Cheese is set to record a decline in retail volume sales, reflecting a resurgence in foodservice volume sales as local consumers flock to horeca estab......
The COVID-19 crisis also had a negative impact on gum sales in Singapore as many consumers were not able to commute as freely in order to visit pharma......
Sweden adopted a light touch approach to the onset of COVID-19, with the result that there were no mandated store closures, although the Public Instit......
Consumers were already seeking healthier versions of sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks at the end of the review period, and the trend is set......
Sugar confectionery will continue to record good retail value and volume growth in 2020, albeit at slightly lower rates than in the previous year. The......
As in butter and spreads, foodservice is the leading channel for sales of cheese. This channel took a hit to its sales in 2020 due to COVID-19, but th......
Whilst butter, the largest category within butter and spreads, is primarily associated with Western cuisines, its potential use in Chinese cuisine has......
Savoury snacks is likely to benefit from the COVID-19 pandemic as these products were stockpiled in large quantities before and during lockdown in qua......
Black ready meal trays are notoriously bad for the environment, as they are not detectable by the existing recycling infrastructure. According to the ......
Unlike debit and credit cards, in Austria charge cards has not benefited from the shift away from cash among consumers fuelled by COVID-19. The pandem......
Similar to most other countries, packaged food in Sweden has been significantly impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Grocery sales have bo......
Open loop is the main type of pre-paid card available in Nigeria, while closed loop pre-paid cards continue to struggle to gain awareness or penetrati......
There were no store cards present in Ukraine in 2020. This is very unlikely to change for the foreseeable future, not least as the current regulatory ......
Charge cards remained unavailable in Ukraine in 2020. Ukrainian consumers tend to use debit or credit cards when they need to make payments or borrow ......
Store cards remained non-existent in Israel in 2020. No retailers have expressed any strong interest in offering these types of financial cards. Moreo......