Appetisers and Dips - UK - August 2007

Table of Contents

• Issues in the Market
• Report themes
• Definition
• Market in Brief
• Unrelenting growth
• The power of own-label
• Time to hit health
• Something for all occasions
• Location, location, location
• Future
• Internal Market Environment
• Key points
• Staying in is the new going out
  • Figure 1: Agreement with selected lifestyle statements, 2002-06
• Holistic health
• Fresh and organic
  • Figure 2: Agreement with selected lifestyle statements, 2002-06
• Naturally healthy
• Café culture
• Can cook, will cook
  • Figure 3: Agreement with selected lifestyle statements, 2002-06
• Ethnic adventurers
• The ethical angle
• Carbon considerations
• Building confidence
• Broader Market Environment
• Key points
• A regulated market
• A healthy reaction
• Pass on the salt
• Affluence on the increase
  • Figure 4: Forecast adult population trends, by socio-economic group, 2002-12
• Changing climate
  • Figure 5: Average summer temperature and sunshine hours in the UK, 2000-06
• Competitive Context
• Key points
• Maintaining the occasion
  • Figure 6: Consumption of takeaway foods in the last 12 months, 2002-06
• Dipper debate
  • Figure 7: Value index of fruit and vegetables, crisps and snacks and chilled dips, 2002-07
• Very vegetable
• Hitting the bottle
• Outsourcing the effort
• DIY
• Strengths and Weaknesses
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Market Value and Forecast
• Key points
• A model of success
  • Figure 8: UK retail sales of dips and selected appetisers, 2004-07
• A dip' rent style of eating
  • Figure 9: UK retail sales of dips, 2004-07
• Appetising appetisers
  • Figure 10: UK retail sales of selected appetisers, 2004-07
• Future trends
• Forecast
  • Figure 11: Market size and forecast of dips and selected appetisers, 2004-12
• Factors incorporated in the forecast
• Segment Performance
• Key points
• Chilled hotting up
  • Figure 12: UK retail sales of chilled dips, 2002-07
• Ambient just warm
  • Figure 13: UK retail sales of ambient dips, 2004-07
• The rise of the snack pack
  • Figure 14: UK retail sales of combined dips and snack products, 2004-07*
• Authentic ethnic
• Going Greek and Spanish
• A moveable feast
  • Figure 15: UK retail sales of platter/selection appetisers, 2004-07*
• The fish dish
• Wider Market -- Dippers
• Key points
• The vegetable option
  • Figure 16: UK retail sales of fresh fruit and vegetables, by value, 2002-07
• Fabulous fish
  • Figure 17: UK retail sales of fish and seafood, by value and volume, 2002-07
• Crisp cravings
  • Figure 18: UK retail sales of crisps and snacks, 2002-07
• The art of bread
  • Figure 19: UK retail sales of bread, by volume, by type, 2002-06
• Go goujons
• Companies and Products
• Key points
• Kraft Foods Ltd
• Kavli UK Ltd
• Other suppliers of dairy dips and snacks
• General Mills UK Ltd
• Discovery Foods
• Premier Foods
• Other suppliers of ambient dips
• Suppliers of seafood dips and dippers
• Own-label
• Bakkavor Group
• Uniq Plc
• Channels to Market
• Key points
• The power of the multiples
• A flexible solution
  • Figure 20: UK retail sales of dips, by type of outlet, 2005 and 2007
• The Consumer -- Usage
• Key points
• Dips
  • Figure 21: Dips bought in the last year, May 2007
• Traditional favourites
• Milking houmous popularity
• Multi options
• It' s a woman thing
• A social divide
• Sophisticated appeal
• Adventurous third age
• Appetisers
  • Figure 22: Appetisers/dippers bought in the last year, May 2007
• Indulgent rather than healthy
• Healthy evidence
• The generic ethnic snack
• Unappetising
• Appendix
• Consumer research
• ACORN
• Advertising data
• Abbreviations
• Usage -- Detailed consumer demographics
  • Figure 28: Dips bought in the last year, by gender, age, socio-economic group, marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, media usage, commercial TV viewing, supermarket used, household size and car ownership, May 2007
  • Figure 29: Appetisers/party food bought in the last year, by gender, age, socio-economic group, marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, media usage, commercial TV viewing, supermarket used, household size and car ownership, May 2007
  • Figure 30: Appetisers/party food bought in the last year, by gender, age, socio-economic group, marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, media usage, commercial TV viewing, supermarket used, household size and car ownership, May 2007
  • Figure 31: Appetisers/party food bought in the last year, by gender, age, socio-economic group, marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, media usage, commercial TV viewing, supermarket used, household size and car ownership, May 2007
• Occasion -- Detailed consumer demographics
  • Figure 32: Occasions when appetisers and party food has been served in the last year, by gender, age, socio-economic group, marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, media usage, commercial TV viewing, supermarket used, household size and car ownership, May 2007
  • Figure 33: Occasions when appetisers and party food has been served in the last year, by gender, age, socio-economic group, marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel' s special group, working status, region, media usage, commercial TV viewing, supermarket used, household size and car ownership, May 2007
  • Figure 34: Repertoire of occasions where appetisers and dips are used by gender, age, socio-economic group, marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel' s special group, working status, media usage, commercial TV viewing, supermarket used, household size and car ownership, May 2007
  • Figure 35: Repertoire of occasions where appetisers and dips are used, by types of appetisers and dips and typologies, May 2007
  • Figure 36: Appetisers/dips bought by occasion served at in the last 12 months, May 2007
• Attitudes and buying behaviour -- Detailed consumer demographics
  • Figure 37: Consumer attitudes and buying behaviour of appetisers/party food by gender, age, socio-economic group, marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel' s special group, working status, region, media usage, commercial TV viewing, supermarket used, household size and car ownership, May 2007
  • Figure 38: Consumer attitudes and buying behaviour of appetisers/party food by gender, age, socio-economic group, marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel' s special group, working status, region, media usage, commercial TV viewing, supermarket used, household size and car ownership, May 2007
  • Figure 39: When consumers have bought, by attitudes, May 2007
• Consumer typologies -- Detailed consumer demographics
  • Figure 40: Appetisers and dips typologies by gender, age, social grde, Marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel' s special Group, working status, region, media usage, commercial TV viewing, supermaket used and household size, May 2007
  • Figure 41: Appetisers and dips typologies by types of appetisers and dips bought, May 2007
  • Figure 42: Appetiser and dip typologies by occasion where appetisers and dips are used, and repertoire of occasions, May 2007