The spread of COIVD-19 in 2020 has sent shockwaves throughout the foodservice industry, with horeca establishments forced to shut down during lockdown and facing severely limited trade for much of the year even as restrictions eased. The effect on hot drinks has been felt throughout all sales channels, with some products boosted through retail...
2020 has seen the COVID-19 pandemic exert a considerable influence on consumer demand and purchasing patterns in the Dutch hot drinks market. The most marked shift in behaviour has been the shift in sales from foodservice to retail due in large part to the closure of cafés, bars and restaurants, both in the early stages of the pandemic and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, hot drinks overall will benefit as healthy growth is expected as a result. Prior to the pandemic, hot drinks was witnessing declining volume sales, however this is expected to return to positive due to the pandemic. This successful performance is largely due to coffee which has seen its volume...
COVID-19 has shown two facets of hot drinks in Brazil; the resilience and enduring potential of the market at the retail level, and the fragility of on-trade consumption. The latter declined significantly in 2020, as regional lockdowns forced foodservice outlets across the country to close for almost six months, and consumers were slow to...