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...
Total soft drinks volumes declined in the Russian market in 2020 due primarily to the negative impact of COVID-19 and measures to limit the spread of the disease. On-trade sales were hit by the closure of foodservice establishments during the state of emergency implemented from April to June, while off-trade sales were adversely affected by...
COVID-19 has caused overall soft drinks consumption in Brazil to decline sharply in 2020. This is primarily due to the economic fallout of the pandemic, with the erosion of purchasing power, a surge in unemployment and heightened uncertainty leading many Brazilians to reduce discretionary spending. At the same time, home seclusion and lockdown...
Many COVID-19 restrictions implemented to curb the spread of the virus in Kenya are expected to have a negative impact on the performance of categories in soft drinks. Foodservice closures implemented in order to prevent crowds of people in Kenya, for example, will restrict demand for carbonates which are popular products in restaurants, bars...
Sales of soft drinks were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in both off-trade and on-trade volume terms. On-trade volume saw a sharp double-digit decline in 2020, due to the closure of foodservice outlets, college and university canteens and recreational areas. Sales benefited to an extent from increased domestic consumption in...
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...
Companies with a strong focus on distribution to foodservice outlets suffered in 2020, despite many of them shifting part of their sales to the off-trade. Even the largest players were affected by this, as the on-trade is by far the most profitable channel in Slovakia. Difficulties caused by the spread of COVID-19 led to increased costs at...