This report analyses the market for packaged food in Qatar. For the purposes of the study, the market has been defined as follows: Packaged Food in Qatar report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2016-2020, allowing you to identify the sectors...
During 2020, the Slovakian government implemented several measures to minimise the transmission of COVID-19, including the closure of cafés and restaurants for all but takeaway orders, first during spring, then again in autumn due to a rise in infections. Schools were shut and citizens were advised to work from home. Packaged Food...
Lockdown and restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 boosted sales of retail packaged food in 2020 thanks to precautionary stockpiling by consumers and a sharp rise in working, cooking and eating at home. Most key retail distributors remained open throughout lockdown, having been deemed essential retailers. Packaged Food in...
Many areas of packaged food benefited from stockpiling in early-2020 in response to concerns over potential product shortages due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many consumers also stocked up as they sought to minimise shopping trips away-from-home. This led to a surge in demand in early-2020 for products including rice, packaged...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the main driver for retail sales growth in basic Brazilian packaged food categories as consumers have prioritised essential household items such as rice, pasta, sauces and dairy products. Consumption of baked goods has been benefiting from home seclusion, as well as a certain amount of stockpiling, during the...
As a response to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Canadian government installed a nation-wide lockdown from March 2020, closing foodservice outlets, except restaurants in Northwest Territories, while ordering the public to stay at home as much as possible. As such, people worked from home, while children studied from home. Therefore, the requirement...
During 2020, the government of Azerbaijan implemented strict rules to limit the transmission of COVID-19, including a lockdown. Borders were closed, gatherings were prohibited, citizens were confined to the home, educational institutions were shut, businesses were closed except for business providing services deemed essential such as grocery...
There were relatively few new product developments in packaged food in Serbia in 2020. This is due to producers turning their focus supplying enough produce to meet demand, and also focussing on strategic measures to support their businesses through the economic crisis that accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, many new product launches...
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland, the government installed regulations and restrictions from 13 March, prohibiting large gatherings. On 16 March, non-essentials shops and entertainment locations were closed, including foodservice outlets. Foodservice venues were closed for dine-in customers until May, only able to provide takeaway...
The majority of packaged food types are set to enjoy retail volume boosts during the COVID-19 pandemic and the long periods of lockdowns and home seclusion imposed by the authorities as part of the national and regional responses to the virus. Given the restrictions placed on consumer foodservice and home seclusion, Russians had little option...