Ready Meals in Japan
READY MEALS IN JAPAN
Euromonitor International
November 2018
LIST OF CONTENTS AND TABLES
Headlines
Prospects
Wider Distribution Boosts Sales of Frozen Ready Meals
Product Improvements and Demand From Health-conscious Consumers Boost Prepared Salads
Food Scare Continues To Affect Sales of Frozen Pizza
Competitive Landscape
Fragmented Landscape Led by Convenience Store Operators
New Launches Appeal To the Health-conscious
Ajinomoto Frozen Foods Leads in Frozen Ready Meals and Launches Larger Packaging
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
Ageing Population Influences Performance of Packaged Food
Health and Convenience the Key Trends Over the Review Period
Domestic Companies Remain Dominant Despite Rise in Imports
Store-based Retailing Dominates But Internet Retailing Shows Promise
Health and Convenience Likely To Remain on the Agenda for Ageing Population
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
Frozen ready meals performed well in 2018, benefiting from greater exposure in the country’s major retailers, including Japan’s largest convenience store chain, 7-Eleven Japan. Although frozen food has long been perceived as being less flavoursome than fresh alternatives, recent developments in product quality, led by improvements in freezing technology, are widening the audience for frozen ready meals. Moreover, Chinese and Italian frozen ready meals are also popular, with the latter benefiting...
Euromonitor International's Ready Meals in Japan 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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