Overall, off-trade soft drinks volume consumption declined in 2020 in the Czech Republic, as many households started to economize their purchases for several reasons. Some households struggled with lower income during the COVID–19 crisis, since they lost their income due to the closure of certain outlets, for example those working in foodservice....
The COVID-19 pandemic struck Tunisia at a rather inopportune moment. The country was already experiencing a mini-economic crisis, with the consistent depreciation of the Tunisian dinar over a period of months resulting in rampant price inflation and financial hardship for many households. Soft Drinks in Tunisia report offers a comprehensive...
The lockdown restrictions which came into force in Ireland to limit the spread of COVID-19 affected all soft drinks categories in 2020. Foodservice outlets were forced to close their doors, causing on-trade sales to plummet during the first half of 2020, with some outlets permanently shutting due to loss of profits. Even when restaurants and...
Lockdown and other virus containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have heavily impacted Belgium’s soft drinks industry. The closure of on-trade establishments and the cancellation of public events such as sporting events and music festivals has hit producers hard. On the other hand, soft drinks sales through off-trade channels have...
The impacts from COVID-19 in Guatemala in 2020 have affected categories in soft drinks in different ways. Some categories have seen a shift from on-trade consumption to at-home consumption (such as seen with carbonates), however other categories did not have notable on-trade sales to start with (for example as seen with sports drinks), therefore...
Most product areas within soft drinks have been negatively impacted by the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 overall. The most notable factor that has been causing shifts in consumption habits is the financial consequences of the pandemic as the economy has been continually struggling. Since March 2020, unemployment rates have been surging and...
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has boosted demand in several categories of soft drinks in Germany. Consumers started to stockpile bottled water and juice, in particular, to ensure supply and minimise the number of trips to the shops. Juice, a category that has suffered from an image of rather unhealthy products containing too much sugar,...
The pronounced decline seen in on-trade sales was the most obvious and important impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Thai soft drinks industry during 2020. The main reason for the dramatic decline seen in on-trade sales of soft drinks over the course of the year was the quarantine lockdown that was imposed throughout the country for several...
Temporary horeca closures at the onset of COVID-19 in Ukraine and restrictions on working hours that were introduced afterwards negatively impacted the soft drinks category. Especially bearing the brunt in 2020 were those categories that were more popular in on-trade channels, including bottled water, carbonates, energy drinks and juice. Occasional...
Consumption of soft drinks across all categories in Peru in 2020 was strongly affected by COVID-19. For example, pre-pandemic bottled water consumption was strongly associated with preventative health care and had high consumption in households without children. Households with children instead had a higher consumption of carbonates (such...