FRANCE: REVIEW OF THE FROZEN FOOD MARKET
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According to IRI-Secodip, the French frozen food product market is growing again, with FFr 19.732bn in sales in supermarkets and hypermarkets during the 12 months ending 20 February 2000n, up 3.9%, and a 1.4% rise in volume. Ice cream, which holds a 24% value market share, posted the sharpest rise, with FFr 4.698bn, up 5.4%, and up 1.8% in volume, compared with FFr 15.034bn, up 3.5% for all frozen foods except ice cream, and a 1.2% rise in volume. In value, all ice cream segments rose from 5% to 5.5%; while ice cream specialities to be shared rose 4.5%; followed by festive season ice cream, up 2.5%; sherbet and ice cream in bulk and individual ice cream specialities rose 1.4% each. Excluding ice cream, two segments have declined in value: desserts and frozen pasta, which represented FFr 313mn, down 6.6%, and frozen meat which represented FFr 1.462bn, down 0.6%. Although frozen starters held steady at FFr 2.886bn, other segments rose, such as frozen potatoes with FFr 1.714bn, up 13.6%; and frozen fish and shellfish with FFr 3.465bn, up 5.8%. Frozen starters dropped 0.6% in volume and frozen pasta dropped 10.4%, compared with a 5.5% rise for sauces and herbs, and a 3.6% rise for frozen potatoes, and a 2.9% rise for frozen ready meals. The private labels share is greater on the frozen foods market excluding ice cream, with a 35.6% value market share, than on the ice cream market with a 25.6% value market share. Of the total frozen foods excluding ice cream, private labels represent 58.5% of the frozen vegetable segment, 49% of the frozen meat segment, and 39.9% of the frozen potato, and the fish and shellfish segment.
Publication Name: Points de Vente
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0150-1844
Year: 2000
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FRANCE: FESTIVE SEASON ICE CREAM MARKET
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The French market of ice cream for the festive season sold 9.454mn tonnes between November 1999 and 31 January 2000, down 2%, for FFr 245.774mn, up 1%. The Yule log products, which represent 80% of the total sales, drive the market down, compared with a 9% rise in volume and a 1% rise in value for mini-Yule logs. Christmas products are booming, at 308,000 tonnes up 47%, for FFr 10.56mn, up 62%. Manufacturers have developed new upmarket products, designed to please the entire family, with more traditional tastes and simple flavours, and original packaging which is both festive and explicit.
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Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0150-1844
Year: 2000
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France: Picard goes into groceries
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The Picard retail chain, which sells frozen food products, has launched a line of fine groceries. There are 39 products under the 'A l'heure de...' name which are to be eaten at breakfast, meals, and as snacks, or appetisers. These products include tapenades (condiments made with crushed olives, capers, and anchovies with olive oil and herbs and spices), aubergine dip, anchovy puree with olive oil, jams and jellies, and caramels with salted butter.
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Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0150-1844
Year: 2001
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