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Cheese in the United Kingdom

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  • 23 Pages
  • August 2024
  • Region: United Kingdom
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1607750
Following a challenging 2023, marked by a further strong decline in retail volumes due to substantial unit price growth, cheese in the UK is showing tentative signs of improvement in 2024. The significant price increases, driven by production costs including energy, feed, packaging, labour, and interest rates, particularly impacted the category towards the end of the review period due to the lag between milk prices and cheese maturation times.

The Cheese in United Kingdom 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 2019-2023, 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 shaping the market directly informs our forecasts to 2028, clearly indicating how the market is expected to change.

Product coverage: Hard Cheese, Processed Cheese excl Spreadable, Soft Cheese, Spreadable Cheese.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Cheese 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
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Unit price growth continues to place pressure on cheese consumption but more positive signs are emerging
  • Surge in innovation and flavour diversity driven by premiumisation
  • Declines for unpackaged hard cheese slow amid category shift since pandemic
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Snacking trend to drive retail demand for processed cheese excl spreadable
  • Sustainability-driven innovation expected to rise
  • Cheese brands continue to explore value in convenience
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Cheese by Category: Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 2 Sales of Cheese by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 3 Sales of Cheese by Category: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 4 Sales of Cheese by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 5 Sales of Spreadable Cheese by Type: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 6 Sales of Soft Cheese by Type: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 7 Sales of Hard Cheese by Type: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 8 NBO Company Shares of Cheese: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 9 LBN Brand Shares of Cheese: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 10 Distribution of Cheese by Format: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Cheese by Category: Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 12 Forecast Sales of Cheese by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 13 Forecast Sales of Cheese by Category: % Volume Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 14 Forecast Sales of Cheese by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029
DAIRY PRODUCTS AND ALTERNATIVES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Dairy products and alternatives in 2024: The big picture
  • Key trends in 2024
  • Competitive Landscape
  • Channel developments
  • What next for dairy products and alternatives?
MARKET DATA
  • Table 15 Sales of Dairy Products and Alternatives by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 16 Sales of Dairy Products and Alternatives by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 17 NBO Company Shares of Dairy Products and Alternatives: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 18 LBN Brand Shares of Dairy Products and Alternatives: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 19 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 20 Distribution of Dairy Products and Alternatives by Format: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 21 Forecast Sales of Dairy Products and Alternatives by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Dairy Products and Alternatives by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029
DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
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