Pub date: 13 Jan 2012 Europe / Belarus Food & Drink Industry Report
The consumer outlook for Belarus will remain extremely challenging, largely on account of massive currency devaluation and skyrocketing inflation levels. We expect consumer price inflation in the cou... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Food & Drink Industry Report
Bulgaria will remain considered one of the less attractive Central and Eastern Europe food and drinks markets. In fact, following the roll-out of our more rewards-sensitive ratings methodology, Bulga... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Europe / Croatia Food & Drink Industry Report
Croatian consumer confidence has been severely impacted by two years of economic contraction, with real GDP having declining by 6.0% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2009 and by 1.2% in 2010. In our view, 201... Read More
Pub date: 10 Feb 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Food & Drink Industry Report
The Czech consumer outlook will remain challenging, at least in the short term. Household and government spending are expected to remain in the doldrums over the course of 2012, as they were through... Read More
Pub date: 28 Nov 2011 Europe / Estonia Food & Drink Industry Report
Estonia is still considered one of a lower medium-tier food and drink investment destinations in the Emerging Europe region. While its risk profile is one of the most benign in the region, its reward... Read More
Pub date: 30 Dec 2011 Europe / France Food & Drink Industry Report
The French market has been primarily driven by trends toward value, with private labels and discount retail the big winners in this scenario. Consumer spending on food and drink in France has remaine... Read More
Pub date: 16 Dec 2011 Europe / Germany Food & Drink Industry Report
Germany's economic recovery is in full swing with base effects, the improving domestic consumer climate and strong foreign demand all having a positive impact on growth. Germany's economy posted its ... Read More
Pub date: 11 Nov 2011 Europe / Greece Food & Drink Industry Report
BMI View: Very challenging economic conditions remain in place in Greece. The government‘s fiscal consolidation programme has many more years to run, while double-digit unemployment will become a la... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Hungary Food & Drink Industry Report
In economic terms, Hungary is considered a regional underperformer. This view, in combination with the high level of maturity of its mass grocery retail (MGR) and food and drinks market and the broad... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Europe / Ireland Food & Drink Industry Report
Despite negative headwinds, there are signs that the Irish consumer sector may have bottomed out. During recent months retail sales data from the national statistics authority have been stagnating, r... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Europe / Italy Food & Drink Industry Report
The rate of growth remains anaemic in Italy. The onset of fiscal austerity amid a deterioration in eurozone economic activity will see the Italian economy contract by 1.4% in 2012, down from 0.8% gr... Read More
Pub date: 20 Jan 2012 Europe / Kazakhstan Food & Drink Industry Report
Kazakhstan’s attractiveness to foreign food and beverage manufacturers is considerable on account of the country’s economic development and a favourable demographic outlook. We expect that the nascen... Read More
Pub date: 16 Dec 2011 Europe / Latvia Food & Drink Industry Report
Latvia ranks in second-last position in BMI’s latest Business Environment Ranking (BER) matrix for the Emerging Europe region, having fallen since it was last surveyed. The fallout from the sharp eco... Read More
Pub date: 06 Feb 2012 Europe / Lithuania Food & Drink Industry Report
Lithuania ranks sixth in our new Business Environment Rankings (BER) table for the 15 key markets in the emerging Europe region (and Turkey), above its Baltic peers, Latvia and Estonia. While Lithuan... Read More
Pub date: 04 Jan 2012 Europe / Netherlands Food & Drink Industry Report
The Dutch economy returned to growth in 2010, with full-year GDP coming in at 1.8% year-on-year (yo- y). However, in the second half of 2011, confidence has been shaken by the ongoing troubles within... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Poland Food & Drink Industry Report
Poland was the only European economy to escape recession in 2009, and this had much to do with the consumer. Fast-forwarding to 2011 and with global headwinds building, we continue to look favourably... Read More
Pub date: 06 Jan 2012 Europe / Romania Food & Drink Industry Report
The latest edition of our proprietary food and drink business environment ratings is based on new methodology, which aims highlight the markets that have the greatest longer-term opportunities for m... Read More
Pub date: 30 Dec 2011 Europe / Russia Food & Drink Industry Report
We have undertaken a major overhaul of our Business Environment Ratings (BER) methodology for Q112, which emphasises which markets have the greatest longer-term opportunities. Russia has risen to po... Read More
Pub date: 16 Dec 2011 Europe / Serbia Food & Drink Industry Report
Although foreign retailers and manufacturers continue to show interest in the Serbian market, the weak dinar and high inflation rates are impeding growth in the food and drink sector, mass grocery r... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Europe / Slovakia Food & Drink Industry Report
We expect 2012 to be a challenging year for Slovak consumers and businesses, with both domestic and external risks becoming increasingly salient as the eurozone sovereign debt crisis continues. Eleva... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Slovenia Food & Drink Industry Report
Consumer confidence remains weak in Slovenia. Domestic demand problems continue to hold back the wider economy, which is further suffering owing to uncertainty surrounding the eurozone and the possi... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Spain Food & Drink Industry Report
According to a host of leading indicator data, Spain's economic recovery remains weak by regional standards, and we hold to our forecast for real GDP growth to come in at no more than 0.7% in 2011. ... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Europe / Turkey Food & Drink Industry Report
Turkey remains one of the most promising emerging markets, having rebounded from the 2009 recession very strongly. Its economy continues to develop apace, providing plentiful opportunities for a furt... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2012 Europe / Ukraine Food & Drink Industry Report
There is no question that the past few years have been difficult, but recently Ukraine had started to look better on the consumer side, with private household expenditure up strongly since the start ... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / United Kingdom Food & Drink Industry Report
The retail sector has had to face up to all sorts of issues in 2011 with low confidence, a rise in the VAT rate and high fuel prices making trading conditions particularly challenging. Indeed, Tesco'... Read More
Pub date: 28 Oct 2010 Europe / Russia Food & Drink Competitive Intelligence Report
Russia's vast food sector is led by local firm Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods (WBD). Other leading food firms competing with the market leader include the Russian subsidiary of multinational Nestlé, WBD's com... Read More
Pub date: 01 Jan 2012 Global / Europe Food & Drink Multinational Companies Industry Directory
Multinational Food & Drink Companies in Emerging Europe CD-ROM... Read More