Soft drinks in 2024: The big picture
Overall, soft drinks in Croatia is expected to register moderate volume growth. With inflation easing significantly, this is expected to boost volume sales.
2024 key trends
The growing demand for soft drinks with a healthier profile continues to be a key trend, with brands highlighting natural ingredients and nutritional benefits, with for instance functional bottled water expected to be a key growth segment in 2024. Also, local brands such as Jamnica and Vindi are launching sugar-free versions of popular soft drinks and also highlighting natural flavours.
Competitive landscape
In Croatia, soft drinks is marked by robust competition between multinational giants and local brands. Well-known global brands such as Coca-Cola Beverages Hrvatska dd and Red Bull Adria doo are striving to maintain their value share against formidable local contenders like Jamnica dd and Vindija dd.
Retailing developments
Retailing continues to evolve in Croatia. Though inflation has eased, consumers continue to be price sensitive, after several years of significant price hikes, and as a consequence discounters such as Lidl are seeing increased footfall, due to their competitive prices.
Foodservice vs retail split
Foodservice is expected to register slightly higher volume growth than retail in 2024. The Sunday ban on shopping is drawing consumers to foodservice channels on Sundays, particularly in tourist and urban areas.
What next for soft drinks?
Overall, the outlook is positive over the forecast period. Inflation should be less of an issue, and this will support volume growth.
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Overview:
Understand the latest market trends and future growth opportunities for the Soft Drinks industry in Croatia 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.
Data and analysis in this report provides further detailed coverage dedicated to the following key categories, where applicable:
- Bottled Water
- Carbonates
- Concentrates
- Juice
- RTD Coffee
- RTD Tea
- Energy Drinks
- Sports Drinks
- Asian Speciality Drinks
If you're in the Soft Drinks industry in Croatia, our research will help you to make informed, intelligent decisions; to recognise and profit from opportunity, or to offer resilience amidst market uncertainty.
The Soft Drinks in Croatia 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 Soft Drinks in Croatia?
- To what extent are health considerations impacting consumption of Soft Drinks in Croatia?
- How are changing social attitudes and legislation (eg sugar tax) reshaping demand and consumption?
- How are changing demographics (for example, an ageing or predominantly young population) determining consumption of Soft Drinks in Croatia?
- Which are the leading brands in Soft Drinks in Croatia?
- What potential exists for multinational or domestic soft drinks companies to expand in Croatia?
- How are products distributed in Soft Drinks in Croatia?
- How is the rise of e-commerce changing the retail and competitive landscape?
- How have home seclusion and social distancing measures following COVID-19 impacted sales of Soft Drinks?
- How are sustainability issues, such as environmentally-friendly packaging, legislation on recyclability, or the amount of plastic in bottles, impacting the soft drinks industry?
- Where is future growth expected to be most dynamic?
Soft Drinks in Croatia
Soft drinks in 2024: The big picture
2024 key trends
Competitive landscape
Retailing developments
Foodservice vs retail split
What next for soft drinks?
DISCLAIMER
Bottled Water in Croatia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Element of price gouging during summer months
Brands leverage major sports events
Functional bottled water registers highest volume growth
Education drives further growth in functional bottled water
Continuing tourism-driven volume growth
Opportunity to promote bottled water beyond hydration
Carbonates in Croatia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Minimal volume growth in 2024
Continuing brand loyalty
Reputational damage for Coca-Cola
Increasing focus on healthier offerings
Continuing innovation, including limited editions
Mixability increasingly popular
Concentrates in Croatia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Increasing claims of health benefits
Continuing innovation in packaging
Players looks to widen the scope of concentrates
Significant growth through foodservice channels
Players highlight on-the-go consumption
Subliminal messaging builds trust
Concentrates Conversions
Juice in Croatia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Continuing price rises for juice
Increase in tourism-driven consumption
Focus on 100% juices
Focus on packaging and sustainability
Increasing demand for local premium offerings
Stanic holds on to top spot
RTD Coffee in Croatia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
RTD coffee highly seasonal
Bakeries emerging as a new distribution channel
Local players diversify into RTD coffee
Rosy outlook over forecast period
Social media key platform for consumer engagement
RTD coffee ripe for innovation
RTD Tea in Croatia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
RTDs teas highly seasonal
increasing offerings of functional RTD tea
Wide range of packaging options
Expansion of private label offerings
Continuing innovation over forecast period
Flavour key battleground
Energy Drinks in Croatia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Focus on promotions to boost volume sales
Global brands popular with tourists
Increasing offerings of limited editions
Further expansion of sugar-free offerings
Significant further growth potential, but there are concerns
Increasing popularity of multipacks
Sports Drinks in Croatia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Distribution differs for sports drinks than other soft drinks
Strategic sponsorships key to success
Focus on functional ingredients
More local companies expand into sports drinks
Continuing partnering with local sports athletes
Opportunity to broaden the consumer base
The following categories and subcategories are included:
Soft Drinks
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- Carbonated Natural Mineral Bottled Water
- Carbonated Spring Bottled Water
- Carbonated Purified Bottled Water
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- Still Flavoured Bottled Water
- Sparkling Flavoured Bottled Water
- Functional Bottled Water
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- Still Natural Mineral Bottled Water
- Still Spring Bottled Water
- Still Purified Bottled Water
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- Regular Carbonates
- Reduced Sugar Carbonates
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- Regular Cola Carbonates
- Reduced Sugar Cola Carbonates
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- Regular Non-Cola Carbonates
- Reduced Sugar Non-Cola Carbonates
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- Regular Lemonade/Lime
- Reduced Sugar Lemonade/Lime
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- Regular Tonic Water/Mixers/Other Bitters
- Reduced Sugar Tonic Water/Mixers/Other Bitters
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- Regular Orange Carbonates
- Reduced Sugar Orange Carbonates
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- Regular Other Non-Cola Carbonates
- Reduced Sugar Other Non-Cola Carbonates
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- Liquid Concentrates
- Powder Concentrates
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- Not from Concentrate 100% Juice
- Reconstituted 100% Juice
- Coconut and Other Plant Waters
- Juice Drinks (up to 24% Juice)
- Nectars
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- RTD Coffee
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- Carbonated RTD Tea and Kombucha
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- Regular Still RTD Tea
- Reduced Sugar Still RTD Tea
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- Regular Energy Drinks
- Reduced Sugar Energy Drinks
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- Regular Sports Drinks
- Reduced Sugar Sports Drinks
- Asian Speciality Drinks
Soft Drinks
This is the aggregation of the following categories; Carbonates, Fruit/vegetable juice, Bottled water, Functional drinks, Concentrates, RTD tea, RTD coffee and Asian speciality drinks.
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