Overall, soft drinks experienced a decline in 2020 in Croatia, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. The biggest hit was experienced by far in the on-trade side, which experienced mandated closures. During the initial strict lockdown period in spring 2020, local consumers were largely restricted from movement and Croatia...
As soft drinks recorded a strong performance and growth over the course of the review period, the poor performance registered across many categories in 2020 is strongly tied to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic had a particularly severe negative effect on the performance of on-trade sales, which recorded a heavy decline in...
2020 has been a challenging year for soft drinks as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19. Firstly, when the government implemented lockdown in March 2020, many consumers changed their purchasing behaviours drastically. In response to stores reducing their opening hours, many consumers began stockpiling as they were afraid that supplies would...
The quarantine in Kazakhstan from mid-March to May 2020 to combat the spread of COVID-19 had a strong impact on sales of all soft drinks. During the lockdown all cafés were required to close, leading to on-trade declines across the category and some outlets having to close permanently due to lack of revenue. Soft Drinks in Kazakhstan...
COVID-19 and the measures taken to try and contain it have had a mixed impact on sales of soft drinks in Japan, although the overall impact has been a negative one. A key factor behind this has been home seclusion with education facilities closed for part of the year, employees encouraged to work from home and foodservice being disrupted....
The COVID-19 pandemic had a relatively muted impact on sales of soft drinks in Vietnam during 2020. Although dramatic declines were seen in the on-trade channel over the course of the year, off-trade growth remained positive in most categories. Soft Drinks in Vietnam report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the...
Soft drinks has turned from seeing solid total volume growth in 2019 to seeing a strong total volume decline in 2020. Although the on-trade channel has been hardest-hit, off-trade volume sales have also tuned to slight decline in this year. Soft Drinks in Chile report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market...
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Turkey, restrictions were implemented in the country from 21 March 2020, including a curfew, and the closure of non-essential retailers and foodservice outlets. The closure of on-trade outlets is set to severely impact growth for 2020, with soft drinks predicted to record an on-trade volume decline of 37%,...
The April-June quarter accounts for the majority of sales of soft drinks in India. This, in conjunction with the fact that most soft drinks’ consumption in India occurs on-the-go or outside the home, and at a time when a significant number of foodservice outlets were not operational, only served to complicate the situation for the soft drinks...
Consumption of soft drinks across all categories in Peru in 2020 was strongly affected by COVID-19. For example, pre-pandemic bottled water consumption was strongly associated with preventative health care and had high consumption in households without children. Households with children instead had a higher consumption of carbonates (such...