Cooking ingredients and meals in 2024: The big picture
Cooking ingredients and meals continues to experience some turbulence and uncertainty overall in France in 2024, as sales continue their path back to normality after various disruptions. Prices remain high due to inflationary pressures and supply chain issues in some instances (eg edible oils, honey), which supports value sales but hinders the potential in volume growth.
Key trends in 2024
The “Made in France” trend continues to be a key driver, with local consumers having a strong desire to know where their products come from and preferring homegrown and domestically produced options wherever possible. Indeed, in May 2024 we saw the launch of a new food label, Origin’Info, which is a voluntary logo to inform consumers about the geographical origin of the three main agricultural raw materials of food products.
Competitive landscape
Cooking ingredients and meals in France is composed of French manufacturers, private labels, and some international names. In fact, in overall brand terms, the top two names are private label, being Leclerc (Galec - Centre Distributeur Edouard Leclerc) and Carrefour (Carrefour SA), followed by domestic Fleury Michon (Fleury Michon, Groupe) and Sodebo (Sodebo SA).
Channel developments
Cooking ingredients and meals in France tend to be purchased through traditional retailers such as hypermarkets, supermarkets and discounters. However, a reduction in branded product started to be seen on retailers’ shelves in 2023, as stores rationalised their stock to the most popular products, in order to optimise their sales and mitigate against any excess stock.
What next for cooking ingredients and meals?
Sales are expected to maintain an overall positive trajectory over the forecast period, with consumers remaining somewhat price-sensitive for the foreseeable future. We expect health and wellness and home cooking trends to continue, with an ongoing strong emphasis on “Made in France” labelling and transparent information about ingredients and the place/s of origin.
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Overview:
Understand the latest market trends and future growth opportunities for the Cooking Ingredients and Meals industry in France with research from Euromonitor International's team of in-country analysts – experts by industry and geographic specialisation.
Key trends are clearly and succinctly summarised alongside the most current research data available. Understand and assess competitive threats and plan corporate strategy with our qualitative analysis, insight and confident growth projections.
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The Cooking Ingredients and Meals in France report includes:
- Analysis of key supply-side and demand trends
- Detailed segmentation of international and local products
- Historic volume and value sizes, company and brand market shares
- Five year forecasts of market trends and market growth
- Robust and transparent research methodology, conducted in-country
This report answers:
- What is the market size of Cooking Ingredients and Meals in France?
- Which are the leading brands in Cooking Ingredients and Meals in France?
- How are products distributed in Cooking Ingredients and Meals in France?
- How is the rise of e-commerce and/or the expansion of modern grocery retail impacting traditional retail?
- What are the key health and wellness concerns driving, or challenging, sales in Cooking Ingredients and Meals?
- How significant are vegan and vegetarian dietary requirements in determining sales growth in France?
- How has COVID-19 impacted consumer demand? To what extent have lockdown, home seclusion and stockpiling boosted sales? Will the longer term economic repercussions of the pandemic stimulate or suppress future growth?
- Where is future growth expected to be most dynamic?
- How significant will values-based claims, such as sustainability and ethical labelling, be in supporting future growth and brand equity?
Cooking Ingredients and Meals in France
Cooking ingredients and meals in 2024: The big picture
Key trends in 2024
Competitive landscape
Channel developments
What next for cooking ingredients and meals?
DISCLAIMER
Edible Oils in France
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Olive oil continues to face challenges but remains an important category
Puget maintains its lead in the face of rising competition from private label
Sunflower and rapeseed oils benefit from olive oil’s challenges
Clean labels inspire innovation
Sustainability trends inspire packaging developments
Lesieur continues to lead the way in the future of edible oils
Meals and Soups in France
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Ready meals face challenges due to high unit prices and return of home-cooking. trends
Frozen pizza benefits from sporting events while Italpizza picks up Buitoni’s old share
Soup continues to face challenges, from high prices for chilled options to unexciting options in cheaper dried variants
Meal kits remain popular while we wait to see what will happen with the selling of Carrefour’s Quitoque brand
Prepared salads remain popular and attract protein-enhancing developments
New Origin’Info labelling set to be seen on ready meals
Sauces, Dips and Condiments in France
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Sauces, dips and condiments see mixed results across subcategories
Health, wellbeing, and sustainability trends are influencing developments
Mustard continue to recover from its setbacks, although the subcategory remains somewhat vulnerable
Local companies struggle to make gains in pickled products
Dips expected to see further flavour innovations in line with evolving dining styles
Sauces set for healthy options and a growing range of worldwide flavours
Sweet Spreads in France
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Nut and seed based spreads and chocolate spreads support the overall category
Honey continues to struggle due to price hikes causes by scarcity
Consumers of jams and preserves remain loyal to Bonne Maman
Indulgence remains a key driver of sales in sweet spreads overall
Local “expert in fruits” St Mamet enters jams and preserves
Nut and seed based spreads will continue to enjoy healthy growth
The following categories and subcategories are included:
Cooking Ingredients and Meals
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- Olive Oil
- Corn Oil
- Palm Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Soy Oil
- Sunflower Oil
- Other Edible Oil
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- Dried Ready Meals
- Shelf Stable Ready Meals
- Chilled Ready Meals
- Frozen Ready Meals
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- Dry Soup
- Shelf Stable Soup
- Chilled Soup
- Frozen Soup
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- Chilled Pizza
- Frozen Pizza
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- Meal Kits
- Quick Recipe Kits
- Chilled Lunch Kits
- Prepared Salads
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- Liquid Stocks and Fonds
- Stock Cubes and Powders
- Gravy Cubes, Powders and Pots
- Monosodium Glutamate
- Herbs and Spices
- Tomato Pastes and Purées
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- Liquid Recipe Sauces (excl pasta sauces)
- Dry Recipe Sauces
- Pasta Sauces
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- Barbecue Sauces
- Fish Sauces
- Ketchup
- Mayonnaise
- Mustard
- Oyster Sauces
- Salad Dressings
- Soy Sauces
- Chili Sauces
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- Dips
- Yeast-based Spreads
- Pickled Products
- Other Sauces and Condiments
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- Honey
- Chocolate Spreads
- Jams and Preserves
- Nut and Seed Based Spreads
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