In 2024 cooking ingredients and meals sales witnessed positive growth as, despite economic challenges, including global inflation and restrictions on expat entries, modern retail channels continued expanding. Growing concern over high obesity rates is stimulating some consumers into adopting healthier eating habits, including eating less overall.
Both volume and value sales of cooking ingredients experienced positive growth in 2024 and over the review period as a whole. Much of the growth has been driven by rising health consciousness, which in particular has triggered demand for edible oils and healthier variants of sauces, dips, and condiments.
Those living in Kuwait tend to eat three main meals per day, while snacking is also common among people of all socioeconomic levels. Breakfast often consists of sandwiches and/or pies with various fillings, including egg, falafel, fava beans and cheese.
The population of Kuwait continues to grow, although growth rates are slowing and are set to slow further in the forecast period. With crowded households due to the rising cost of rents in the country, many young couples postponed having children during the review period, with the rise in the number of children and babies partly stemming from expatriates bringing their children into the country.
The cooking ingredients and meals industry in Kuwait benefits from a well-established logistics and infrastructure network supporting the inflow and outflow of these products. The country also leverages its efficient and close land transportation network with nearby exporters, which in turn facilitates the inflow of considerable imports into the country.
The cooking ingredients and meals industry is poised to register moderate growth in value sales over the forecast period. Such modest growth will be shaped by high product prices, the government’s clampdown on re-exports, and lower levels of home cooking.
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