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Ready Meals - RTS Bite Size
Fast Facts
€12.8bn
Consumer expenditure on all meals
Western Europe, 2009
3.2%
Growth in expenditure on all meals
Western Europe, CAGR, 2004-2009
Did you know?
The frozen meals market is still larger than chilled in volume terms
Source: RTS Resource
Market drivers
• Quality
• Provenance
• Emerging cuisines (including regional ethnic)
• Occasions
Source: RTS Resource
Flavour trends
• Regional ethnic
• Asian
• Moroccan
• Middle Eastern
• Scandinavian/Northern European
Opportunities & Threats
Opportunities
• Convenience
• Health & nutrition
• New experiences
Threats
• Competition
• Alternative meal solutions
• Recession
Source: RTS Resource
Selected manufacturers
Agis www.agis-sa.fr
Bakkavor www.bakkavor.com
Bighams www.bighams.co.uk
Compagnie Artique www.compagnie-artique.com
d'Aucy (Cecab Group) www.daucy.fr
Frosta (Stockmeyer Group) www.frosta.de
Gastraval www.gastraval.com
Greencore www.greencore.com
Gusto www.gusto-si.it
Iglo www.iglo.de
Kerry Foods www.kerrygroup.com
Northern Foods www.northern-foods.co.uk
Maheso www.maheso.com
Mantua www.mantuasurgelati.com
Paul and Louise (Covi) www.pauletlouise.com
Viva La Mamma www.vivalamamma.com
Data taken from The Orange Book - the essential convenience food & drink databook.
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