Soft drinks in Saudi Arabia registered negative growth in 2020, mainly as a result of the impact of the government’s measures to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. All foodservice outlets, including cafés, restaurants and bars, were closed in the early part of the year and faced strict limitations upon reopening. The closures preceded...
In general, COVID-19 will have a positive impact on off-trade volume sales of soft drinks in Norway: The fact that the border with Sweden was closed for a period restricted cross-border shopping, which boosted demand for soft drinks from domestic retailers. With many consumers spending more time at home and making fewer impulse purchases of...
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...
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...
Soft drinks were significantly affected by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The on-trade took the brunt of the impact: all cafés, restaurants, bars and clubs were shut from March until June. After this lockdown was lifted, establishments only gradually began to reopen, beginning with those that had open-air seating areas. Indoor restaurants...
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...
Overall, soft drinks is expected to largely benefit from the COVID-19 pandemic as most product areas will see both current value and volume sales drastically improved compared to 2019. Due to lockdown and then the ongoing restrictions, consumers have spent more time at home during 2020 then they usually would. This has therefore led to increased...
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Poland, the soft drinks market in the country has been considerably affected by measures to curb the spread of the virus, which have included national lockdown and the closure of bars, restaurants, hotels and event venues. The subsequent fall in sales in the on-trade was huge given the lack of dine-in from...
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....