Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Packaged Food in Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica

Euromonitor International’s Packaged Food in Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2008-2012, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market – be they new product developments, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2017 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Packaged Food in Italy

Packaged food in Italy continued to see growth in total retail value sales in 2012. Unit price increases were almost universal across all categories as a result of increasing global commodity prices and the cost of other production costs such as fuel. Greater premiumisation in certain categories due to increased demand for healthy and special dietary products also led to higher growth in retail value sales. At the same time, the price sensitivity of consumers resulted in growing demand for…


Packaged Food in Costa Rica

Packaged food’s growth rates in current value terms continued to be stable in 2012, benefiting from the overall macroeconomic situation with lower exchange and inflation rates than in previous years. Most producers only made slight variations to their pricing strategies as they had to defend their market participation from increasing levels of competition. Nevertheless, the sales of most packaged food products continue having a solid recovery from the last economic downturn in 2009-2010 with…


Packaged Food in Uruguay

Volume wise and despite variations in individual categories, 2012 saw the overall growth of packaged food retail sales maintain the pace set in 2011 and match the CAGR of the review period. The evolution of unit prices in constant terms shows a great disparity but important increases in milk and unpackaged/artisanal bread offset declines in other segments and contribute to maintaining the high overall growth rate of value sales in 2012.


Product coverage: Baby Food, Bakery, Canned/Preserved Food, Chilled Processed Food, Confectionery, Dairy, Dried Processed Food, Frozen Processed Food, Ice Cream, Impulse and Indulgence Products, Meal Replacement, Meal Solutions, Noodles, Nutrition/Staples, Oils and Fats, Pasta, Ready Meals, Sauces, Dressings and Condiments, Snack Bars, Soup, Spreads, Sweet and Savoury Snacks.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

- Get a detailed picture of the Packaged Food market;
- Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
- Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
- Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.