Market research: Latvia (page 1 of 2)

The performance of grocery retailers in Latvia in 2011 continued to depend highly on the overall economic situation in the country. In 2009 the consumer confidence index was low, high unemployment cau...

In terms of stabilisation of their purchasing power, Latvian consumers loosened their spending slightly in 2011. The majority of players within non-store retailing offer lower mark-ups and prices to c...

This report contains detailed forecasts and analysis for Latvia, including trade and investment analysis, economic forecasts, political risk assessments and demographic trend analysis. Each ISA Count...

Business Monitor International's Latvia Food and Drink Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, food and drink associations, government departments and regulatory bo...

The key issue impacting yoghurt and sour milk drinks in 2011 has been the vast price war between manufacturers and retailers. The two leading supermarkets/hypermarkets retailers in Latvia, Rimi Latvia...

Cheese, as with other categories of dairy, has experienced a significant increase in unit prices, which has negatively impacted demand and is expected to result in retail volume growth of -2% in 2011....

In 2011, the procurement price of milk from farmers increased as did the mark up imposed on products in butter by leading retailers. This is expected to result in current retail value growth in unit p...

There has been a significant increase in unit prices across other dairy, which is expected to have a negative impact on demand and to hamper retail volume growth in 2011. Also, as the purchasing power...

Ice cream is the category of packaged food which is expected to register one of the strongest volume growth in 2011, owing to its rapid recovery from the economic downturn in Latvia. Consumers readily...

The economic crisis in Latvia caused consumer purchasing power to decrease as a result of which many couples have decided to postpone starting a family. In 2010 the birth rate in Latvia decreased by 1...

Noodles are perceived by Latvians as convenient and cheap meal solutions. The majority of products are inferior and as purchasing power improves, the demand for noodles starts falling. As a result, no...

As sauces, dressings and condiments is highly segmented, in 2011 sales were driven by various contradictory trends. At the very beginning of the post-crisis period the majority of Latvians still remai...

For the majority of Latvians, pasta, along with potatoes, is considered a nourishing and affordable meal solution. However, pasta eating culture is still underdeveloped in Latvia and it is rarely perc...

The constantly accelerating pace of life and soup convenience as a quick meal solution were the key growth drivers in 2011. In addition, in 2011 Latvians continued suffering from low purchasing power,...

Sweet and savoury snacks are not considered by Latvians to be essential purchases. They are purchased on an occasional impulse basis, which prevented the category from growing during 2011, the very be...

Ready meals is expected to show a positive performance in 2011, mainly driven by the thriving frozen ready meals category, which accounts for around three fifths of total ready meals volume sales. Fro...

Canned/preserved food, similarly as other product groups, has benefited from gradually recovering purchasing power of consumers in 2011. As a result, after a significant drop in 2010, the category is ...

Chilled processed meat, accounting for almost three fourths of total category volume sales, is the key driver of Chilled processed food. Latvians are distinct meat eaters and many cannot imagine their...

As the majority of Dried processed foods, such as pasta, noodles and rice, are considered to be staples, the category is expected to perform successfully in 2011. These are used for preparing the majo...

Frozen processed food enjoys high popularity amongst consumers due to several reasons. Firstly, Latvia is remote from the ocean, but the Baltic Sea cannot fully satisfy consumers’ demand for fish and ...

Even though macroeconomic indicators improved in Latvia in 2010 and 2011, consumers’ purchasing power remained low, so many consumers continued avoiding purchasing unnecessary impulse products. In add...

As 2011 was the very beginning of the post-crisis period in Latvia, consumers’ purchasing power remained low due to the high unemployment rate of more than 10%. As a result, consumers actively sought ...

Consumption of bakery products is steadily decreasing in Latvia, which is due to the popularisation of alternative product groups such as potatoes and pasta, which are consumed instead of bread, and i...

Biscuits is expected to continue to be impacted by low consumer purchasing power and increasing health-awareness amongst Latvians in 2011. Similar to baked goods, Latvians avoided consuming too many b...

In 2011, at the very beginning of the post-crisis period, Latvians remained quite cautious with their spending, so chose products with maximum nutritional value for an affordable price. As a result th...

Snack bars is expected to post a 3% negative performance in both retail volume and current value terms in 2011, mainly due to the lack of purchasing power to support strengthening wellness trend and t...

The majority of spreads belong to impulse products, whilst at the very beginning of the post-crisis period Latvians still preferred to stick to staples due to their limited purchasing power. In additi...

Sugar confectionery is expected to show stabilisation in 2011. The majority of products in the category are cheap, and do not account for a considerable share of consumers’ budgets; therefore they did...

This databook is a detailed information resource covering the foodservice market in Latvia between 2005 and 2014. It provides insightful views about sales, transactions, cost per transaction and numbe...

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