Country Profile: Prepared Meals sector in the UK

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The UK’s Prepared Meals sector is the third largest in value terms after Germany and France in the Western Europe region. Of the three markets in the sector, Ready Meals is the largest in both value and volume terms, while Pizza market is expected to register the fastest growth during 2016-2021 in value terms. Hypermarkets & Supermarkets accounted to the largest share of distribution for Prepared Meals in the country, while Rigid Plastics remained most commonly used packaging material in the sector. Goodfellas and Chicago Town are the leading market players in the UK’s Prepared Meals sector.

GlobalData’s Country Profile report on the Prepared Meals sector in the UK provides insights on high growth categories to target, trends in the usage of packaging materials, types and closures category level distribution data and brands market shares.

What else is contained?
– Market data: Overall market value and volume data with growth analysis for 2016-2021
– Category coverage: Value and growth analysis for Meal Kits, Pizza and Ready Meals with inputs on individual segment share within each category and the change in their market share forecast for 2016-2021
– Leading players: Market share of brands and private labels, including private label growth analysis from 2011-2016
– Distribution data: Value shares within each category through channels such as Hypermarkets & Supermarkets, Convenience Stores, Food & Drinks Specialists and more
– Packaging data: consumption breakdown for packaging materials and containers in each category, in terms of percentage share of number of units sold. Packaging material data for flexible packaging, rigid plastics, rigid metal and others; container data for: film, trays, tubs, foils and others.

Scope

– The Prepared Meals sector in the UK is forecast to grow at 2.9% during 2016–2021.

– Ready Meals is the largest value and volume market in the Prepared Meals sector.

– Hypermarkets & Supermarkets is the leading distribution channel for the UK Prepared Meals sector, accounting for a total value share of 65.6% in 2016.

– Goodfellas is the leading brand in value terms with 3.3% share, in 2016, while Weightwatchers is the leading brand in volume terms with a share of 4.9%.

– Rigid Plastics is the most commonly used packaging material, followed by Rigid Metal and Flexible Packaging.

Reasons to Buy

– Identify high potential categories and explore further market opportunities based on detailed value and volume analysis

– Existing and new players can analyze key distribution channels to identify and evaluate trends and opportunities

– Gain an understanding of the total competitive landscape based on detailed brand share analysis to plan effective market positioning

– Manufacturers can identify the opportunities to position products with H&W attributes/benefits

– Access the key and most influential consumer trends driving Prepared Meals products consumption, and how they influence consumer behavior in the market which will help determine the best audiences to target

– Our team of analysts have placed a significant emphasis on changes expected in the market that will provide a clear picture of the opportunities that can be tapped over the next five years, resulting in revenue expansion

– The packaging analysis report helps manufacturers, in identifying the most commonly used packaging materials in the sector

– Analysis on key macro-economic indicators such as GDP per capita, population (overall and breakdown by age), and consumer price index. It also covers a comparative analysis of political, economic, socio-demographic, and technological indicators (PEST) across 50 countries.

PizzaExpress (Restaurants) Limited
Boparan Holdings Limited
Northern Food Co.
Dr. August Oetker KG
H. J. Heinz Company
Innocent ltd
Baxters Food Group Limited
Premier Foods Group Limited
Hormel Foods Corporation
Bigham`s Ltd.
Princes Limited
Kepak Group
Kirsty`S
Marlow Foods Limited
Unilever PLC
Iglo Foods Group Ltd
Findus Group Limited
Strathmore Foods Ltd
Young`s Seafood Limited 
Hain Daniels Group
Kershaws Frozen Foods Ltd
Campbell Soup Company
General Mills
Inc.
Paulig Group

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. REPORT SCOPE 6

2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7

3. THE UK IN ITS REGIONAL CONTEXT 9

3.1. THE UK MARKET SHARE IN THE GLOBAL AND WESTERN EUROPE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 9

3.2. THE UK COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR COUNTRIES IN THE WESTERN EUROPE REGION 10

4. MARKET SIZE ANALYSIS – PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 11

4.1. VALUE AND VOLUME ANALYSIS – PREPARED MEALS SECTOR IN THE UK 11

4.2. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS – THE UK COMPARED TO THE GLOBAL AND WESTERN EUROPE REGION IRRESPECTIVE 12

4.3. MARKET SIZE ANALYSIS BY PREPARED MEALS MARKETS 13

4.4. GROWTH ANALYSIS BY MARKETS 14

5. MARKET AND CATEGORY ANALYSIS 15

5.1. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS BY MARKETS 15

5.2. MARKET ANALYSIS: MEAL KITS 16

5.3. MARKET ANALYSIS: PIZZA 19

5.4. MARKET ANALYSIS: READY MEALS 21

6. DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS 24

6.1. DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE ANALYSIS: PREPARED MEALS 24

6.2. DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE ANALYSIS: MEAL KITS 25

6.3. DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE ANALYSIS: PIZZA 26

6.4. DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE ANALYSIS: READY MEALS 27

7. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 28

7.1. BRAND SHARE ANALYSIS BY SECTOR 28

7.2. BRAND SHARE ANALYSIS BY MARKETS 31

7.3. BRAND SHARE ANALYSIS BY CATEGORY 35

7.3.1. Meal Kits 35

7.3.2. Pizza 36

7.3.3. Ready Meals 37

7.4. PRIVATE LABEL SHARE ANALYSIS 39

8. HEALTH & WELLNESS ANALYSIS 41

8.1. MARKET SIZE ANALYSIS BY HEALTH & WELLNESS CLAIMS 41

8.2. MARKET SIZE ANALYSIS – HEALTH & WELLNESS PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES 42

8.3. MARKET SIZE ANALYSIS – HEALTH & WELLNESS CONSUMER BENEFITS 43

8.4. LEADING COMPANIES IN UK’S PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 44

9. PACKAGING ANALYSIS 45

9.1. PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY PACKAGING MATERIAL IN THE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 45

9.2. PACKAGING SHARE ANALYSIS BY PACKAGING MATERIAL IN PREPARED MEALS MARKETS 46

9.3. PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY CONTAINER TYPE IN THE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 47

9.4. PACKAGING SHARE ANALYSIS BY CONTAINER TYPE IN PREPARED MEALS MARKETS 48

9.5. PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY CLOSURE TYPE IN THE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 49

9.6. PACKAGING SHARE ANALYSIS BY CLOSURE TYPE IN PREPARED MEALS MARKETS 50

9.7. PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY OUTER TYPE IN THE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 51

9.8. PACKAGING SHARE ANALYSIS BY OUTER TYPE IN PREPARED MEALS MARKETS 52

10. MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS 53

10.1. GDP PER CAPITA 56

10.2. POPULATION AND POPULATION GROWTH 57

10.3. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 58

10.4. POPULATION BREAKDOWN BY AGE 59

11. CONSUMER DEMOGRAPHICS 60

11.1. CONSUMPTION BY GENDER 60

11.2. CONSUMPTION BY AGE 61

11.3. CONSUMPTION BY EDUCATION 62

11.4. CONSUMPTION BY URBANIZATION 63

12. METHODOLOGY 64

13. DEFINITIONS 65

14. APPENDIX 76

15. ABOUT GLOBALDATA 94

16. DISCLAIMER 95

17. CONTACT US 96

Table

List of Tables

Table 1: GROWTH ANALYSIS BY MARKETS, 2016-2021 14

Table 2: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME- PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 29

Table 3: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME- PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 30

Table 4: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-MEAL KITS MARKET 31

Table 5: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-PIZZA MARKET 32

Table 6: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME- READY MEALS MARKET 33

Table 7: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME- READY MEALS MARKET 34

Table 8: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-AMBIENT MEAL KITS CATEGORY 35

Table 9: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-CHILLED MEAL KITS CATEGORY 35

Table 10: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-FROZEN MEAL KITS CATEGORY 36

Table 11: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-CHILLED PIZZA CATEGORY 36

Table 12: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-FROZEN PIZZA CATEGORY 36

Table 13: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME- AMBIENT READY MEALS CATEGORY 37

Table 14: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME- CHILLED READY MEALS CATEGORY 37

Table 15: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-DRIED READY MEALS CATEGORY 38

Table 16: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME- FROZEN READY MEALS CATEGORY 38

Table 17: RELATIVE COMPARISON OF COUNTRIES BASED ON PEST ANALYSIS 53

Table 18: CONSUMPTION OF PREPARED MEALS BY GENDER AND MARKETS (KG MILLION, 2016) 60

Table 19: CONSUMPTION OF PREPARED MEALS BY AGE AND MARKETS (KG MILLION, 2016) 61

Table 20: CONSUMPTION OF PREPARED MEALS BY EDUCATION AND MARKETS (KG MILLION, 2016) 62

Table 21: CONSUMPTION OF PREPARED MEALS BY URBANIZATION AND MARKETS (KG MILLION, 2016) 63

Table 22: MARKET DEFINITIONS 65

Table 23: CATEGORY DEFINITIONS 65

Table 24: CHANNEL DEFINITIONS 67

Table 25: HEALTH & WELLNESS: PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES-FOOD MINUS 68

Table 26: HEALTH & WELLNESS: PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES-FREE FROM 69

Table 27: HEALTH & WELLNESS: PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES-FUNCTIONAL & FORTIFIED 70

Table 28: HEALTH & WELLNESS: PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES-NATURALLY HEALTHY 71

Table 29: HEALTH & WELLNESS: PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES-FOOD INTOLERANCE 72

Table 30: HEALTH & WELLNESS: CONSUMER BENEFITS-HEALTH MANAGEMENT 73

Table 31: HEALTH & WELLNESS: ANALYSIS BY CONSUMER BENEFITS 74

Table 32: HEALTH & WELLNESS: CONSUMER BENEFITS-PERFORMANCE 75

Table 33: MARKET VALUE-BY CATEGORY, (£ MILLION), 2011-2021 76

Table 34: MARKET VALUE-BY CATEGORY, (US$ MILLION), 2011-2021 77

Table 35: MARKET VOLUME-BY CATEGORY, (KG MILLION), 2011-2021 78

Table 36: PREPARED MEALS SALES DISTRIBUTION IN THE UK-BY MARKET (£ MILLION) 2016 79

Table 37: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME- PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 80

Table 38: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME- PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 80

Table 39: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-MEAL KITS MARKET 81

Table 40: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-PIZZA MARKET 82

Table 41: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-READY MEALS MARKET 83

Table 42: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-AMBIENT MEAL KITS CATEGORY 84

Table 43: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-CHILLED MEAL KITS CATEGORY 84

Table 44: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-FROZEN MEAL KITS CATEGORY 85

Table 45: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-CHILLED PIZZA CATEGORY 85

Table 46: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-FROZEN PIZZA CATEGORY 85

Table 47: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-AMBIENT READY MEALS CATEGORY 86

Table 48: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-CHILLED READY MEALS CATEGORY 87

Table 49: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME- DRIED READY MEALS CATEGORY 88

Table 50: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-FROZEN READY MEALS CATEGORY 88

Table 51: KEY HEALTH & WELLNESS PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES DRIVING SALES IN THE UK (£ MILLION) 89

Table 52: KEY HEALTH & WELLNESS CONSUMER BENEFITS DRIVING SALES IN THE UK (£ MILLION) 89

Table 53: PACKAGING MATERIAL (IN MILLION PACK UNITS) 90

Table 54: CONTAINER TYPE (IN MILLION PACK UNITS) 90

Table 55: CLOSURE TYPE (IN MILLION PACK UNITS) 91

Table 56: OUTER TYPE (IN MILLION PACK UNITS) 91

Table 57: EXCHANGE RATES: US$-£, 2011-2021 92

Table 58: GDP PER CAPITA (£) 92

Table 59: POPULATION 92

Table 60: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 92

Table 61: AGE PROFILE (MILLIONS OF PERSONS) 93

Figures

List of Figures

Figure 1: VALUE SHARE OF THE UK IN THE GLOBAL AND WESTERN EUROPE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR, 2011-2021 9

Figure 2: THE UK COMPARED TO OTHER TOP FOUR COUNTRIES – MARKET SIZE, GROWTH AND COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 10

Figure 3: MARKET SIZE ANALYSIS BY VALUE AND VOLUME, PREPARED MEALS SECTOR, 2011-2021 11

Figure 4: PER CAPITA VOLUME CONSUMPTION OF PREPARED MEALS – THE UK COMPARED TO THE GLOBAL AND WESTERN EUROPE, 2011-2021 12

Figure 5: VALUE AND VOLUME GROWTH ANALYSIS BY MARKETS, 2016-2021 13

Figure 6: PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION BY MARKETS – THE UK COMPARED TO THE GLOBAL AND WESTERN EUROPE AVERAGE, 2016 15

Figure 7: GROWTH ANALYSIS BY VALUE AND VOLUME IN THE MEAL KITS MARKET, 2011-2021 16

Figure 8: VALUE ANALYSIS BY CATEGORIES, 2011-2021 17

Figure 9: VOLUME ANALYSIS BY CATEGORIES, 2011-2021 18

Figure 10: VALUE AND VOLUME GROWTH ANALYSIS, PIZZA MARKET, 2011-2021 19

Figure 11: VALUE ANALYSIS BY CATEGORIES, 2011-2021 20

Figure 12: VOLUME ANALYSIS BY CATEGORIES, 2011-2021 20

Figure 13: VALUE AND VOLUME GROWTH ANALYSIS, READY MEALS MARKET, 2011-2021 21

Figure 14: VALUE ANALYSIS BY CATEGORIES, 2011-2021 22

Figure 15: VOLUME ANALYSIS BY CATEGORIES, 2011-2021 23

Figure 16: DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE, PREPARED MEALS, 2011-2016 24

Figure 17: DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE, MEAL KITS, 2011-2016 25

Figure 18: DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE, PIZZA MARKET, 2011-2016 26

Figure 19: DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE, READY MEALS, 2011-2016 27

Figure 20: LEADING BRANDS IN THE UK PREPARED MEALS SECTOR, VALUE AND VOLUME SHARE, 2016 28

Figure 21: LEADING BRANDS IN THE MEAL KITS MARKET, VALUE AND VOLUME SHARE, 2016 31

Figure 22: LEADING BRANDS IN THE PIZZA MARKET, VALUE AND VOLUME SHARE, 2016 32

Figure 23: LEADING BRANDS IN THE READY MEALS MARKET, VALUE AND VOLUME SHARE, 2016 33

Figure 24: PRIVATE LABEL PENETRATION BY MARKETS (VALUE TERMS), 2016 39

Figure 25: GROWTH ANALYSIS, PRIVATE LABEL AND BRANDS (2011-2016) 40

Figure 26: VALUE OF HEALTH & WELLNESS CLAIMS BY MARKET, US$ MILLION, 2016-2021 41

Figure 27: VALUE AND VOLUME ANALYSIS BY HEALTH & WELLNESS PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES 2016 42

Figure 28: VALUE AND VOLUME ANALYSIS BY HEALTH & WELLNESS CONSUMER BENEFITS, 2016 43

Figure 29: LEADING COMPANIES IN THE HEALTH & WELLNESS MARKET BY VALUE, 2016 – READY MEALS 44

Figure 30: PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY PACKAGING MATERIAL, 2011-2021 45

Figure 31: USE OF PACKAGING MATERIAL BY MARKETS (IN PACK UNITS), 2016 46

Figure 32: PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY CONTAINER TYPE, 2011-2021 47

Figure 33: USE OF CONTAINER TYPE BY MARKETS (IN PACK UNITS), 2016 48

Figure 34: PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY CLOSURE TYPE, 2011-2021 49

Figure 35: USE OF CLOSURE TYPE BY MARKETS (IN PACK UNITS), 2016 50

Figure 36: PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY OUTER TYPE, 2011-2021 51

Figure 37: USE OF OUTER TYPE BY MARKETS (IN PACK UNITS), 2016 52

Figure 38: UK’S GDP PER CAPITA, 2011-2016 56

Figure 39: POPULATION GROWTH IN THE UK, 2011-2016 57

Figure 40: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, THE UK, 2011-2016 58

Figure 41: AGE PROFILE, THE UK, 2016 59

Figure 42: CONSUMPTION OF PREPARED MEALS BY GENDER, THE UK, 2016 60

Figure 43: CONSUMPTION OF PREPARED MEALS BY AGE, THE UK, 2016 61

Figure 44: CONSUMPTION OF PREPARED MEALS BY EDUCATION, THE UK, 2016 62

Figure 45: CONSUMPTION OF PREPARED MEALS BY URBANIZATION, THE UK, 2016 63

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