Italy Food & Drink

Publication Date	September 2006
Publisher	Business Monitor
Product Type	Report
Pages	70
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	BMI00154

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Summary

Italy's mass grocery retailers welcomed a move by the government in July, which authorises the sale of non-prescription medicines through mass grocery retail outlets. Previously, the products were only allowed to be sold via authorised chemists' stores. Coop Italia was the first retailer to introduce in-store counters for OTC medicines in August, and further operators can be expected to follow.

Otherwise, the Italian mass grocery retail sector continues to be characterised by operators' expansion of their store networks into regions of the country so far characterised by a lower store density. Similar to other Western European markets, the discount channel is becoming more popular in Italy, and this overall trend is analysed in more depth in BMI's new regional overview of the Western European discount retail sector.

The extension of BMI's industry forecasts to 201 0during Q206 did place emphasis on the strong growth in the soft drinks sector, driven by a high rate of product innovation. BMI outlined how the strength of the bottled water industry in Italy will assist value sales growth over the forecast period. This quarter, BMI has added a regional overview of Western Europe's bottled water industry, which serves to illuminate the fastest growing non-alcoholic drinks sub-sector.

Further new content this quarter include regional company profiles of Metro Group and Unilever.

Content

Chapter 1: Business Environment
- SWOTs
- Italy Food, Drink & Retail Industry SWOT
- Macroeconomic Outlook
- Table: Italy - Macroeconomic Forecasts
Chapter 2: Retail
- Regional Overview
- Discounting in Western Europe
- Table: Types of discount stores - Western Europe
- Table: Leading Discount Store Operators - Europe* 2005
- Industry Forecast Scenario
- Table: Retail indicators
- Company Developments
- Market Overview
- Table: Structure of Italy's Mass Grocery Retail Market by Number of Outlets
- Table: Sales Value by Format in Italy's Mass Grocery Retail Market (US$mn)
- Table: Average Sales Per Outlet By Format - 2005
Chapter 3: Food & Drink
- Regional Overview
- Bottled Water in Western Europe
- Table: Leading Bottled Water Manufacturers by Country - Western Europe
- Industry Forecast Scenario
- Table: Food consumption indicators
- Table: Food/Drink sub-sector indicators
- Table: Drinks indicators
- Table: Sectoral trade indicators
- Company Developments
- Market Overview
Chapter 4: Tobacco
- Industry Forecast Scenario
- Table: Tobacco indicators
- Industry Developments
- Company Developments
- Market Overview
Chapter 5: Competitive Landscape
- Key Players
- Key Players in Italy's Mass Grocery Retail Sector - 2005
- Table: Key Players in Italy's Food & Drink Sector - 2005
- Table: Key Players in Spain's Food & Drink Sector - 2005
- Regional Company Case Studies
- Metro Group in Western Europe
- Table: Metro Group - Number of outlets by country and fascia 2004 & 2005
- Table: Metro Group - Fascia statistics
- Unilever plc/Unilever NV in Western Europe
- Table: Unilever - Food & Beverage - Main Brands by Country - Western Europe
- Table: Unilever Sales by Geographical Area 2004 & 2005 - Continuing Operations
- Table: Unilever - Principal Group Companies Western Europe
- Nestl In Western Europe
- Table: Nestl in Western Europe - The Figures
- Carlsberg In Western Europe
- Table: Carlsberg Sales (US$) & Growth (%) by Region - 2005
- Table: Carlsberg Sales (US$) & Growth (%) by Region - Q106
- Table: Carlsberg Regional Strategies
- Table: Carlsberg Operations in Western Europe
- Company Analysis
- BMI Forecast Modelling
- How we generate our industry forecasts
- Retail Industry
- Sources

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Scope	Expert Insight/Opinion
Level	General Industry Strategies
Data	Detailed Market Forecasts
Profiles	Profiles of Key Companies
Features	Contains SWOT Analysis
Extra Info	Consumer Trends Highlighted