CHEESE IN BELGIUM

Euromonitor International

August 2018

LIST OF CONTENTS AND TABLES

Headlines

Prospects

Decline of Traditional Cheese Types and Consumption Patterns

New Eating Habits and Pairings Drive Value Sales

Declining Consumption of Bread Affects Spreadable Processed Cheese

Competitive Landscape

A Highly Fragmented Competitive Landscape

Key New Launches

Category Data

Table 1 Sales of Cheese by Category: Volume 2013-2018

Table 2 Sales of Cheese by Category: Value 2013-2018

Table 3 Sales of Cheese by Category: % Volume Growth 2013-2018

Table 4 Sales of Cheese by Category: % Value Growth 2013-2018

Table 5 Sales of Spreadable Processed Cheese by Type: % Value 2013-2018

Table 6 Sales of Unprocessed Cheese by Type: % Value 2013-2018

Table 7 NBO Company Shares of Cheese: % Value 2014-2018

Table 8 LBN Brand Shares of Cheese: % Value 2015-2018

Table 9 Distribution of Cheese by Format: % Value 2013-2018

Table 10 Forecast Sales of Cheese by Category: Volume 2018-2023

Table 11 Forecast Sales of Cheese by Category: Value 2018-2023

Table 12 Forecast Sales of Cheese by Category: % Volume Growth 2018-2023

Table 13 Forecast Sales of Cheese by Category: % Value Growth 2018-2023

Executive Summary

Competition From Unpackaged Food

Volume Sales Under Pressure, But Value Sales Boosted by Demand for Quality

Private Label Growth Halted by Aggressive Competition From Leading Brands

Denser Competitive Retail Landscape Also Impacts Packaged Food Manufacturers

Difficult Environment for Packaged Food

Foodservice

Sales To Foodservice

Consumer Foodservice

Category Data

Table 14 Foodservice Sales of Packaged Food by Category: Volume 2013-2018

Table 15 Foodservice Sales of Packaged Food by Category: % Volume Growth 2013-2018

Table 16 Forecast Foodservice Sales of Packaged Food by Category: Volume 2018-2023

Table 17 Forecast Foodservice Sales of Packaged Food by Category: % Volume Growth 2018-2023

Market Data

Table 18 Sales of Packaged Food by Category: Volume 2013-2018

Table 19 Sales of Packaged Food by Category: Value 2013-2018

Table 20 Sales of Packaged Food by Category: % Volume Growth 2013-2018

Table 21 Sales of Packaged Food by Category: % Value Growth 2013-2018

Table 22 GBO Company Shares of Packaged Food: % Value 2014-2018

Table 23 NBO Company Shares of Packaged Food: % Value 2014-2018

Table 24 LBN Brand Shares of Packaged Food: % Value 2015-2018

Table 25 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2013-2018

Table 26 Distribution of Packaged Food by Format: % Value 2013-2018

Table 27 Distribution of Packaged Food by Format and Category: % Value 2018

Table 28 Forecast Sales of Packaged Food by Category: Volume 2018-2023

Table 29 Forecast Sales of Packaged Food by Category: Value 2018-2023

Table 30 Forecast Sales of Packaged Food by Category: % Volume Growth 2018-2023

Table 31 Forecast Sales of Packaged Food by Category: % Value Growth 2018-2023

Sources

Summary 1 Research Sources

Cheese traditionally plays an important role in Belgian gastronomy. Eating habits have however, changed over the review period, with cheese starting to show signs of maturity. Most importantly, demand for traditional cheese types, such as Gouda, constantly declined over the last three years of the review period. This trend, coupled with the decline of the pairing of cheese with bread, resulted in a marginal drop for cheese in retail volume sales in 2018. Value sales, on the other hand, were stat...

Euromonitor International's Cheese in Belgium report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2013-2017, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2022 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Processed Cheese, Unprocessed Cheese.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

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