Many food products in Japan have raised their prices in 2022 and 2023, for various reasons, such as inflation, rising raw materials prices, and a decline in the domestic labour force. Meanwhile, increases in disposable incomes have been limited in Japan, and many consumers are unhappy with the price increases on food products.
Functional food and drinks are widely available to consumers through most grocery retailers, including convenience stores. Japanese consumers are generally health-conscious, and players offering ready meals with high protein and low carbohydrate content has been one of the most significant trends in ready meals in Japan.
The major convenience store chains in Japan are committed to reducing their environmental impact. Thus, they are reinforcing their efforts to use sustainable materials in their own ready meals product development.
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Meals and Soups
This is the aggregation of ready meals, pizza, food kits, prepared salads, and soup. Includes: These are products that have had recipe 'skills' added to them by the manufacturer, resulting in a high degree of readiness, completion and convenience. Food kits is an exception where typically the extent of preparation is much shorter than other meal products; includes meal kits where consumers are to put together pre-portioned ingredients and cook with the guidance of recipe cards. Ready meals are generally accepted to be complete meals that require few or no extra ingredients. However, in the case of shelf stable ready meals, the term also encompasses meal 'centres’; for food kits, they do require a degree of cooking and preparation. As such, some meals may require cooking (ready-to-cook); others may simply need reheating, prior to serving (ready-to-eat). Excludes: Any products sold unpackaged and/or by weight, including food sold from a retail deli counter.
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