Ready Meals in North America to 2013

Introduction

This databook provides key data and information on the ready meals market covering two countries in North America. This report is a comprehensive resource for market, category and segment level data including value, volume, distribution share and company & brand share.

Scope

*Contains information on four categories: frozen ready meals, chilled ready meals, canned ready meals and dried ready meals

*Market, category and segment level information on value and volume with historic (2003-2008) and forecast (2009-2013) data

*Category level company and brand share as well as distribution share information for 2007 and 2008

*Review of the top two companies within the ready meals market, including company overview, key facts and business description

Highlights

The market for ready meals in North America increased at a compound annual growth rate of 1.2% between 2003 and 2008.

The frozen ready meals category led the ready meals market in North America, accounting for a share of 60.7%.

The leading players in the North American ready meals market include ConAgra Foods, Inc., Nestle S.A. and H.J. Heinz Company.

Reasons to Purchase

*Develop business strategies by understanding the quantitative trends within the ready meals market in North America

*Design effective marketing and sales strategies by identifying key market categories and segments

*Identify key players within the market to plan lucrative M&A, partnerships and agreements


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Executive Summary 2
Summary market level: ready meals 2
Summary category level: canned ready meals 3
Summary category level: chilled ready meals 4
Summary category level: dried ready meals 5
Summary category level: frozen ready meals 6
Chapter 2 Introduction 7
What is this report about? 7
How to use this report 7
Market definition 8
Chapter 3 Overview 19
Value Analysis 19
Volume Analysis 20
Chapter 4 North America Ready Meals - Market Overview 21
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003?08 21
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008?13 22
Volume analysis, 2003?08 24
Volume analysis, 2008?13 25
Company share analysis 27
Distribution analysis 30
Expenditure and consumption per capita 32
Chapter 5 Leading Company Profiles 35
ConAgra Foods, Inc. 35
Nestle S.A. 37
Chapter 6 Category Analysis: Canned ready meals 40
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003?08 40
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008?13 41
Volume analysis, 2003?08 43
Volume analysis, 2008?13 44
Company share analysis 46
Distribution analysis 48
Expenditure and consumption per capita 50
Chapter 7 Category Analysis: Chilled ready meals 53
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003?08 53
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008?13 54
Volume analysis, 2003?08 56
Volume analysis, 2008?13 57
Company share analysis 59
Distribution analysis 61
Expenditure and consumption per capita 63
Chapter 8 Category Analysis: Dried ready meals 67
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003?08 67
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008?13 68
Volume analysis, 2003?08 69
Volume analysis, 2008?13 70
Company share analysis 71
Distribution analysis 73
Expenditure and consumption per capita 75
Chapter 9 Category Analysis: Frozen ready meals 77
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003?08 77
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008?13 78
Volume analysis, 2003?08 80
Volume analysis, 2008?13 81
Company share analysis 83
Distribution analysis 86
Expenditure and consumption per capita 88
Chapter 10 Research Methodology 92
Methodology overview 92
Secondary research 93
Market modeling 94
Creating an initial data model 94
Revising the initial data model 94
Creating a final estimate 95
Creating demographic value splits 95
Primary research 95
Data finalization 96
Ongoing research 96
Chapter 11 APPENDIX 97
Future readings 97
How to contact experts in your industry 97
Disclaimer 97

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Ready meals, North America, value ($m), 2003?13 23
Figure 2: Ready meals, North America, category growth comparison, by value, 2003?13 23
Figure 3: Ready meals, North America, volume (kg, million), 2003?13 26
Figure 4: Ready meals, North America, category growth comparison, by volume, 2003?13 26
Figure 5: Ready meals, North America, company share by value (%), 2007?08 29
Figure 6: Ready meals, North America, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 31
Figure 7: Canned ready meals, North America, value ($m), 2003?13 42
Figure 8: Canned ready meals, North America, category growth comparison, by value, 2003?13 42
Figure 9: Canned ready meals, North America, volume (kg, million), 2003?13 45
Figure 10: Canned ready meals, North America, category growth comparison, by volume, 2003?13 45
Figure 11: Canned ready meals, North America, company share, by value (%), 2007?08 47
Figure 12: Canned ready meals, North America, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 49
Figure 13: Chilled ready meals, North America, value ($m), 2003?13 55
Figure 14: Chilled ready meals, North America, category growth comparison, by value, 2003?13 55
Figure 15: Chilled ready meals, North America, volume (kg, million), 2003?13 58
Figure 16: Chilled ready meals, North America, category growth comparison, by volume, 2003?13 58
Figure 17: Chilled ready meals, North America, company share by value (%), 2007?08 60
Figure 18: Chilled ready meals, North America, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 62
Figure 19: Dried ready meals, North America, value ($m), 2003?13 68
Figure 20: Dried ready meals, North America, volume (kg, million), 2003?13 70
Figure 21: Dried ready meals, North America, company share, by value (%), 2007?08 72
Figure 22: Dried ready meals, North America, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 74
Figure 23: Frozen ready meals, North America, value ($m), 2003?13 79
Figure 24: Frozen ready meals, North America, category growth comparison, by value, 2003?13 79
Figure 25: Frozen ready meals, North America, volume (kg, million), 2003?13 82
Figure 26: Frozen ready meals, North America, category growth comparison, by volume, 2003?13 82
Figure 27: Frozen ready meals, North America, company share by value (%), 2007?08 85
Figure 28: Frozen ready meals, North America, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 87
Figure 29: Annual data review process 93

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Ready meals category definitions 9
Table 2: Ready meals distribution channels 10
Table 3: North America ready meals value (country-wise), 2003?08 ($m) 19
Table 4: North America ready meals value (country-wise) forecast, 2008?13 ($m) 19
Table 5: North America ready meals volume (country-wise), 2003?08 (kg, million) 20
Table 6: North America ready meals volume (country-wise) forecast, 2008?13 (kg, million) 20
Table 7: Ready meals, North America, value by category ($m), 2003?08 21
Table 8: Ready meals, North America, value forecast by category ($m), 2008?13 22
Table 9: Ready meals, North America, volume by category (kg, million), 2003?08 24
Table 10: Ready meals, North America, volume forecast by category (kg, million), 2008?13 25
Table 11: Ready meals, North America, company share by value (%), 2007?08 27
Table 12: Ready meals, North America, value by company ($m), 2007?08 28
Table 13: Ready meals, North America, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 30
Table 14: Ready meals, North America, value by distribution channel ($m), 2007?08 30
Table 15: Ready meals, North America, expenditure per capita ($), 2003?08 32
Table 16: Ready meals, North America, forecast expenditure per capita ($), 2008?13 33
Table 17: Ready meals, North America, consumption per capita (kg), 2003?08 33
Table 18: Ready meals, North America, forecast consumption per capita (kg), 2008?13 34
Table 19: ConAgra Foods, Inc. key facts 35
Table 20: Nestle S.A. key facts 37
Table 21: Canned ready meals, North America, value by segment ($m), 2003?08 40
Table 22: Canned ready meals, North America, value forecast by segment ($m), 2008?13 41
Table 23: Canned ready meals, North America, volume by segment (kg, million), 2003?08 43
Table 24: Canned ready meals, North America, volume forecast by segment (kg, million), 2008?13 44
Table 25: Canned ready meals, North America, company share, by value (%), 2007?08 46
Table 26: Canned ready meals, North America, value by company ($m), 2007?08 46
Table 27: Canned ready meals, North America, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 48
Table 28: Canned ready meals, North America, value by distribution channel ($m), 2007?08 48
Table 29: Canned ready meals, North America, expenditure per capita ($), 2003?08 50
Table 30: Canned ready meals, North America, forecast expenditure per capita ($), 2008?13 51
Table 31: Canned ready meals, North America, consumption per capita (kg), 2003?08 51
Table 32: Canned ready meals, North America, forecast consumption per capita (kg), 2008?13 52
Table 33: Chilled ready meals, North America, value by segment ($m), 2003?08 53
Table 34: Chilled ready meals, North America, value forecast by segment ($m), 2008?13 54
Table 35: Chilled ready meals, North America, volume by segment (kg, million), 2003?08 56
Table 36: Chilled ready meals, North America, volume forecast by segment (kg, million), 2008?13 57
Table 37: Chilled ready meals, North America, company share, by value (%), 2007?08 59
Table 38: Chilled ready meals, North America, value by company ($m), 2007?08 59
Table 39: Chilled ready meals, North America, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 61
Table 40: Chilled ready meals, North America, value by distribution channel ($m), 2007?08 61
Table 41: Chilled ready meals, North America, expenditure per capita ($), 2003?08 63
Table 42: Chilled ready meals, North America, forecast expenditure per capita ($), 2008?13 64
Table 43: Chilled ready meals, North America, consumption per capita (kg), 2003?08 65
Table 44: Chilled ready meals, North America, forecast consumption per capita (kg), 2008?13 66
Table 45: Dried ready meals, North America, value ($m), 2003?08 67
Table 46: Dried ready meals, North America, value forecast ($m), 2008?13 68
Table 47: Dried ready meals, North America, volume (kg, million), 2003?08 69
Table 48: Dried ready meals, North America, volume forecast (kg, million), 2008?13 70
Table 49: Dried ready meals, North America, company share, by value (%), 2007?08 71
Table 50: Dried ready meals, North America, value by company ($m), 2007?08 71
Table 51: Dried ready meals, North America, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 73
Table 52: Dried ready meals, North America, value by distribution channel ($m), 2007?08 73
Table 53: Dried ready meals, North America, expenditure per capita ($), 2003?08 75
Table 54: Dried ready meals, North America, forecast expenditure per capita ($), 2008?13 75
Table 55: Dried ready meals, North America, consumption per capita (kg), 2003?08 76
Table 56: Dried ready meals, North America, forecast consumption per capita (kg), 2008?13 76
Table 57: Frozen ready meals, North America, value by segment ($m), 2003?08 77
Table 58: Frozen ready meals, North America, value forecast by segment ($m), 2008?13 78
Table 59: Frozen ready meals, North America, volume by segment (kg, million), 2003?08 80
Table 60: Frozen ready meals, North America, volume forecast by segment (kg, million), 2008?13 81
Table 61: Frozen ready meals, North America, company share, by value (%), 2007?08 83
Table 62: Frozen ready meals, North America, value by company ($m), 2007?08 84
Table 63: Frozen ready meals, North America, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 86
Table 64: Frozen ready meals, North America, value by distribution channel ($m), 2007?08 86
Table 65: Frozen ready meals, North America, expenditure per capita ($), 2003?08 88
Table 66: Frozen ready meals, North America, forecast expenditure per capita ($), 2008?13 89
Table 67: Frozen ready meals, North America, consumption per capita (kg), 2003?08 90
Table 68: Frozen ready meals, North America, forecast consumption per capita (kg), 2008?13 91


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