Europe has a large and expanding market for ready meals. Growth is currently being driven by the ongoing consumer desire for convenience, although health demands are also impacting upon new product activity across much of the region. Sales have traditionally been skewed towards Europe’s more northerly countries such as the UK, Germany and the […]
Despite economic uncertainty, the U.K. frozen food market, including vegetables, continues to grow, with the most recent Kantar Worldpanel statistics for showing a 0.5% volume growth alongside a value growth of 0.1% with a total market value of GBP5.71bn, with continuous growth predicted for 2017. While frozen fruit and vegetables have been around for years, […]
The worldwide market for quick service and fastfood restaurants chains is expected to continue its growth in the next four years. With over 200,000 restaurants and revenue of more than USD200bn, the United States will maintain its leading market share. Dan Orehov The rising demand for nutritious on-the-go breakfast is one of the key factors […]
Frozen bread has proven successful in neighboring South American countries and Brazil is very likely to follow suit. The highly mature Brazilian bread category is expected to contract further, in volume terms, after shrinking by 0.6% in 2015. Although many consumers still collect their bread fresh from the local bakery, this is a habit that […]
Despite a difficult and unpredictable year, the retail frozen food sector has continued to perform exceptionally well, with categories such as frozen confectionery and ice cream increasing in value and volume sales throughout the year. This is a review of 2016. John Hyman, chief executive of British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) The UK frozen food […]
‘Gourmet’ and ‘indulgent’ are key adjectives in France and the frozen foods space, Gama’s latest assessment of the frozen product innovation landscape reveals. Tom Warden, editorial director, Gama Broadly in line with other markets in terms of overall NPD – the frozen sector accounting for 8.7% of all new food and drink launches in France over […]
While the frozen baby food market has been expanding in France and the UK, German baby food producers are reluctant to venture into unknown territory. By Katya Witham, senior Food and Drink analyst, Mintel Although the risks must be considered, the frozen baby food market in Germany represents an untapped niche for companies keen to […]
The offer of frozen vegetables and fruit on the Romanian retail market is dominated by imports, explained by a lack of important local producers. The situation has little chance of changing in the near future, taking into account the value of investments necessary for starting local production, and also the small size of vegetable farms […]
New ingredients and formats, along with an emphasis on the ‘real’ and ‘rustic’, are some of the hallmarks of product innovation in the frozen potato category over the last two years, as the latest insights from Gama Compass™ reveal. Despite representing a relatively small fraction of NPD within the overall retail frozen food space – […]
The popularity of frozen foods in the Scandinavian countries remains high, reports Jonathan Thomas The Scandinavian countries have relatively small food and beverage markets compared with elsewhere in Western Europe, mainly as a result of their lower populations. Food and drink typically represents between 10% and 15% of total consumer expenditure in Scandinavia – in […]
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