrigeration appliances was at a low in 2023, recording a retail volume decline for the third consecutive year. Sales were high during COVID-19, with consumers purchasing refrigeration appliances in line with heightened time spent in the…

There was a further contraction in retail volume sales in 2023, following the spike at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The volume decrease reflects the weak demand for refrigeration appliances and the length of replacement cycles. Refrigeration…