In 2020, in response to the pandemic, consumption of hot drinks has been somewhat impacted as the Uruguayan economy has continued to suffer as a result of COVID-19. The Uruguayan GDP is projected to downfall -3.0% in 2020 well over -5,2% decrease for the average of other Latin American countries, according to the estimates of the International...
Other than bottled water and juice, soft drinks has been negatively affected by COVID-19. Soft drinks sales are generally driven by events, occasions, sporting and other outdoor activities in Cameroon. Restrictions placed on outdoor activities and gatherings stifled growth in soft drinks in 2020. Bottled water sales, on the contrary, rose...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sales of hot drinks in Thailand during 2020 can be measured mainly in terms of the strong declines registered in on-trade sales and the substantial shift in consumption to the off-trade. Hot Drinks in Thailand report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national...
The only soft drink that was stockpiled as a result of COVID-19 was bottled water, as other types of soft drinks are not considered to be essential by most consumers. Bottled water is regarded as an essential purchase by most households because most local consumers do not think that Taiwanese tap water is fit to drink. Even the stockpiling...
The COVID-19 pandemic had a very strong negative impact on on-trade sales of hot drinks in Vietnam during 2020. However, a major shift towards the off-trade was noted over the course of the year as retail sales growth accelerated sharply. The net result on total volume sales was a marginal decline on 2019 sales levels and this can be seen...
COVID-19 boosted sales of coffee, tea and other hot drinks through retail in the first half of 2020 as the country went into lockdown and consumers were confined to their homes. On the contrary, the lockdown measures negatively affected sales of coffee, tea and other hot drinks through the on-trade and institutional channels. Hot Drinks...
During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, cities and towns adopted closed-off management measures to prevent virus transmission. For consumer foodservice, the outbreak of COVID-19 during the Spring Festival in China had a severe impact on on-trade consumption as the vast majority of outlets had to shut down. Hot Drinks in China report...
The COVID-19 crisis has had a marked impact on hot drinks sales in the Russian market, leading to a downturn in volumes in 2020. The closure of foodservice outlets during the state of emergency existing between April and June and consumers’ reluctance to return to cafés, bars and restaurants when they reopened because of concerns about contracting...
The Azerbaijani government moved to shorten foodservice opening hours on 22 March, before closing all foodservice outlets altogether on 29 March. Some outlets were permitted to reopen on 4 May, but these did not include those in the country’s biggest cities, Baku, Ganja, Sumgayit and Lankaran, where the rates of COVID-19 infection were still...
The overall performance of soft drinks in 2020 has been negatively affected by the general closure of on-trade establishments because of COVID-19 related restrictions. Costa Rica is a recognized global tourist destination, which received close to three million foreigner visitors during 2019. On average, tourists would spend about two weeks...