The impact of COVID-19 on soft drinks is being reflected predominantly in the temporary closures and reduced capacities of on-trade establishments. In addition, Slovenian consumers have been increasingly adopting a more conscious approach to food and drinks consumption, being much more mindful of the health benefits, or lack thereof, of products....
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,...
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...
At the outbreak of COVID-19, modern grocery retailers benefitted from consumers panic-buying, leading to sales rising to two fifths higher than they were in the same week last year. Soft drinks such as carbonates, bottled water and juice, which are considered essential, particularly benefitted from this panic-buying. However, this sharp increase...
Soft drinks in Ecuador will be severely affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, strict restrictions were put in place to limit citizens’ movement in Ecuador, including the closure of on-trade sales outlets. Restrictions to mobility in Ecuador mean that impulse consumption is expected to be reduced...
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...
The overall performance of soft drinks in 2020 has been negatively affected by the general closure of on-trade establishments because of COVID-19 related restrictions. Costa Rica is a recognized global tourist destination, which received close to three million foreigner visitors during 2019. On average, tourists would spend about two weeks...
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 level....
Despite the lenient lockdown imposed by the Latvian government, soft drinks will perform negatively in 2020 overall as volume sales decline. Unlike hot drinks, soft drinks has been less resilient to the pandemic as the majority of product areas within the latter are regarded as less essential. As the financial repercussions of the pandemic...
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...