The Canned Food market in North America is worth 31billion Euros

Food For Thought is counting in this market the following product segments: Canned Fruit, Canned Vegetables, Canned Soup, Canned Meat, Canned Fish, Canned Pasta, Canned Ready Meals, Baby Jars, Canned Cat Food and Canned Dog Food. The aggregate 31billion Euros market size is derived by estimating each of these segments individually.

Canned Fish and Canned Vegetables account for about a fifth of the market each, but Canned Fruit, Canned Soups and Canned Meat are also important markets.
The US and Canada are rather static markets in value terms, whilst Mexico is growing at single digit annual rates. Canned Vegetables, Canned petfoods are notably more interesting markets from the growth perspective.

Foodservice represents 15% in aggregate across all segments, however, Canned Fruit, Canned Vegetables and Canned Fish represent a higher percentage.

The top-8 most important suppliers account for about 76% of the market. Of these, Del Monte and Tri Valley are as expected dominant. The picture may be different of course at the individual product level, and in some segments important local players are cited by Food For Thought.

Opportunities for investment and development exist to further consolidate the individual segments or to even introduce new brands. The report also highlights own-label accounts for less than 5% of the market, with this segment being of course far less represented in Mexico.

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The Oils & Fats market in North America is worth just under 30 billion Euro

Food For Thought includes the following segments in this market: Butter (standard), Other dairy spreads, Margarine (standard), Other non-dairy spreads, Olive oil, Other edible oils, Cooking fats. The research covers 3 North American countries, The US, Canada and Mexico. Food For Thought presents in its report separate estimates for each of these segments before arriving to the aggregate sales number presented. The value of the market is calculated at blended retail and foodservice buy-in prices.

Edible oils (olive oil and other edible oils) dominate this market, followed by standard butter and margarine.  As expected, cooking fats is the smallest segment.

The aggregate market is not growing when considered in value terms, but there are notable differences by segment, which is why the report is a useful tool in the hands of strategy decision makers. Cooking fats has been declining sharply over the past 5 years and the fastest growth has been recorded by Other Dairy Spreads and Other Non-dairy Spreads.

Foodservice represents about 30% of the aggregate market for the region, but there are substantial variations across the specific product segments and countries in this category, with olive oil having the highest percentage of demand in the foodservice segment.

As it would be expected, the supply structure is very different across countries and products. In aggregate, the top-8 players accounting for 49% of the market value. The dominant players are ConAgra, Smuckers, Stratas, Unilever, Grupo SOS, however, the market structure is very different at the individual category and/or country level and the report is useful tool for identifying gaps in the market and business opportunities.

Own-label has a strong foothold in this market, with about 24% of the aggregate sales, the percentage is rather static.

The Oils & Fats research is available at https://www.fft.com/Oils_And_Fats_Edible-market-research-reports-1022.html

Food For Thought food and drinks market reports cover 114 products and 32 product categories in each country researched.

The Alcoholic Drinks market in Europe is worth just over 168 billion Euro

Food For Thought includes the following segments in this market: Beer, Aperitifs & Spirits, Sparkling Wine, Still Wine. The research covers 20 EU countries plus Norway and Switzerland. Food For Thought presents in its report separate estimates for each of these segments before arriving to the aggregate sales number presented.

Beer is the largest segment of the market, with over 1/3 of sales expressed in blended retail and foodservice buy-in prices, followed by Still Wine. As expected, Sparkling Wine is the smaller segment.

The aggregate market is not growing when considered in value terms, but there are notable differences by segment, which is why the report is a useful tool in the hands of strategy decision makers. Beer and Sparkling Wines are still growing whilst Spirits and Still Wines are declining.

Foodservice represents about one third of the aggregate market for the region, but there are substantial variations across the specific product segments and countries in this category.

As it would be expected, the supply is rather fragmented, with top-8 players accounting for 35% of the aggregate market. The dominant players are L’Arche Green, Carlsberg, Pernod Ricard and Diageo, however, the market structure is very different at the individual category and/or country level and the report is useful tool for identifying gaps in the market and business opportunities.

Own-label has a reasonably foothold in this market, with about 8% of the aggregate sales, the percentage is rather static.

The Alcoholic Drinks research is available at https://www.fft.com/Alcoholic_Drinks-market-research-reports-1011.html

Food For Thought food and drinks market reports cover 114 products and 32 product categories in each country researched.

Egyptian Foodservice: The Future of Foodservice in Egypt to 2017

Egyptian foodservice profit share forecast to remain static until 2017

The Egyptian foodservice industry increased in value from EGP74,243.5 million in 2007 to EGP83,250.7 million in 2012, representing a CAGR of 2.32% over the review period (2007-2012). In 2012, the profit sector accounted for 89.9% of total foodservice sales in Egypt and recorded a CAGR of 2.28% over the review period.

The foodservice industry in Egypt grew through the review period with profit sector sales increasing from EGP66,883.2 million in 2007 to EGP74,854.99 million in 2012 at a CAGR of 2.28% in local currency. Within the profit sector, the restaurants segment had the highest share of sales over the review period and recorded a CAGR of 2.22%.

Sales of foodservice in the profit channel are forecast to increase from EGP74,855.0 million in 2012 to EGP77,987.9 million 2017, at a CAGR of 0.82% and the profit sector share in Egypt is forecast to remain as 89.9%. The share of the restaurants channel is forecast to increase from 63.99% to 64.0% and it will continue to lead all other channels in the profit sector.

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The report: Egyptian Foodservice: The Future of Foodservice in Egypt to 2017

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USA Still Drinks Category Profile

In spite of fairly solid growth for a handful of value brands, consumption of still drinks in the USA experienced a light decrease in 2011 as consumers continued to shy away from many of the category’s premium products.

This is a category which is traditionally driven by innovation and yet there has been relatively little in the way of new product activity over the past 12 months. A new generation of low calorie lines is likely to be the catalyst to stimulate sales but this is not expected to materialise during the year. Current consumption is overwhelmingly of ambient products which account for more than three-quarters of total sales, growing share slightly during the year. Once the economy begins to recover it is expected that most of the incremental volume to be given over to shelf stable products.

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The report: USA Still Drinks Category Profile

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China Energy Drinks Category Profile

The outlook for further category growth in the Energy Drinks market in China is promising. The category is expected to enjoy rapid and high growth in China in 2012, with the most contribution coming from the leading brand Red Bull.

Red Bull is expected to maintain its leading position with its product further penetrating the national market.
The company plans to expand its Xianning plant’s annual capacity by almost a third in 2012, which is expected to help the company to consolidate its leading position in central China and drive overall category growth as well. One caveat to this high growth, however, is that in February 2012, Red Bull was caught up in some controversy concerning its production. A television report in Heilongjiang province reported that the product might contain some unauthorized food additives. After this news was reported, although Red Bull strenuously denied the claims, some large supermarkets like Carrefour removed the products from their store shelves. On 13 February, Red Bull was able to prove the qualification of its products following an inspection report from the ‘National Food Quality Supervision and Inspection Center’. Although the issue was quickly resolved, it remains to be seen if it will have had a significant impact on Red Bull’s overall performance in 2012.

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The report: China Energy Drinks Category Profile

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USA Soft Drinks Review 2012

Juice consumption in the USA fell by well over 5% in 2011 as the industry implemented further price increases to try and offset fast-rising concentrate costs. Orange juice in particular has suffered from the consumer resistance to such high price points and the impact of rising commodities has been felt even more strongly in the apple and cranberry segments which have declined 8% and 6% respectively in their volumes. However in common with several other beverage categories sales of some super premium products (such as Odwalla, Naked Juice, Bolthouse Farms) grew by around 10% underlining the existence of a two speed economy with more affluent households still willing and able to buy higher priced brands.

Cost pressures are predicted to ease somewhat as commodity prices steadily diminish, although despite this consumption is still expected to fall by more than 3%. The news in early 2012 that trace levels of carbendazim had been found in orange juice imported from Brazil will hardly help to stabilise demand and at best will encourage more brands to switch to the more expensive Florida juice.

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 The report: USA Soft Drinks Review 2012

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