The health and wellness market looked set to see continued growth in Vietnam in 2021, in line with the general rise in consumer health consciousness, which has been bolstered by the experiences of the COVID-19 crisis. Health and Wellness in Vietnam report tracks the developments of health-associated product types and the healthy-option...
Although COVID-19 caused significant disruption in New Zealand in the first year of the pandemic, the retail performance largely normalised in 2021 due to the country’s success in controlling the virus. Since the first cases were reported in February 2020, a four-level alert level system was introduced on 21 March 2020 to manage the outbreak....
Life almost returned to normal after the government made it mandatory for citizens to have two doses of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination by 1 August 2021. Indeed, Saudi Arabia banned all unvaccinated citizens and residents from entering public establishments, such as shopping malls and restaurants, retail stores and markets from this...
The continued positive development in HW packaged food in 2021 is a result of both existing health trends and the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on consumers’ choices. Romanian consumers’ pursuit of health and wellness and an aim for protection against COVID-19 the good performance of HW packaged food types with specific claims. The COVID-19 pandemic...
In 2021, health and wellness witnessed significant retail growth compared to the previous year, despite the fact that the country continued to maintain some restrictions as a result of the pandemic. Health and wellness products have managed to benefit from increasing demand, which was particularly impressive, considering that 2020 was a particularly...
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...
COVID-19 had a significant impact on sales of HW packaged food and beverages in Poland in 2020 which will continue in 2021. With heightened concerns about contracting COVID-19 consumers looked to purchase products that could boost their immune system, with a focus on immunity-boosting ingredients such as vitamins C, D, and E, ginseng, echinacea...
Fortified/functional packaged food witnessed positive retail volume sales growth in 2021, albeit slower than in 2020, when demand spiked due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The national lockdown during 2020 forced consumers to spend long periods in the home. This meant that consumers were required to prepare and consume food at home...
Ukraine’s health and wellness industry registered an underwhelming performance in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic maintained a huge influence over consumer habits and behaviours, although the situation improved to some extent over the course of the year, resulting in an improvement in growth rates across virtually all categories. Health...
HW packaged food and beverages have performed reasonably well in during the pandemic as consumers have become more health aware, and thus are willing to continue spending on products that are beneficial. BFY packaged food, BFY beverages, NH packaged food, and NH beverages will show the best performances as consumers increasingly value healthy...