READY MEALS IN CANADA

Euromonitor International

November 2018

LIST OF CONTENTS AND TABLES

Headlines

Prospects

Rising Health-consciousness Fuels Growth in Prepared Salads and Chilled Offerings

Dinner Mixes Gathers Growth Momentum

Frozen Ready Meals Sees Growth Whilst Frozen Pizza Continues To Contract

Competitive Landscape

Nestlé Canada Continues To Lead Ready Meals

Niche Segments Are Attracting A Growing Number of Players

New Product Development in Chilled Pizza and Chilled Ready Meals

Category Data

Table 1 Sales of Ready Meals by Category: Volume 2013-2018

Table 2 Sales of Ready Meals by Category: Value 2013-2018

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

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

Table 5 Sales of Chilled Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2013-2018

Table 6 Sales of Frozen Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2013-2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Executive Summary

Packaged Food Sees Stable Growth While Continuing To Evolve

Growing Impact of Clean Label Movement

Leading Players Facing Challenges, While Niche Segments Attract Smaller Players

Online Retailing, Mixed Retailers and Hypermarkets See Most Dynamic Growth

Moderate Growth Ahead, With Increasing Uncertainty

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

Health-consciousness continues to rise in Canada, significantly impacting consumers’ choices in terms of foods and beverages. Within ready meals, the decline in shelf stable offerings continued in 2018, owing mainly to containing preservatives and other ingredients perceived as unhealthy, whilst prepared salads fared much better, as it aligns well with the trend towards healthier plant-based foods and the movement towards vegan/vegetarian lifestyles. Meanwhile, chilled pizza and chilled ready me...

Euromonitor International's Ready Meals in Canada 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: Chilled Lunch Kits, Chilled Pizza, Chilled Ready Meals, Dinner Mixes, Dried Ready Meals, Frozen Pizza, Frozen Ready Meals, Prepared Salads, Shelf Stable Ready Meals.

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

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