The emergence of COVID-19 has had a significant impact on soft drinks in New Zealand during 2020. Ahead of a national lockdown, consumers engaged in what was described as panic-buying, with supermarkets and domestic supply chains struggling to keep up with demand. As such, many supermarkets imposed buying restrictions which helped to steady...
Overall, Denmark’s soft drinks industry was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020. The most notable impact of the pandemic was the dramatic decline seen in on-trade sales over the course of the year, which was mainly due to the requirement for all consumer foodservice outlets to remain closed during the quarantine lockdown...
The emergence of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown restrictions in Lithuania significantly impacted demand for soft drinks through on-trade as horeca outlets were forced to close until the end of April 2020. However, this did not translate to a greater switch towards home consumption of soft drinks for most categories, with off-trade volume...
On-trade sales of soft drinks in Estonia suffered significantly during the spring lockdown in 2020, dragging down overall volume sales. Sales losses in foodservice were somewhat mitigated by growing demand in retail sales. Soft Drinks in Estonia report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national...
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 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...
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...
COVID-19 had a huge impact on soft drinks in Hong Kong in 2020, with both foodservice and retail volume sales recording a significant decline. In foodservice, soft drinks experienced a substantial loss due to a number of measures to fight the virus imposed by the Hong Kong government. Soft Drinks in Hong Kong, China report offers...
The overall sales performances recorded in Morocco’s soft drinks industry in 2020 varied substantially between the on-trade and the off-trade. In the off-trade, sales increased over the course of the year, with growth rates accelerating significantly from what was registered in 2019. Soft Drinks in Morocco report offers a comprehensive...
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....