Soft drinks in 2024: The big picture
In 2024, Egypt's soft drinks landscape experienced strong off-trade volume growth across nearly all categories, driven largely by the country's expanding population, with a significant proportion under the age of 30. This demographic is fuelling demand for a wider range of soft drinks, seeking diverse tastes, flavours, and brands that cater to changing preferences. Alongside this, there has been a rise in consumer interest in local products, prompting new local brands to enter soft drinks under various product categories.
2024 key trends
Due to the Israel-Hamas war, some consumers in Egypt were boycotting foreign-owned beverages in 2024. This led to somewhat of a shift toward local products. Consequently, domestic offerings launched across different categories, impacting market dynamics, the competitive landscape and average unit prices. This change was most noticeably witnessed within carbonates, a category that has seen significant shifts. With higher dependence on local production and manufacturing, most categories are overcoming the importation challenges that were faced over the review period.
Competitive landscape
Due to the rising interest in local brands, the competitive landscape witnessed some shifts in 2024, with local brands gaining stronger shares at the expense of leading multinationals, including Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Coca-Cola. Both PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Egypt lost share of 3% during 2024, while Juhayna Food Industries saw its share rise. Consequently, even though leading manufacturers continue to remain in place, shifts in consumer behaviour have impacted their overall share.
Retailing developments
2024 witnessed off-trade growth among most areas within soft drinks. Due to the continuous development within the retail landscape, consumers are provided with more choices and destinations to purchase different soft drink options. New commercial and residential complexes are being launched in Egypt, each containing a wide variety of retailers.
Foodservice vs retail split
Foodservice sales continued to grow in Egypt, with restaurants and coffee shops opening up frequently within the country. With increased partnerships between foodservice outlets and brands, consumers are finding their favourite soft drinks available.
What next for soft drinks?
Localisation will remain a key driver in Egypt's soft drinks market, fuelled by ongoing calls for boycotts of foreign products and a preference for homegrown options. While local brands generally offer lower prices, the landscape will still see an increase in average unit prices due to inflation and the broader economic uncertainty. In response to these challenges, consumers will prioritise smaller, on-the-go packaging as a cost-effective and convenient solution, allowing them to stretch their budgets while still enjoying their favourite drinks. For certain categories, such as bottled water, bulk purchases will see a rise as consumers look to economise by investing in larger quantities.
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Overview:
Understand the latest market trends and future growth opportunities for the Soft Drinks industry in Egypt 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 Egypt, 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 Egypt 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 Egypt?
- To what extent are health considerations impacting consumption of Soft Drinks in Egypt?
- 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 Egypt?
- Which are the leading brands in Soft Drinks in Egypt?
- What potential exists for multinational or domestic soft drinks companies to expand in Egypt?
- How are products distributed in Soft Drinks in Egypt?
- 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 Egypt
Soft drinks in 2024: The big picture
2024 key trends
Competitive landscape
Retailing developments
Foodservice vs retail split
What next for soft drinks?
Fountain sales in Egypt
DISCLAIMER
Bottled Water in Egypt
KEY DATA FINDINGS
As some consumers boycott global brands, demand increases for local products
Growth for bulk water sales as concerns rise over the quality of tap water
Nestlé focuses on rising demand for smaller, on-the-go bottles
Growing preferences for local brands, as affordability and national pride drives sales
Prices for bottled water rises across the early forecast period
Sustainable packaging increasingly appeals to consumers in Egypt
Carbonates in Egypt
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Carbonates records positive growth, despite rising prices in 2024
A movement towards local brands leads eight domestic players to enter
New local players offer health and wellness focused brands
Strong growth as innovations focus on low sugar and healthier formulas
Local brands continue to make their mark on the carbonates landscape
Health and wellness shapes new product development and aids higher price points
Concentrates in Egypt
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Slow growth for concentrates as consumers migrate to other options
Tang leads the concentrates landscape with strong levels of brand loyalty
Concentrates face stagnation as marketing efforts are minimal
Tang set to retain its lead of the landscape over the forecast period
Lack of innovation over the forecast period limits the demand for concentrates
Smaller packs gain ground as consumers appreciate cost savings
Concentrates Conversions
Juice in Egypt
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Inflation negatively impacts demand for all juice types in 2024
Package designs appeal to consumers by aligning with health trends
A decline within nectars as lack of competition limits product innovation
Prices for juices are expected to rise, boosting sales of affordable options
New products focus on healthier messaging to drive sales over the forecast period
Slower growth for nectars as consumer shift to cheaper, or more expensive options
RTD Coffee in Egypt
KEY DATA FINDINGS
RTD coffee records strong off-trade growth, bolstered by warm weather
Nestlé leads, offering popular flavours in its on-the-go collection
Prices continue to rise for RTD coffee as convenience drives demand
Growth is driven by promotional activities and convenience
Price points will increasingly limit the audience for RTD coffee
A variety of flavours and innovations are set to launch on the landscape
RTD Tea in Egypt
KEY DATA FINDINGS
RTD tea records positive volume growth, driven by convenience and flavour
Local brands gain a stronger presence on the RTD tea landscape
Rising price points limit the consumer group for RTD tea products
Prices continue to rise, limiting the scope for RTD tea in Egypt
Stronger demand for health-oriented RTD tea products
The localisation trend will continue on the RTD tea landscape
Energy Drinks in Egypt
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Energy drinks records positive growth, despite rising prices during 2024
The wide variety of price points aids sales on the energy drinks landscape
Stronger availability for zero sugar options within energy drinks
Health and wellness to drive demand for zero sugar energy products
Economy brands to gain stronger position on the energy drinks landscape
Innovation within flavours continues to shape the competitive landscape
Sports Drinks in Egypt
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Supply chain issues cause an ongoing disturbance within sports drinks
New brands appear during a challenging time for sports drinks
CR7 is the leadings sports drink brand on the Egyptian landscape in 2024
The supply chain remains a decisive factor for the performance of sports drinks
New brand innovations revive the sports drinks landscape
Major multinationals may gain share within sports drinks
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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