Soft drinks in 2024: The big picture
Rising prices and a decline in disposable income are negatively impacting the soft drinks market in Serbia in 2024. Consumers are reassessing their purchases and prioritising essential items, making price an increasingly important factor in their purchasing decisions.
2024 key trends
Health consciousness is driving demand for healthier soft drink options in Serbia in 2024, whilst sustainability concerns are prompting producers to redesign their packaging to encourage recycling. There is a growing presence of soft drinks with a reduced sugar content, natural ingredients, and functional ingredients such as vitamins and minerals to attract health-focused consumers.
Competitive landscape
The competition in soft drinks remains intense in 2024, with leading manufacturers and retailers frequently offering price discounts and promotions to attract price-sensitive consumers. Brand loyalty continues to decline as consumers are looking for value-for-money propositions amid significant price hikes and declining disposable incomes.
Retailing developments
Due to the rising demand for convenience, consumers are prioritising store proximity, driving growth of convenience stores and supermarkets in 2024. Serbians are more willing to shop regularly near their homes rather than stockpiling at large stores like hypermarkets.
Foodservice vs retail split
Foodservice sales of soft drinks continue to recover in 2024 due to busy consumer lifestyles and rising on-the-go consumption. However, rising prices and declining disposable incomes prevented higher growth of foodservice sales in the year.
What next for soft drinks?
Over the forecast period, the soft drinks market in Serbia is expected to be impacted by the rising cost of raw materials and packaging. Heightened price sensitivity will encourage leading players to intensively advertise their brands, introduce frequent innovations, and offer discounts and promotions to attract consumers.
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Overview:
Understand the latest market trends and future growth opportunities for the Soft Drinks industry in Serbia 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 Serbia, 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 Serbia 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 Serbia?
- To what extent are health considerations impacting consumption of Soft Drinks in Serbia?
- 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 Serbia?
- Which are the leading brands in Soft Drinks in Serbia?
- What potential exists for multinational or domestic soft drinks companies to expand in Serbia?
- How are products distributed in Soft Drinks in Serbia?
- 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 Serbia
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 Serbia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Rising health consciousness supports growth of bottled water in 2024
Private label growth as Serbians look for value for money
Innovation to attract consumers’ attention
Moderate growth as health consciousness encourages bottled water consumption
New products will cater to health-conscious consumers
The price has to be right
Carbonates in Serbia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Price increases and health concerns influence purchasing decisions in 2024
Little innovation in cola carbonates
New flavours and healthier options in non-cola carbonates
A brighter outlook as price increases slow
Innovation to capture consumers' attention
Leading companies to maintain their market positions
Concentrates in Serbia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Concentrates benefit from their lower prices in 2024
Cedevita maintains its lead; however, private label is on the rise
Atlantic BG doo introduces healthier Cedevita Vitamin Water
Slowed growth with rising competition from healthier and more convenient soft drinks
Rising competition from private label
Concentrates producers to focus on creating healthier options
Concentrates Conversions
Juice in Serbia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
High prices and declining disposable incomes impact demand in 2024
Leading brands maintain their positions with the support of advertising and promotions
Little innovation in a mature market
Juice to benefit from its perception of being a healthy soft drink
Intense competition between leading brands and private label
Health and sustainability trends influence innovation
RTD Coffee in Serbia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Increased consumer awareness supports volume growth in 2024
Growing assortment of products captures consumer interest
Challenge of competition from coffee shops’ freshly-made RTD coffee
Low market maturity ensures further growth
More players and flavours
Increased competition and price sensitivity to drive price-based competition and frequent discounting
RTD Tea in Serbia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
RTD tea sales impacted by consumers prioritising essential products in 2024
Players focus on new flavours, packaging and healthier teas
Intensifying competition in 2024
Recovery in disposable income and slowed price growth will drive demand
Strong growth of reduced sugar alternatives
Intensifying competition
Energy Drinks in Serbia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Growth fuelled by rising popularity amongst younger consumers, discounts and an expanding assortment
Potential ban of the sale of energy drinks to minors
Larger sizes appeal with their lower cost per litre
Future growth supported by younger consumers, assortment expansion and promotions
The price has to be right to attract price-sensitive consumers
Innovation to drive consumer interest
Sports Drinks in Serbia
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Increasing product awareness and health consciousness drive growth in 2024
Aqua Viva maintains its dominance
Economic factors hampering volume sales growth
Rising health consciousness and sports participation drive further growth
Economising prevents higher growth
Assortment and competitor expansion
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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