Ready Meals in Western Europe to 2013

Introduction

This databook provides key data and information on the ready meals market covering 17 countries in Western Europe. 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 Western Europe increased at a compound annual growth rate of 4.1% between 2003 and 2008.

The frozen ready meals category led the ready meals market in Western Europe, accounting for a share of 39%.

The leading players in the Western European ready meals market include Unilever, Nestle S.A. and Northern Foods plc.

Reasons to Purchase

*Develop business strategies by understanding the quantitative trends within the ready meals market in Western Europe

*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


Report Highlights
Highlights

The market for ready meals in Western Europe increased at a compound annual growth rate of 4.1% between 2003 and 2008.

The frozen ready meals category led the ready meals market in Western Europe, accounting for a share of 39%.

The leading players in the Western European ready meals market include Unilever, Nestle S.A. and Northern Foods plc.


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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 21
Chapter 4 Western Europe Ready Meals - Market Overview 23
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003?08 23
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008?13 24
Volume analysis, 2003?08 26
Volume analysis, 2008?13 27
Company share analysis 29
Distribution analysis 32
Expenditure and consumption per capita 34
Chapter 5 Leading Company Profiles 37
Unilever 37
Nestle S.A. 39
Chapter 6 Category Analysis: Canned ready meals 42
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003?08 42
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008?13 43
Volume analysis, 2003?08 45
Volume analysis, 2008?13 46
Company share analysis 48
Distribution analysis 51
Expenditure and consumption per capita 53
Chapter 7 Category Analysis: Chilled ready meals 56
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003?08 56
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008?13 57
Volume analysis, 2003?08 59
Volume analysis, 2008?13 60
Company share analysis 62
Distribution analysis 65
Expenditure and consumption per capita 67
Chapter 8 Category Analysis: Dried ready meals 71
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003?08 71
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008?13 72
Volume analysis, 2003?08 73
Volume analysis, 2008?13 74
Company share analysis 75
Distribution analysis 78
Expenditure and consumption per capita 80
Chapter 9 Category Analysis: Frozen ready meals 82
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003?08 82
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008?13 83
Volume analysis, 2003?08 85
Volume analysis, 2008?13 86
Company share analysis 88
Distribution analysis 91
Expenditure and consumption per capita 93
Chapter 10 Research Methodology 97
Methodology overview 97
Secondary research 98
Market modeling 99
Creating an initial data model 99
Revising the initial data model 99
Creating a final estimate 100
Creating demographic value splits 100
Primary research 100
Data finalization 101
Ongoing research 101
Chapter 11 APPENDIX 102
Future readings 102
How to contact experts in your industry 102
Disclaimer 102


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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Ready meals, Western Europe, value ($m), 2003?13 25
Figure 2: Ready meals, Western Europe, category growth comparison, by value, 2003?13 25
Figure 3: Ready meals, Western Europe, volume (kg, million), 2003?13 28
Figure 4: Ready meals, Western Europe, category growth comparison, by volume, 2003?13 28
Figure 5: Ready meals, Western Europe, company share (top five companies) by value (%), 2007?08 31
Figure 6: Ready meals, Western Europe, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 33
Figure 7: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, value ($m), 2003?13 44
Figure 8: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, category growth comparison, by value, 2003?13 44
Figure 9: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, volume (kg, million), 2003?13 47
Figure 10: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, category growth comparison, by volume, 2003?13 47
Figure 11: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, company share (top five companies) by value (%), 2007?08 50
Figure 12: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 52
Figure 13: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, value ($m), 2003?13 58
Figure 14: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, category growth comparison, by value, 2003?13 58
Figure 15: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, volume (kg, million), 2003?13 61
Figure 16: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, category growth comparison, by volume, 2003?13 61
Figure 17: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, company share (top five companies) by value (%), 2007?08 64
Figure 18: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 66
Figure 19: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, value ($m), 2003?13 72
Figure 20: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, volume (kg, million), 2003?13 74
Figure 21: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, company share (top five companies) by value (%), 2007?08 77
Figure 22: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 79
Figure 23: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, value ($m), 2003?13 84
Figure 24: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, category growth comparison, by value, 2003?13 84
Figure 25: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, volume (kg, million), 2003?13 87
Figure 26: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, category growth comparison, by volume, 2003?13 87
Figure 27: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, company share (top five companies) by value (%), 2007?08 90
Figure 28: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 92
Figure 29: Annual data review process 98


LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Ready meals category definitions 9
Table 2: Ready meals distribution channels 10
Table 3: Western Europe ready meals value (country-wise), 2003?08 ($m) 19
Table 4: Western Europe ready meals value (country-wise) forecast, 2008?13 ($m) 20
Table 5: Western Europe ready meals volume (country-wise), 2003?08 (kg, million) 21
Table 6: Western Europe ready meals volume (country-wise) forecast, 2008?13 (kg, million) 22
Table 7: Ready meals, Western Europe, value by category ($m), 2003?08 23
Table 8: Ready meals, Western Europe, value forecast by category ($m), 2008?13 24
Table 9: Ready meals, Western Europe, volume by category (kg, million), 2003?08 26
Table 10: Ready meals, Western Europe, volume forecast by category (kg, million), 2008?13 27
Table 11: Ready meals, Western Europe, company share (top 20 companies) by value (%), 2007?08 29
Table 12: Ready meals, Western Europe, value by company ($m), 2007?08 30
Table 13: Ready meals, Western Europe, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 32
Table 14: Ready meals, Western Europe, value by distribution channel ($m), 2007?08 32
Table 15: Ready meals, Western Europe, expenditure per capita ($), 2003?08 34
Table 16: Ready meals, Western Europe, forecast expenditure per capita ($), 2008?13 35
Table 17: Ready meals, Western Europe, consumption per capita (kg), 2003?08 35
Table 18: Ready meals, Western Europe, forecast consumption per capita (kg), 2008?13 36
Table 19: Unilever key facts 37
Table 20: Nestle S.A. key facts 39
Table 21: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, value by segment ($m), 2003?08 42
Table 22: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, value forecast by segment ($m), 2008?13 43
Table 23: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, volume by segment (kg, million), 2003?08 45
Table 24: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, volume forecast by segment (kg, million), 2008?13 46
Table 25: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, company share (top 20 companies) by value (%), 2007?08 48
Table 26: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, value by company ($m), 2007?08 49
Table 27: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 51
Table 28: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, value by distribution channel ($m), 2007?08 51
Table 29: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, expenditure per capita ($), 2003?08 53
Table 30: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, forecast expenditure per capita ($), 2008?13 54
Table 31: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, consumption per capita (kg), 2003?08 54
Table 32: Canned ready meals, Western Europe, forecast consumption per capita (kg), 2008?13 55
Table 33: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, value by segment ($m), 2003?08 56
Table 34: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, value forecast by segment ($m), 2008?13 57
Table 35: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, volume by segment (kg, million), 2003?08 59
Table 36: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, volume forecast by segment (kg, million), 2008?13 60
Table 37: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, company share (top 20 companies) by value (%), 2007?08 62
Table 38: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, value by company ($m), 2007?08 63
Table 39: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 65
Table 40: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, value by distribution channel ($m), 2007?08 65
Table 41: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, expenditure per capita ($), 2003?08 67
Table 42: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, forecast expenditure per capita ($), 2008?13 68
Table 43: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, consumption per capita (kg), 2003?08 69
Table 44: Chilled ready meals, Western Europe, forecast consumption per capita (kg), 2008?13 70
Table 45: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, value ($m), 2003?08 71
Table 46: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, value forecast ($m), 2008?13 72
Table 47: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, volume (kg, million), 2003?08 73
Table 48: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, volume forecast (kg, million), 2008?13 74
Table 49: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, company share (top 20 companies) by value (%), 2007?08 75
Table 50: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, value by company ($m), 2007?08 76
Table 51: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 78
Table 52: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, value by distribution channel ($m), 2007?08 78
Table 53: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, expenditure per capita ($), 2003?08 80
Table 54: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, forecast expenditure per capita ($), 2008?13 80
Table 55: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, consumption per capita (kg), 2003?08 81
Table 56: Dried ready meals, Western Europe, forecast consumption per capita (kg), 2008?13 81
Table 57: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, value by segment ($m), 2003?08 82
Table 58: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, value forecast by segment ($m), 2008?13 83
Table 59: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, volume by segment (kg, million), 2003?08 85
Table 60: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, volume forecast by segment (kg, million), 2008?13 86
Table 61: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, company share (top 20 companies) by value (%), 2007?08 88
Table 62: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, value by company ($m), 2007?08 89
Table 63: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, distribution channels by value (%), 2007?08 91
Table 64: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, value by distribution channel ($m), 2007?08 91
Table 65: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, expenditure per capita ($), 2003?08 93
Table 66: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, forecast expenditure per capita ($), 2008?13 94
Table 67: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, consumption per capita (kg), 2003?08 95
Table 68: Frozen ready meals, Western Europe, forecast consumption per capita (kg), 2008?13 96

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