Pub date: 19 Nov 2009 Latin America / Argentina Food & Drink Industry Report
The economic boom in Argentina looks to have well and truly come to an end during 2009. This is partly borne out by official data – according to national statistics agency Indec the economy shrank... Read More
Pub date: 13 Aug 2010 Asia / Australia Food & Drink Industry Report
A mature market, in which we expect reduced consumer confidence in 2011 as a secondary Chinese slowdown and a growing public debt burden weigh on the economy, Australia’s food and drink industry lacks... Read More
Pub date: 12 Aug 2010 Middle East / Bahrain Food & Drink Industry Report
After falling flat in 2009 due to low consumer confidence and high levels of unemployment, consumer spending in Bahrain appears to be recovering and we expect a rebound to 5.0% growth in 2010 and 6.0%... Read More
Pub date: 22 Jun 2010 Europe / Belarus Food & Drink Industry Report
As the economy begins to show signs of recovery, investments in Belarus’s food and drink sector have begun to pick up. As discussed in BMI ’s recently published Belarus Food & Drink Report for Q310, b... Read More
Pub date: 27 Aug 2010 Latin America / Brazil Food & Drink Industry Report
Strong private consumption in Brazil is continuing to drive the country’s overall economic growth spurt, supported by the rising affluence of mi ddle class consumers. This is re flected in our forecas... Read More
Pub date: 1 Sep 2010 Europe / Bulgaria Food & Drink Industry Report
In BMI’s Q310 Business Environment Ratings (BER) for the 15 major markets of the emerging Europe region, Bulgaria has risen to 12 th , from second-last in the previous quarter. Although the country wa... Read More
Pub date: 23 Jul 2010 North America / Canada Food & Drink Industry Report
The Canadian consumer sector offered steady growth in the years leading up to the global financial crisis and has also proved to be more resilient than that of many developed markets in the years fol... Read More
Pub date: 19 Aug 2010 Caribbean / Trinidad & Tobago Food & Drink Industry Report
Those Caribbean countries that are heavily reliant on the tourism industry have found it more difficult to shake off the effects of the economic downturn, especi ally given the sluggish retu rn to gro... Read More
Pub date: 14 Jul 2010 Global / Latin America Food & Drink Industry Report
We are forecasting that the Central American consumer market is set to grow in prominence over the next five years. This trend is highlighted in the business results of the region's most important fo... Read More
Pub date: 15 Jun 2010 Latin America / Chile Food & Drink Industry Report
Our forecasts for consumption in Chile over the next five years are among the strongest in Latin America and, in combination with the country's market friendly economic policies, explain why Chile sit... Read More
Pub date: 27 Aug 2010 Asia / China Food & Drink Industry Report
The long-term outlook for China’s food and drink sector remains strong, as reflected in the continued international interest and investments in the sector. However, the shorter-term outlook is less po... Read More
Pub date: 1 Sep 2010 Latin America / Colombia Food & Drink Industry Report
BMI View: The consumer picture in Colombia looks relatively positive over our five year forecast period. A reduction in credit, higher unemployment and high personal debt levels mean that the pace of ... Read More
Pub date: 6 Aug 2010 Europe / Croatia Food & Drink Industry Report
Our expectations for Croatia’s short-term outlook for its food and drinks market is relatively guarded, given the challenging economic en vironment, including the high unemployment rate and weakened c... Read More
Pub date: 6 Aug 2010 Europe / Czech Republic Food & Drink Industry Report
Arguably Central Europe’s most mature consumer market, in the Czech Republic discretion remains firmly in play, with demand for non-essential goods in particular still sluggish. Although we expect... Read More
Pub date: 15 Jul 2010 Africa / Egypt Food & Drink Industry Report
Egypt remains the most promising Middle East and North Africa consumer market with significant scope for growth across the key food and drink indicators. On the demand side, a young, aspirant and rapi... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2010 Europe / Estonia Food & Drink Industry Report
In regional terms, the attractiveness of Estonia’s food and drink potential has worsened significantly in recent months, with the country now slipping to eighth position, out of the 14 markets sur... Read More
Pub date: 6 Jul 2010 Europe / France Food & Drink Industry Report
In the drinks sector there are signs that French giant Pernod Ricard could be preparing for further divestitures after the firm's CEO Pierre Pringuet announced the company is to reduce the number of b... Read More
Pub date: 20 Aug 2010 Europe / Germany Food & Drink Industry Report
German consumers are characterised by high saving rates and extreme price sensitivity. In 2006 and 2007 there were signs this could start to change, as demand for Germany's technologically advanced ex... Read More
Pub date: 17 Jun 2010 Africa / Ghana Food & Drink Industry Report
A strong case can be made for Ghana to be consider ed Sub-Saharan Africa’s most well rounded growth story. Able to call on a large population in excess of 20mn, a bullish long-term economic growth out... Read More
Pub date: 13 Aug 2010 Europe / Greece Food & Drink Industry Report
The fiscal problems faced by Greece have prompted us to downgrade our forecasts for food and drink consumption, with austerity measures meaning we no w expect a contraction in most headline indicators... Read More
Pub date: 11 Jan 2010 Asia / Hong Kong Food & Drink Industry Report
Hong Kong’s food and drink industry continues to be dominated by manufacturers that are increasingly turning their attention to mainland China in search of long-term growth. While the market conti... Read More
Pub date: 1 Sep 2010 Europe / Hungary Food & Drink Industry Report
Having lost its pole position to Russia in 2009, Hungary remains second in our updated Food and Drink Business Environment Ratings (BER) for the 15 key markets in the emerging Europe region. While its... Read More
Pub date: 9 Jun 2010 Asia / India Food & Drink Industry Report
India’s economy is booming and looks set to continue its strong growth, with real GDP growth accelerating from 7.0% to 7.8% in the coming fiscal year. This in turn will financially empower more and mo... Read More
Pub date: 27 May 2010 Asia / Indonesia Food & Drink Industry Report
The Indonesian economy emerged relatively unscathed from the global economic downturn and healthy private consumption helped to support full-year real GDP growth of 4.5%. The economy looks set to cont... Read More
Pub date: 15 Jul 2010 Europe / Ireland Food & Drink Industry Report
The prognosis from Ireland over the last quarter remains gloomy . For example , trade body Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) released its annual update for 2009, revealing that around 15,000 job... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2010 Middle East / Israel Food & Drink Industry Report
Growth of the Israeli economy is expected to slow dramatically in 2009 due to falling demand for Israeli exports, sluggish consumer spending and negative investor sentiment. As we see private cons... Read More
Pub date: 22 Jun 2010 Europe / Italy Food & Drink Industry Report
One of the major developments in the Italian food sector over the last quarter was the confirmation by Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever of the sale of its local frozen food business. The company stated that... Read More
Pub date: 25 Jun 2010 Asia / Japan Food & Drink Industry Report
While Japan’s economic growth may have bounced back in Q409, Japan remains stuck in the throes of a deflationary slump. This poor economic outlook, paired with a very high level of market maturity, ha... Read More
Pub date: 6 Aug 2010 Europe / Kazakhstan Food & Drink Industry Report
Kazakhstan is easily our favourite Central Asian consumer market. Its growth over the coming years will be supported by a positive economic outlook, with food and drinks values not nearly as affected ... Read More
Pub date: 12 Aug 2010 Middle East / Kuwait Food & Drink Industry Report
The outlook for Kuwait’s food and drink sector appears to be improving as consumer confidence looks to be on the rise. However, it still remains some way off its pre-downturn 2009 peak with discretion... Read More
Pub date: 12 Jan 2010 Europe / Latvia Food & Drink Industry Report
In BMI ’s Q109 Business Environment Rating covering food and drink sectors of the 14 major markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Latvia is ranked ninth, below its Baltic peers and onl... Read More
Pub date: 8 Jan 2010 Middle East / Lebanon Food & Drink Industry Report
The Lebanese food and drink industry is continuing to attract the attention of expansion -oriented companies, as discussed in BMI ’s recently published Lebanon Food & Drink Report for... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2010 Europe / Lithuania Food & Drink Industry Report
In comparison to the start of 2008, when it was ranked third in BM I’s Food and Drink Business Environment Ratings table for the 14 key markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Lithuania... Read More
Pub date: 12 Aug 2010 Asia / Malaysia Food & Drink Industry Report
BMI View: Malaysia’s food and drink industry continues to recover from the slowdown experienced in 2009 with many of the country’s leading industry players posting robust growth in interim financials.... Read More
Pub date: 9 Jun 2010 Latin America / Mexico Food & Drink Industry Report
In an effort to increase their consumer base and a ttract more consumers to the mass grocery retail (MGR) format, Mexico’s leading retailers have been expand ing their product ranges and services on o... Read More
Pub date: 16 Jun 2010 Europe / Netherlands Food & Drink Industry Report
There have been mixed fortunes for some of the Netherlands’ largest food and drink companies reporting full-year 2009 results, reflecting the ongoing competitive environment. For example, Dutch da... Read More
Pub date: 16 Jun 2010 Africa / Nigeria Food & Drink Industry Report
BMI Industry View Coming off a strong 2009 where GDP growth of 6.9% was recorded, Nigeria is poised for another strong year with 7.5% growth anticipated. While this will be broadly good news for fast-... Read More
Pub date: 9 Jun 2010 Asia / Pakistan Food & Drink Industry Report
Despite counting on a highly favourable demographic outlook, Pakistan’s consumer story continues to be restrained by a tense security climate and a fairly subdued economic outlook that reflects the in... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2009 Latin America / Peru Food & Drink Industry Report
In June 2009 US Food giant Kraft Foods announced it is investing more than PEN60mn in Peru to step up promotions and expand its production and storage facilities. The move came shortly after soft ... Read More
Pub date: 19 Jan 2010 Asia / Philippines Food & Drink Industry Report
Activity in the Philippines food and beverage sector continues to be dominated by expansionary regional giant San Miguel Corporation (SMC). The company has hardly been out of the news in the last ... Read More
Pub date: 22 Jun 2010 Europe / Poland Food & Drink Industry Report
In BMI’s new emerging Europe Business Environment Ratings (BER) matrix for Q310, Poland rose to third place in the regional matrix, up by one place in relation to the previous quarter and up from sixt... Read More
Pub date: 23 Jul 2010 Middle East / Qatar Food & Drink Industry Report
The Gulf region’s wealthiest state by GDP per capita, Qatar places second behind the UAE in BMI’s regional food and drink business environment ratings. Although a small population of 1.6mn is modest ... Read More
Pub date: 2 Jun 2010 Europe / Romania Food & Drink Industry Report
In BMI’s Food and Drink Business Environment Ratings (BER) table for Q310, Romania again places ninth out of the 15 key markets surveyed in the emerging Europe region. Economic factors will conspire t... Read More
Pub date: 22 Jun 2010 Europe / Russia Food & Drink Industry Report
In BMI’s updated Food & Drink Business Environment Ratings (BER) matrix for Q310, Russia remains in pole position, out of the 15 markets profiled in the Emerging Europe region. Its strengths are based... Read More
Pub date: 1 Sep 2010 Middle East / Saudi Arabia Food & Drink Industry Report
After narrowly avoiding an economic contraction in 2009 with GDP coming in at 0.18%, Saudi Arabia’s economy is expected to perform solidly in 2010 with 2.01% growth penciled in. Having fallen sharply ... Read More
Pub date: 26 Aug 2010 Europe / Serbia Food & Drink Industry Report
In BMI’s Q310 Food and Drink Business Environment Ratings (BER) matrix for the 15 key Emerging European markets, Serbia remains in 11 th place. While per capita alcoholic beverage consumption receives... Read More
Pub date: 2 Jun 2010 Asia / Singapore Food & Drink Industry Report
Due to the very small size and developed nature of the local market, Singaporean companies are required to expand abroad in order to capture new market sh are and continue to grow, which is just what ... Read More
Pub date: 17 Jun 2010 Europe / Slovakia Food & Drink Industry Report
In BMI’s updated Business Environment Ratings (BER) table for Q310, Slovakia continued to slip down the emerging Europe matrix, falling to sixth from fifth position, out of the 15 major regional marke... Read More
Pub date: 27 Aug 2010 Europe / Slovenia Food & Drink Industry Report
Slovenia is a mature food and drink market, with a well-developed mass grocery retail (MGR) infrastructure. As such, the longer-term returns on investment will remain subdued in potential, while the ... Read More
Pub date: 15 Jul 2010 Africa / South Africa Food & Drink Industry Report
Consumer confidence is returning slowly after headline retail sales (compiled by Statistics South Africa) declined for 14 consecutive months (year-on-year) up until March 2010. However, the recovery w... Read More
Pub date: 25 Jun 2010 Asia / South Korea Food & Drink Industry Report
The South Korean economy continues to strengthen and as such we have revised our 2010 real GDP growth forecast to 5.5% from 4.6% previously. This would represent the fastest economic expansion in the ... Read More
Pub date: 1 Sep 2010 Europe / Spain Food & Drink Industry Report
Restructuring continues apace in the Spanish food sector. As had been widely predicted, Spain's largest food group Ebro Puleva announced in March the sale of its dairy unit to France-based Lactalis fo... Read More
Pub date: 22 Jan 2010 Asia / Taiwan Food & Drink Industry Report
Activity in Taiwan’s food and beverage industry continues to be dominated by the market’s relationship with mainland neighbour China. As discussed in BMI ’s newly-published Taiwan Food & ... Read More
Pub date: 22 Jun 2010 Asia / Thailand Food & Drink Industry Report
Despite an economic slowdown and the ongoing political turbulence, leading operators in Thailand’s mass grocery retail (MGR) sector are continuing to push forward with investments. As discussed in BMI... Read More
Pub date: 12 Aug 2010 Europe / Turkey Food & Drink Industry Report
BMI Industry View Turkey's short-term consumer spending outlook emphatically distinguishes it from the rest of emerging Europe, with trends far detached from a region that for the most part has been s... Read More
Pub date: 22 Jun 2010 Europe / Ukraine Food & Drink Industry Report
Ukraine again ranks in last position – out of the 15 key markets in emerging Europe – in BMI’s updated Food and Drink Business Environment Rankings (BER) for Q310, as it continues to struggle to attr... Read More
Pub date: 12 Aug 2010 Middle East / United Arab Emirates Food & Drink Industry Report
While the UAE is in the middle of a fairly robust economic recovery, with GDP growth of 4.8% forecast for 2010, much of the growth will be driven by external factors. Underlined by the fact that real ... Read More
Pub date: 29 Jun 2010 Europe / United Kingdom Food & Drink Industry Report
The ramifications of the Kraft acquisition of Cadbury continue to unfold. In May the US food giant posted its first results post acquisition, with a sharp increase in earnings indicating the potential... Read More
Pub date: 14 Jul 2010 North America / United States Food & Drink Industry Report
The latest retail sales data in the US supports BMI’s core view that the recovery in consumer demand in developed markets will be weak. US retail sales fell unexpectedly in May, with a 1.2% month-on-m... Read More
Pub date: 17 Jun 2010 Latin America / Venezuela Food & Drink Industry Report
Our short-term outlook for food and drink spending in Venezuela is poor. Unlike many of its regional peers Venezuela is struggling to escape from recession and we are forecasting an economic contracti... Read More
Pub date: 2 Sep 2010 Asia / Vietnam Food & Drink Industry Report
Vietnam’s food, beverage and mass grocery retail (MGR) sectors continue to attract both domestic and multinational investment, as discussed in BMI ’s recently published Vietnam Food & Drink Report for... Read More
Pub date: 6 Jan 2010 Africa / Zimbabwe Food & Drink Industry Report
The situation in Zimbabwe is growing increasingly dismal, as the human and economic crisis in the country continues to acceleration. Despite a wide range of almost insurmountable challenges, the ... Read More
Pub date: 12 Jun 2009 Global Food & Drink Special Report
BMI examines the challenges facing the global tobacco industry, providing five-year growth forecasts for global markets and examining the strategy of the industry’s leading players.... Read More