Market research: Serbia (page 1 of 2)

Grocery retailers posted a current value sales increase of 8% in 2011 to arrive at RSD533.4billion. Yet, the constant value sales growth was negative by 2%. This data is a good illustration of the fac...

As the least developed retail channel in Serbia, non-store retailing has the fastest value sales growth, even in years when economic crisis is present in country. Current value growth for non-store re...

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

Business Monitor International's Serbia Retail Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, retail associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with indepe...

After two years of decline, spreads is expected to see retail volume growth of 3% in 2011, to reach 14,100 tonnes. The volume declines in 2009 and 2010 were caused by the economic crisis, which forced...

The Serbian snack bars category was in the development phase in 2011, thanks to the fact that foreign players arrived in the market very rapidly in the last five years. This trend woke up domestic pla...

The biggest category, bread, drives all trends in Baked goods in Serbia, as it is expected to account for 96% of volume sales and 91% of value sales in overall Baked goods in 2011. Bread is accepted a...

Sugar confectionery was one of the packaged food categories which suffered less in the economic crisis in 2009 and 2010. Serbian consumers used these products as substitutes for expensive chocolate co...

After a difficult 2009 and 2010 when Serbian consumers were hard-pressed under the effects of the economic crisis, 2011 is a year when their house budgets are in slightly better positions. This better...

In Serbia, other dairy products is dominated by cream as a traditionally accepted dairy product, convenient as a breakfast solution but also used for preparing various traditional meals. This category...

Ready meals declined in 2009 and 2010 due to the economic crisis, but in 2011 it posted modest growth. When the economic crisis arrived in Serbia, most consumers started to cut back on expenses they c...

Serbian baby food is relatively calm with most categories developed for years. The same brands that were most popular in 2000 are still the leading products in the market whilst the number of babies i...

The biscuits category in Serbia is well-developed thanks to the fact that domestic producers have produced good-quality biscuits at more than acceptable prices for decades. In Serbia, sweet biscuits a...

The breakfast cereals category in Serbia is still in the early stages of its development, as breakfast cereals are not rooted in Serbian tradition as a breakfast solution in general. The category saw ...

Products that fall into canned/preserved food are traditionally quite widespread and popular in Serbia. This was a factor in the review period and continued in 2011. The reason for its popularity was ...

Serbian consumers have a habit of high consumption of yoghurt and sour milk drinks, especially of regular drinking yoghurt, which is dominant in the whole category and sets trends in yoghurt and sour ...

The years 2009 and 2010 were especially difficult for producers of Cheese in the Serbian market as at that time, consumers were forced to decrease consumption of this dairy product or to shift to chee...

Serbian consumers are traditionally inclined to consume chilled processed food, especially chilled processed meat, which accounted for 90% of all value sales. These products are very popular among all...

In 2011 chocolate confectionery is expected to face a slow recovery from the hard times caused by the global economic crisis which was present in 2009 and 2010. This recovery was best illustrated by t...

Dried processed food was not badly affected during the years of the economic crisis. However, positive effects were felt overall, as some categories continued to grow even in the years of the downturn...

Serbian drinking milk products was faced with the biggest crisis in more than ten years in 2010. In the second half of 2010, primary producers (farmers) and industrial producers (dairy companies) were...

Manufacturers know that frozen processed food products became more popular in 2011. This is because the products can be stored for several months and are very convenient as they serve as basic cooking...

Gum in Serbia is traditionally less dynamic than most other packaged food categories, due to the fact that it is already well-developed in terms of distribution network and acceptance of foreign brand...

Serbian ice cream is relatively still with similar volume sales performances year by year over the review period. There are two market leaders with their popular brands and with well-developed distrib...

Meal replacement is in the expansion phase in Serbia, due to the fact that there was a gap in such products in the past. Increasing awareness of the health issues caused by being overweight meant that...

This report contains detailed forecasts and analysis for Serbia and Montenegro, including trade and investment analysis, economic forecasts, political risk assessments and demographic trend analysis. ...

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

Business Monitor International's Serbia Retail Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, retail associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with indepe...

2011 as a whole, and particularly its final two quarters, has proven to be a recovery period for many packaged food categories in the Serbian market, including sauces, dressings and condiments. In fac...

Pasta in Serbia is set to increase only slightly in 2011, mirroring the performance of the previous year. This will be a result of the economic crisis. The economic crisis has also led to a low number...