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Breakfast Cereals in Uruguay

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  • 20 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Uruguay
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1449115
Following consistent declines in the previous three years, breakfast cereals in Uruguay has seen retail volume and current value sales rebound into positive territory in 2025. Most consumers do not consider these items a basic necessity, hence the turnround has been underpinned by improvements in confidence and purchasing power brought about by the easing of inflationary pressures and other favourable macroeconomic indicators.

This report offers in-depth knowledge of the market at a national level, providing local insight and understanding unavailable elsewhere. In addition to the latest retail sales data 2020-2025, it identifies the leading companies, brands and retail outlets, and assesses the key trends and demographic shifts behind consumer demand and sales growth. How key trends such as health and wellness, sustainability and recovery from the pandemic are currently shaping the market along with prospects for the next five years, clearly indicating how the market is expected to change.

Product coverage: Hot Cereals, RTE Cereals.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Breakfast Cereals market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Retail volume and current value sales return to growth in 2025
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Rising health-consciousness continues to favour muesli and granola
  • Flakes is the weakest performer in retail volume growth terms
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Breakfast cereals consumption set to rise steadily
  • Muesli and granola expected to remain the fastest growing category
  • Health concerns will continue to be a focal point for innovation
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Nestlé del Uruguay SA remains the leading player in breakfast cereals
  • Soldo Hnos SA is the best performing company
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets still the most important distribution channel
  • Penetration of e-commerce increases in 2025
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Breakfast Cereals: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Breakfast Cereals: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 7 Distribution of Breakfast Cereals by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 8 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 9 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERSTAPLE FOODS IN URUGUAY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Current value growth dips while retail volume sales decline slightly
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Reduction in cross-border shopping continues to buoy demand
  • Uruguayans show growing preference for healthier staple foods
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Outlook for staple foods is generally positive
  • Private label lines set to continue gaining ground
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Soldo Hnos SA and Pontyn SA remain the top two players in staple foods
  • Leopoldo Gross & Asoc SA is the most dynamic company in value growth terms
CHANNELS
  • Food/drink/tobacco specialists remains the leading distribution channel
  • Penetration of e-commerce continues to rise
MARKET DATA
  • Table 12 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 13 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 16 NBO Company Shares of Staple Foods: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 17 LBN Brand Shares of Staple Foods: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 18 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 19 Distribution of Staple Foods by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 20 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 21 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
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