Companies with a strong focus on distribution to foodservice outlets suffered in 2020, despite many of them shifting part of their sales to the off-trade. Even the largest players were affected by this, as the on-trade is by far the most profitable channel in Slovakia. Difficulties caused by the spread of COVID-19 led to increased costs at...
Non-essential soft drinks categories like sports drinks and energy drinks were hit hardest by the current crisis in Hungary. However, the decline was prevalent in almost all categories except for concentrates and functional drinks with added vitamin content, especially those enriched with Vitamin C. Health consciousness has become of utmost...
The lockdown led to a surge in demand for essential food and beverages in the early stages of the lockdown in the United Arab Emirates in March 2020. The stockpiling effect was more pronounced in bottled water than in any other product area in soft drinks. While manufacturers and retailers were challenged to meet the unprecedented surge in...
At the outbreak of COVID-19, modern grocery retailers benefitted from consumers panic-buying, leading to sales rising to two fifths higher than they were in the same week last year. Soft drinks such as carbonates, bottled water and juice, which are considered essential, particularly benefitted from this panic-buying. However, this sharp increase...
South Africa was already in a recession prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and many consumers did not have the means to stockpile soft drinks in 2020. Soft drinks were classed as essential, and therefore still able to be sold across retail outlets, and there were no major shortages or issues with supply chains as soft drinks tend to be produced...
COVID-19 benefitted off-trade current value and volume sales, with both indicators up slightly from 2019. It was a different story for on-trade value sales, with double-digit value decline in 2020. Foodservice outlets were closed for parts of the year and when outlets did open, social distancing measures, as well as lower disposable incomes,...
Off-trade current value and volume sales of soft drinks will benefit overall thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The main reason for this is due to increased consumption opportunities as a result of lockdown and then the ongoing restrictions. With many consumers working from home, they have been consuming more soft drinks per day than...
COVID-19 has had a largely positive impact on the off-trade channel for soft drinks in Israel in 2020, as lockdown has led to increased home consumption. Many categories benefitted from stockpiling and bulk buying at the start of the pandemic. A lot of the manufacturers in soft drinks are large global companies with good distribution, therefore...
The impact of COVID-19 on soft drinks is being reflected predominantly in the temporary closures and reduced capacities of on-trade establishments. In addition, Slovenian consumers have been increasingly adopting a more conscious approach to food and drinks consumption, being much more mindful of the health benefits, or lack thereof, of products....
In 2020, soft drinks sales, both volume and value, have experienced a sharp decline as a result of COVID-19. The implementation of large-scale social restrictions and social distancing measures (PSBB) in Indonesia during April-July has been the main cause of the decrease, with the dine-in option highly limited in foodservice and operating...