Meals and Soups

Meals and soup is expected to register positive volume growth in Serbia in 2024. Consumers are leading increasingly busy lives and appreciate the convenience. Dry soup accounts for most values sales; however, it is ready meals and in particular…

Meals and soups is set to record healthy current value growth in Saudi Arabia in 2024 with frozen pizza registering the strongest growth amongst the subcategories. This growth is set to be driven by rising demand for convenient, ready-to-eat options…

Meals and soups is seeing slightly stronger volume sales in Mexico in 2024, compared to 2023. This is attributed to the fact that price hikes were significant in 2023, supporting stronger value sales, but suppressing potential volume. In 2024, price…

Meals and soups in Latvia experiences steady growth in 2024, though significant sales breakthroughs remain elusive. In comparison to 2023, consumer interest in convenience remains high, especially among those with busy lifestyles, but economic…

Ready meals have continued to dominate meals and soups in Kazakhstan in 2024. With increasingly busy lifestyles leaving less time for cooking, appreciation for the convenience of these products is on the rise, hence the frozen, shelf stable and…

In 2024, the volume of meals and soups available in Egypt has declined, while retail selling prices have risen significantly. This shift is largely due to the Egyptian pound’s devaluation in March 2024, during which the currency lost 60% of its…

The growing popularity of meals and soups in the Czech Republic is being driven by several key factors. The increasing pace of modern lifestyles leaves consumers with less time for traditional cooking. These products offer a convenient solution,…

With consumers increasingly dining out once again in Taiwan, there has been a decline in the frequency of consuming ready meals at home. There was a modest uptick in price, reflecting the broader economic conditions, that also curbed some demand.…

Meals and soups is set to experience stable volume growth in Spain in 2024, while current value growth is expected to be strong, but slower than in the previous two years, in which it was strongly impacted by the high rate of inflation. Within ready…

In 2024, retail value sales of meals and soups increased by 4% in current terms, while retail volume sales declined. Areas such as frozen soups and dried and shelf stable ready meals saw strong volume falls, while meal kits and chilled ready meals…

Meals and soups continue to see the normalisation of volume sales in 2024 following a strong performance during the pandemic years. Overall consumption of meals and soups remains steady as office employees seek the quick convenience of such foods.…

In ready meals, brands are seeking to create and respond to new consumption occasions to attract new customers and grow volume sales. Riberalves, which specialises in frozen cod, has extended its brand into frozen ready meals using cod as the key…

Within meals and soups in Peru, ready meals is seeing growth in 2024 despite economic stress, even surpassing more traditional segments cush as dry soup. Increasingly fast-paced lifestyles make the convenience of ready meals highly valued. Among…

Meals and soups in Pakistan is an underdeveloped category in cooking ingredients and meals. At the end of the review period, only soup registered significant retail volume and value sales, while foodservice volume sales were negligible across the…

Meals and soups remains on its stable and positive growth trajectory in Norway in 2024, supported by a strong convenience trend and increasingly high-quality ready meals. The overall category is home to huge numbers of new product launches and a lot…

Meals and soups is expected to register further growth in both current value and volume terms in Lithuania in 2024 as with consumers leading busy lives, they appreciate the convenience of meals and soups. An expanding product range and strong…

Meals and soups was the best-performing category in cooking ingredients and meals in Ireland in 2024, with all the sub-categories growing in both volume and current value terms.

Retail volume sales of meals and soups in Hungary are set to register continued growth in 2024. Retailers such as Lidl and Teso have also been active in expanding their respective product ranges, to include those with a healthier positioning, such as…

Meals and soups is set to see a significant increase in retail value sales in current terms in Georgia in 2024. Frozen ready meals’ dominance is a significant propellant for the broad spectrum of meals and soups within the country. Traditional…

Meals and soup is expected to be the best performing product among cooking ingredients and meals in Croatia in 2024, registering both healthy current value and volume growth. Consumers’ increasingly busy lives is contributing to this growth. Shelf…