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Meals and Soups in Slovakia

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  • 22 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Slovakia
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 5731923
In 2025, value sales of meals and soups in Slovakia increased, driven by health-conscious consumer trends. There was a notable rise in demand for prepared salads, grilling options, and vegan alternatives, despite ongoing economic pressures and heightened competition from instant noodles. Shoppers increasingly prioritised quality, convenience, and clean-label products, demonstrating a clear preference for premium offerings that feature natural ingredients and higher meat content.

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: Food Kits, Pizza, Prepared Salads, Ready Meals, Soup.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Meals and Soups 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
  • Growing demand for healthy options but instant noodles pose strong competition
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Health trends and price sensitivity drive growth in meals and soups during 2025
  • Quality improvement and food kits drive growth in meals and soups
WHATS NEXT?
  • Meals and soups is set to grow despite economic pressures and polarising consumer behaviour
  • Both health trends and premiumisation is expected to influence meals and soups
  • Grilling and ingredient quality is set to influence meals and soups across the forecast period
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Nestlé Slovensko retains its leadership despite intensifying competition
  • Private label drives growth through value, innovation and premiumisation
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets lead the distribution of meals and soups by offering a wide variety of products
  • Discounters lead growth through value, quality and network expansion
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 Sales of Chilled Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 6 Sales of Frozen Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 7 Sales of Soup by Leading Flavours: Rankings 2020-2025
  • Table 8 NBO Company Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 9 LBN Brand Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 10 Distribution of Meals and Soups by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 12 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 13 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 14 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Price rises boost private label and encourage price promotions
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Moderate value growth is limited by cost pressures and weak foodservice demand
  • Rising price sensitivity and promotional activities shape consumer buying habits
  • Growing health awareness drives demand for healthier, functional alternatives
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Value driven purchasing will shift to premiumisation as consumer confidence is set to rise
  • Rising health awareness is set to shape innovation and product positioning
  • Taxation and commodity price pressures to weigh on sweet spreads in 2026
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Orkla Foods maintains its leadership despite a marginal share loss in 2025
  • Private label records a dynamic performance as more consumers adopt cost-conscious behaviours
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets remains the leading distribution channel despite losing share
  • Rising price sensitivity leads discounters to be the most dynamic distribution channel
MARKET DATA
  • Table 15 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 18 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 19 NBO Company Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 20 LBN Brand Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 21 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 22 Distribution of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 24 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 25 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 26 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
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SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources