Closures to on-trade outlets caused consumers to make a shift to the off-trade in 2020. Stockpiling took place to a certain extent, as Slovak consumers bulk-bought essential items, such as toilet paper and other hygiene products. Supply of hot drinks remained stable, with no major problems. Hot Drinks in Slovakia report offers a comprehensive...
COVID-19 is expected to greatly benefit hot drinks with healthy retail value and volume growth across tea, coffee and other hot drinks. Even with the dramatic downturn in foodservice volume in 2020, overall volume and current value sales are expected to be higher than in 2019. With strict lockdown measures for much of 2020, and people spending...
Retail volume sales of hot drinks in Pakistan remained largely unaffected by COVID-19 in 2020, with good growth continuing in the year. Consumed in the winter months primarily, coffee and other hot drinks were cushioned from the lockdown impact of the pandemic as it peaked in the summer months. Hot Drinks in Pakistan report offers...
Foodservice outlets throughout Georgia were forced to close for almost half of 2020, as a measure against the spread of COVID-19. This caused severe declines in on-trade sales volumes of coffee, tea and other hot drinks. Hot Drinks in Georgia report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level....
Hot drinks saw satisfactory performance in 2020, as all three categories posted double-digit value growth on the strength of higher retail volume growth despite higher unit prices. Other hot drinks, which has negligible presence in horeca, saw the highest volume and value growth for the second consecutive year. Hot Drinks in Ukraine...
Home seclusion and the mandated closure of cafés and restaurants other than for delivery led to an increase in consumption of coffee and tea at home in 2020, and thus to an increase in retail volume and current value sales of packaged coffee and tea. Foodservice volume sales of hot drinks, on the contrary, were severely affected by the lockdown....
Despite some short-term stockpiling in March 2020, initial consumer panic diminished fairly rapidly as supplies of hot drinks were relatively unaffected and consumers were still able to shop at grocery outlets and online. As a result, unit prices remained stable, and unit price growth was actually slower than the previous year. Hot...
Retail hot drinks will perform well overall in response to the pandemic, with volume sales across all the product areas rising notably. Despite having a lenient lockdown, many Latvian consumers have opted to stay at home during 2020, in order to avoid possible contagion of the virus. As a result, consumption opportunities have risen which...
The temporary closure of foodservice outlets from March to April as a result of the lockdown restrictions in Lithuania had only a marginally positive impact on the largest category of coffee, with a slight channel shift towards retail as a result of the home seclusion trend. Hot Drinks in Lithuania report offers a comprehensive guide...
Before COVID-19 struck, Egypt had been starting to recover from the severe devaluation of the Egyptian pound in late 2017 which led to steep inflation and inflation was lower in 2020, which has protected demand for hot drinks. Hot Drinks in Egypt report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national...