Lebanon remains embroiled in an economic crisis with elevated inflation and a weak local currency negatively impacting consumer purchasing power with many consumers struggling to afford basic essentials, while local businesses have seen their margins squeezed..
Lebanon faced significant challenges in 2024 including the country’s economic and financial collapse but also the presidential vacuum and political instability, and the spillover effects of the Israel-Hamas war which is affecting southern Lebanon. Despite these challenges sales of cooking ingredients and meals continued to grow in retail volume terms 2024.
Cooking ingredients are very important for Lebanese consumers for whom cooking and eating at home is not only key to family reunions and social gatherings but which is also vital to a large section of the population who live in poverty and who cannot afford to eat out.
Despite everything that has impacted the market in recent years most categories of cooking ingredients and meals actually saw stronger growth in retail volume terms in 2024 than in the previous year. That being said, many grocery retailers in the south of Lebanon reported a drop in economic activity due to the spillover effect from the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
While Lebanon’s private sector has recovered somewhat, the public sector is still bankrupt and the situation is getting much worse.
The Israel-Hamas war and its spillover effects on Lebanon are likely to continue having an impact on the market over 2025 and possibly 2026 which could place limits on the growth of many areas of cooking ingredients and meals. Despite this, cooking ingredients and meals is still expected to see steady growth in retail volume terms over the forecast period, with many of these products seen as essential by consumers in Lebanon.
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