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...
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...
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Spain, demand for packaged food increased in the country, as COVID-19 restrictions saw consumers spending more time at home. Lockdown restrictions were introduced from 15 March, while schools were already closed from 12 March. The lockdown required consumers to stay at home as much as possible, leading to...
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...
COVID-19 will have a significant effect on demand for packaged food in Uzbekistan during 2020. The economic instability it engendered has led to an acceleration in the country’s already rapid rate of consumer price inflation during the spring by means of a depreciation in the foreign-exchange value of the Uzbek som. The pandemic also lead...
China’s demand for Packaged Food has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next decade, both production and demand will continue to grow. The Chinese economy maintains a high speed growth which has been stimulated by the consecutive increases of industrial output, import & export, consumer consumption...
Algeria was already in an economically and politically fragile state before COVID-19 and now, in 2020, the country faces new challenges. Being highly dependent on oil and gas imports, Algeria is now on economic alert due to a decline in barrel prices in 2020, driven by the impacts of COVID-19. The government-ordered lockdown in order to prevent...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a significant impact on packaged food sales in India. A nationwide lockdown was imposed from 25 March for 21 days after which it was only lifted in some regions where the number of infections was low. The unprecedented measures necessary to curb virus transmission led to panic buying and subsequent stockpiling...
Unemployment soared during the lockdown periods and disposable incomes fell as many employees were forced to take pay cuts, whilst some did not receive any wages. This meant many consumers have been switching their purchasing behaviour during 2020. Essential products for home cooking, such as edible oils and sauces, dressings and condiments...