In 2020, hot drinks in Saudi Arabia registered strong growth in off-trade volume and value terms; however, total volume and value sales of coffee and tea declined slightly as the Saudi government mandated the closure of cafés and restaurants in the early half of the year to try to restrict the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Hot Drinks...
Before COVID-19 struck, Egypt had been starting to recover from the severe devaluation of the Egyptian pound in late 2017 which led to steep inflation and inflation was lower in 2020, which has protected demand for hot drinks. Hot Drinks in Egypt report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national...
Foodservice outlets throughout Georgia were forced to close for almost half of 2020, as a measure against the spread of COVID-19. This caused severe declines in on-trade sales volumes of coffee, tea and other hot drinks. Hot Drinks in Georgia report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level....
During 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to mandatory closures of foodservice venues for long periods of time, followed by restricted re-openings. Though many locations offered delivery or takeaway, cafés and other venues that serve hot drinks did not particularly benefit from this, as hot drinks are not typically bought in foodservice to then...
Many Nigerian businesses were negatively impacted by the lockdown in the first half of the year to control the spread of COVID-19, leading to job losses, some permanent closures, disruption to supply chains and weaker consumer spending. The local currency suffered depreciation and manufacturers who depend on imports were put under intense...
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...
Singapore’s government has implemented many measures, including a circuit breaker, when citizens worked and studied remotely, in an attempt to curb community transmissions of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The implementation of the circuit breaker encouraged consumers to stockpile goods to ensure supply for use during home seclusion. Stockpiling...
Tea, coffee, and other hot drinks are universally consumed products in India, and as a result retail sales were to some extent insulated from the impact of the pandemic. The end of the first quarter and the entire second quarter of the calendar year saw consumers stockpiling these products, as they wanted to make fewer trips to grocery stores...
As a result of the impact of COVID-19, off-premise consumption of hot drinks in Argentina plummeted in 2020. Initially, in response to the outbreak, many consumers began stockpiling, thus boosting volume until mid-April. However, consumption later started to decrease as a result of the major economic lockdown, rampant unemployment and reduced...
On 13 March the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Guatemala and as early as 17 March 2020 the Guatemalan government took several measures to close the country in order to stop the spread of the virus. In the first weeks this resulted in high- and mid-income consumers stockpiling in order to avoid unnecessary trips to the supermarket. Hot...