Bottled water continues its healthy growth in both value and volume terms in 2020, with the main drivers being enhanced by COVID-19. With the recent germ phobia and general perception that tap water is unhealthy, the consumption of bottled water is increasing even more. Even before COVID-19, Romanian consumers were rejecting tap water in favour of bottled water, due to the country having an old and rusty infrastructure which meant the quality of tap water was poor. This trend has been…

Growth in off-trade volume sales of bottled water will accelerate during 2020, with COVID-19 leading to a significant shift from the on-trade to the off-trade. The decline in on-trade volume sales was greater than the increase in off-trade volume sales. In terms of off-trade distribution, there has been a shift from forecourt retailers and convenience stores to discounters, supermarkets and e-commerce, as impulse purchases declined and many consumers made less frequently grocery shopping…

The impact of the complete shutdown of the consumer foodservice industry during the initial nationwide quarantine put enormous pressure on bottled water foodservice sales in 2020. The situation was exacerbated by the shift towards home working for office workers, service industry personnel and white-collar professionals. This resulted in substantial declines in business-to-business sales and limited demand for on-trade bottled water due to the reduction in the number of people commuting to…

COVID-19 had a huge impact on bottled water, leading the category to experience a significant decrease in both value and volume terms in Hong Kong. On the whole, total volume of bottled water observed a significant decline due to the sales drop in both foodservice and retail. In foodservice, sales of bottled water experienced a substantial loss as a result of the measures to fight COVID-19 imposed by the Hong Kong government. In order to comply with the lockdown measures, on-trade outlets…

COVID-19 had a huge impact on bottled water, leading the category to experience a significant decrease in both value and volume terms in Hong Kong. On the whole, total volume of bottled water observed a significant decline due to the sales drop in both foodservice and retail. In foodservice, sales of bottled water experienced a substantial loss as a result of the measures to fight COVID-19 imposed by the Hong Kong government. In order to comply with the lockdown measures, on-trade outlets…

COVID-19 had a significant impact on Asian speciality drinks, leading the category to experience a drop in both value and volume terms in both foodservice and retail in 2020. In foodservice, sales experienced a huge loss due to the number of measures to fight COVID-19 imposed by the Hong Kong government. In order to comply with the lockdown measures, on-trade outlets like restaurants were forced to reduce their business hours for eating-in and even close at the height of the local outbreak…

After a couple of years of slow but stable off-trade volume and current value growth, in 2020 coffee has seen higher growth rates. This is mainly due to the lockdowns in different states at different times of the year to limit the spread of COVID-19. These involved the closure of foodservice outlets, including cafés and bars, which led a massive amount of coffee drinking to shift to the off-trade channel. Some consumers also stockpiled coffee for fear of shortages. Although foodservice has…

Prior to the emergence of the pandemic in the UK, retail sales of coffee had continued to be impacted by strong competition from foodservice. This was a trend driven by a notable café culture which was gaining further momentum as consumers looked to specialist coffee shops as places in which they not only socialised but also perceived as alternative work spaces for the self-employed or those already operating under flexible working from home policies.

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The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines and the official response to it had a devastating impact on on-trade sales of coffee during 2020. In particular, the quarantine measures that were introduced during March, more specifically the quarantine lockdown that applied in most parts of the country, resulted in a drastic decline in on-trade consumption and a shift away from the foodservice channel towards retail purchases and at-home consumption. This had a particularly negative…

COVID-19 lockdown measures have had a marked influence on coffee sales during 2020. Foodservice outlets were forced to close early in the outbreak and continued to operate under significant restrictions in order to maintain social distancing even after they were allowed to reopen at the beginning of June. Moreover, a partial lockdown was introduced in the middle of October involving the closure of cafés, bars and restaurants, while the Dutch Government announced the imposition of a “hard…

The COVID-19 crisis and related lockdown restrictions in the Czech Republic encouraged stronger retail consumption of coffee in 2020. Since foodservice outlets were required to shut for several months and peoples’ movement was limited by government restrictions, it resulted in more people staying at home with children and working from home, which supported the increased at home consumption of coffee in 2020. With the closure of foodservice outlets, consumers purchased more fresh ground…

Slovenia has a highly developed coffee drinking culture, which is tightly woven in to the societal fabric. In March the Slovenian government forced all restaurants and bars to close in an attempt to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. Most businesses switched to remote working for their employees, where possible. This led to an unprecedented decline in coffee consumption via the foodservice channel. Instead, coffee consumption shifted to at-home, leading to a significant increase in retail…

Consumers in Singapore have been increasingly seeking a better coffee experience with the term “café hopping” creating a buzz on social media. This trend has also been visible on the supply side with the opening of boutique roasters by big international chains or more niche and independent players. Consumers are looking for premium experiences for brunch and breakfast, often with freshly prepared coffee. During the circuit breaker introduced to stem the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19),…

After seeing slow but stable total volume growth for most of the review period, in 2020 coffee has seen a slow decline as a result of COVID-19. However, whilst the on-trade channel has seen a significant decline, the off-trade channel has seen dynamic growth. Sales via foodservice outlets were severely affected during the lockdown in 2020, as all non-essential businesses were closed, which affected sales of all hot drinks, including coffee. In addition, there was lower footfall on reopening.…

COVID-19 is expected to negatively impact both retail and foodservice volume, though the impact on retail volume will be significantly smaller. There was an increase in take-out coffee in the big cities such as Almaty and Nur-Sultan, but it will not be enough to save foodservice from a dramatic decline in volume sales. There is only expected to be a very slight increase in current retail value, due to a decrease in consumer purchasing power. Kazakhstan is largely dependent on oil and with…

Although cafés and coffee shops were not forced to close or shorten their opening hours due to COVID-19 many of the larger chains chose to do so voluntarily during the state of emergency in April and May. With foodservice sales accounting for nearly half of total volume sales of coffee pre-COVID-19 this has taken a heavy toll on total volume sales of coffee. Even as cafés and coffee shops reopened the demand was lower than in 2019 with many consumers continuing to work from home. Added to…

2020 saw a dramatic decline in the on-trade consumption of coffee in Italy. This was mainly due to the unprecedented situation that emerged in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the official response to it. Faced with an extremely dangerous situation as the COVID-19 virus spread like wildfire throughout communities in northern Italy during the early stages of the global pandemic during the first quarter of the year, the Italian government took drastic measures. These included a…

Coffee drinkers worried about the impact of COVID-19 on their coffee supply took to hoarding at the start of 2020. Sales of premium coffees, such as organic coffee and coffee pods, are performing particularly strongly. With the majority of coffee shops in Ireland closed and only allowed to sell takeaway coffees, along with all restaurants and pubs, consumers are making sure they have adequate home supply. The stockpiling abated as the end of the lockdown approached, but on average the growth…

Foodservice closures as part of large-scale social restrictions and social distancing measures have had a considerably negative impact on foodservice coffee sales, as the country has looked to limit the threat of COVID-19. Due to the decline in foodservice sales, some coffee players have started to sell products in bottled RTD format for collection at their outlets or via e-commerce, eg Anomali Coffee and Union.

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Premiumisation trends were already visible in the Hungarian coffee market before the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to the growing purchasing power of consumers and the strengthening coffee consumption culture. Barista trends were spreading to home brewing, as more consumers could afford to buy appliances and quality fresh coffee. During the COVID-19 lockdown, the desire for indulgence boosted home coffee consumption as cafés were closed and many consumers worked remotely. Therefore, demand for…