Many areas of health and wellness beverages and packaged food recorded slower retail value and/or volume growth in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Where strong growth had previously been driven by the ongoing health and wellness trend and consumers’ strong desire to reduce their sugar intake and lead a healthier lifestyle, economic...
Stockpiling at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 benefited cheaper products with longer shelf lives, in some cases reversing the gains experienced by higher priced naturally healthy and organic products, and especially benefiting fortified/functional products with the inclusion of vitamins to boost immunity. Health and...
Retail sales of health and wellness food and beverages are set to see some benefit from the impact of COVID-19 in 2020. The shutdown of foodservice outlets at the beginning of the year, restrictions on travel, the closure of educational institutions and consumers working from home where possible has drastically increased the number of consumers...
Health and wellness beverages and packaged food have largely benefited from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in the Netherlands. The government’s lockdown in spring 2020 saw consumers work and study from home and led to the closure of foodservice and non-essential retail outlets, in an attempt to slow community transmission of the virus....
COVID-19 had a mixed impact on health and wellness packaged food and beverages in Ukraine in 2020. On the one hand, volume sales in many categories slowed sharply or declined as the resultant economic shock led consumers to abruptly reduce spending. Given that they tend to be more expensive than standard alternatives, health and wellness products...
Having suffered a total lockdown and curfew due to the rise in coronavirus cases and difficulties within the health system, Chile saw restrictions being implemented in both off-trade and on-trade channels, with limitations for opening hours and guests permitted. This was also followed by the closure of schools and offices, resulting in periods...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, better for you beverages and better for you packaged food will see opposing performances in 2020 overall. For example, BFY packaged food is expected to largely benefit from the pandemic, with most product areas seeing increased demand. In contrast, BFY beverages is expected to see declining current value...
At the start of 2020 the Hungarian economy was experiencing strong growth with above average growth in packaged food sales in retail volume and retail value compared to other EU countries. Thanks to low unemployment and household’s strengthening purchasing power, many Hungarian households entered the pandemic period in good financial standing....
The majority of packaged food types are set to enjoy retail volume boosts during the COVID-19 pandemic and the long periods of lockdowns and home seclusion imposed by the authorities as part of the national and regional responses to the virus. Given the restrictions placed on consumer foodservice and home seclusion, Russians had little option...
COVID-19 is set to have a significant impact on sales of packaged food sales in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2020. The government’s attempts to manage the pandemic have had the most direct effect on sales. A state of emergency was introduced on 17 March, including the imposition of a curfew from 20:00 to 05:00 hrs. Although were some are regional...