La industria de Alimentos Saludables en América Latina: México, Colombia y Venezuela

Este webinar, enfocado en México, Colombia y Venezuela, tratará temas de interés como las principales categorías de alimentos saludables y las tendencias de innovación que actualmente están en alza. El objetivo de la conferencia es analizar las tendencias de consumo e innovación en nuestros países tomando como marco referencial tendencias globales en productos saludables, la situación económica y temas de salud pública. Se analizarán los mercados de México, Colombia y Venezuela y los aspectos únicos de esta región en comparación con otros países en el mundo.

The Global Vegetable Congress

Date: 27-28 June, 2013
Location: Almeria, Spain
Presentation Date and Time: 27 June, 9:30 a.m. (local time)
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Anastasia Alieva, Head of Fresh Food Research at Euromonitor International, will discuss the state of the global vegetable market, focusing on the fastest growing countries and categories. The presentation will highlight current trends and projections for the next five years, both on a global and local level. Additionally, she will provide strategic insight and analysis on how to seize growth opportunities. 

Organised by Market Intelligence, the leading organiser of international conferences for the fresh produce industry, the Global Vegetable Congress is a new event for excellence in fresh vegetable marketing. Fresh vegetables are key drivers for market growth in today's fresh produce business. The Global Vegetable Congress offers the best market information, business ideas and networking opportunities for fresh food players. Some 250 delegates from across the fresh vegetable marketing business in more than 20 countries worldwide are set to attend the Global Vegetable Congress in Almeria, a major fresh vegetable production and export marketing hub for Europe and beyond. 

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Understanding Australia's Business and Consumer Environment: A Guide for Successful Business Down Under

Understanding Australia's Business and Consumer Environment

How will Australia's economy, business environment and consumer trends impact the success of your business? This e-book examines the fundamentals businesses must understand to successfully expand or operate in Australia.

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Heralded as the success story among advanced economies for weathering the global economic downturn of 2008-2009, Australia’s high income levels and steady growth offer good opportunities for consumer goods and services in a wide range of sectors.

Key Findings:

• At the height of the global slowdown, advanced economies as a whole contracted by 3.5% - contrasting with Australia’s 1.4% growth.
• Whereas incomes and consumer expenditure have stagnated across many advanced economies, Australia’s per capita disposable income and expenditure have expanded by 9.8% and 3.5% respectively in real terms since 2008.
• In 2012, Australia was ranked 15 out of 183 economies on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index, meaning it is the fifteenth easiest place in the world to start and operate a local firm.
• Australia has an educated population: 99.9% of adults (those aged 15+) were literate in 2011, but suffers from skills shortages.
• In 2011, the population aged 45-49 in Australia had the highest average gross income: A$77,810 (US$80,259).

Topics include:

• Ease of doing business rating
• Corruption index
• Literacy rate
• Future challenges
• Natural resources
• Media consumption
• Consumer trends
• More

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Commodities Roundup: April 2013

Rising futures was the theme for April, with Chicago wheat futures rising by eight percent due to weak exports from Russia. London Cocoa futures also rose in April, up five percent due to supply concerns from Indonesia, where rain is delaying the ongoing harvest. In a large surge, Fonterra skim milk powder increased by 27 percent.. Dry weather in New Zealand is forcing farmers to turn to expensive grain to feed cattle as opposed to grass, driving prices up.
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14 Facts about Mothers from Euromonitor's Survey Research

Euromonitor International's Annual Survey revealed global trends among mothers. Read 10 key facts below and then listen to our podcast to learn more.

1. Despite other demands on their time, mothers exercise slightly more often than women who have no children (69% of mothers do physical activity weekly vs. 61% of female non-mothers; 41% of mothers go to the gym each week vs. 35% of female non-mothers).
2. Parents (both mothers and fathers) use shortcuts for information about nutrition—such as testimonials and packaging—more than non-parents.
3. Mothers use advertising (TV, print, internet) as a shortcut to find out about other product information.
4. Nine out of ten mothers prepare meals at home at least once a week, more often than anyone else, including fathers (7 out of 10).
5. Mothers typically prepare home-cooked meals using entirely raw ingredients (62%), relying less on pre-prepared ingredients, such as shop-bought sauces (43%).
6. When mothers do choose convenience options such as ready meals, it is because they are pressed for time—not because they prefer ready meals or because they cannot or do not like to cook.
7. Almost half (47%) of mothers say they are on a diet trying to lose weight
8. Although mothers say they are health-conscious, they “cave in” and snack more often than non-mothers during the daytime (2.2 vs. 2.0 snacks per day on average)
9. Mothers in developed markets are more willing to spend extra on convenient products (49%) versus “green” products (36%)
10. Mothers in emerging markets consider a variety of other product information beyond quality, price, and convenience, such as branding and packaging, as well as “green”
11. Mothers in emerging markets especially enjoy learning about new products (trying new products, browsing shopping malls), compared to mothers in developed markets
12. Mothers in developed markets are especially cost-conscious and enjoy bargain-hunting more than mothers in emerging markets (though they are not necessarily using their smartphones to find deals)
13. 60% of mothers visit social networking websites (e.g., Facebook) at least weekly, compared with 55% of fathers and 46% of non-parents
14. Mothers and fathers share photos and videos online more frequently than non-parents (31% vs. 32% vs. 27%)

These results about mothers were derived from responses to Euromonitor International’s Annual Survey 2011; this survey reached out to ~16,000 online consumers ranging in age from 15 to 65+ and living in 8 major markets:  Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, UK, USA.  

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Thinking Again… The Future of Coffee Pod Machines

Analyst Insight by Lorenza Della-Santa, Senior Analyst - Consumer Appliances, Euromonitor International

Last October I explored the striking differences between consumption of coffee pods and fresh coffee in Western Europe and the US, and what that meant for future sales of coffee machines. I came to the conclusion that “…perhaps by investing more in open coffee brewing systems, manufacturers could favour with consumers who might be willing to spend more for a coffee machine that offers them free choice rather than being tied to a brand for life’.

It might be time to think again…

Greater Discretionary Spending to be Unleashed in China and India

As two key emerging markets and home to the world’s largest populations, China and India feature prominently in the development strategy of many businesses. Although food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing and transport have been so far growing strongly, in the 2013-2020 period households in both countries will spend significantly more on communications, health goods and medical services and education as continued income growth will unleash greater capacity for discretionary spending.

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International Beef and Veal Prices: June 2013 Outlook

Analyst Insight by Francisco Redruello, Senior Analyst - Food, Euromonitor International

US prices stagnate

Live cattle futures (for June delivery) remained stagnant over the 15 March-11 April review period on the Chicago Mercantile to end at US$1.21 per pound. Positive factors included weak data about cattle on feed, released by USDA on 22 March. Cattle on feed lots during March declined to just 93% of its average in the same month the previous year. This percentage was eight basis points lower than in February 2013. Lower than expected numbers of cattle on feed typically prompt concerns about mid-term supply because cattle on feed lots are destined for slaughtering. Data on US beef exports was relatively strong over the period, and that provided support to live cattle prices over the first half of March. In addition, sales of US beef to Japan surged to a 12-year high during that period following Tokyo's decision to ease import restrictions that were applied after the first US case of BSE in 2003. Volume sales of beef and veal in Japan totalled 884,000 tonnes in 2012. Beef cash prices between 4-9 April, however, remained stagnant despite the proximity of the US grilling season, dashing hopes for a rally in fresh meat prices during the first half of April.

ANTAD RECAP

Analyst Insight por Ana Trulin, Analista de Investigación - Mexico en Euromonitor International

Del 13 al 17 de junio se llevó a cabo a la Expo ANTAD en la ciudad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. Como antecedente, ANTAD (Asociación Nacional de Tiendas de Autoservicio y Departamentales) es una de las Asociaciones más grandes del país, representando en 2011 el 3.2% del PIB mexicano.

A “ojo de buen cubero”, el piso de exposición superaba en tamaño a muchas de las expos más grandes que se hacen en el DF como por ejemplo Franquicias, Alimentaria, y Food Technology Summit.  La gente estaba aglomerada en el piso de exposición así como en el área designada para conferencias y muy sorprendente fue que se notaba que mucha gente estaba realmente haciendo negocios.

Food Manufacturers See Benefits in Supplying Aldi and BIM

Analyst Insight by Raphael Moreau, Analyst - Retailing, Euromonitor International

With its aggressive expansion in Australia, the discounter chain Aldi is increasingly challenging the country’s two dominant grocery retailers, Woolworths and Wesfarmers. In Turkey, the discounter BIM Birlesik Magazacilik (BIM) is also expanding rapidly and gaining ground on supermarket and hypermarket operators, notably Migros Türk, Carrefour and Tesco. With a business model similar to Aldi, BIM became the largest grocery retailer in Turkey in 2010 and has since outperformed its main rivals.

In addition to challenging the dominance of supermarkets, the strong expansion of a major discounter chain in both Australia and Turkey is also fuelling greater acceptance of private label among consumers and providing growth opportunities for private label suppliers.