Ready Meals in Finland to 2011

SUMMARY

Abstract

Introduction

This databook is a detailed information resource covering all the key data points on Ready Meals in Finland. It includes comprehensive value volume segmentation and market share data. The databook supplies actual data to 2006 and full forecasts to 2011.

Scope

• Contains information on 4 categories: Chilled ready meals, Canned ready meals, Frozen ready meals and Dried ready meals
• Provides market value, volume, expenditure and consumption data by market, segment and subsegment
• Includes company and brand share data by categories

Highlights

The market for Ready Meals in Finland increased between 2001-2006, growing at an average annual rate of 7.4%. The leading company in the market in 2006 was Unilever. The second-largest player was Findus Ltd with Saarioinen Oy in third place.

Reasons to Purchase

• Discover the major quantitative trends affecting the Ready Meals markets
• Understand consumers' consumption and expenditure patterns
• Understand the future direction of the market with reliable historical data and full five year forecasting.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
Summary Market Level - Ready Meals 2
Summary category level - Dried ready meals 3
Summary category level - Canned ready meals 4
Summary category level - Chilled ready meals 5
Summary category level - Frozen ready meals 6
Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION 7
What is this report about? 7
How to use this report 7
Market Definition 8
Chapter 3 MARKET OVERVIEW 22
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 22
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 23
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 25
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 25
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 27
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 28
Company and Brand Share Analysis 30
Distribution Analysis 34
Expenditure & consumption per capita 36
Chapter 4 LEADING COMPANY PROFILES 40
Unilever 40
Chapter 5 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - DRIED READY MEALS 42
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 42
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 43
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 44
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 44
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 45
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 46
Company and Brand Share Analysis 47
Distribution Analysis 50
Expenditure & consumption per capita 52
Chapter 6 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - CANNED READY MEALS 55
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 55
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 56
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 58
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 59
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 60
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 61
Company and Brand Share Analysis 63
Distribution Analysis 66
Expenditure & consumption per capita 68
Chapter 7 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - CHILLED READY MEALS 72
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 72
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 73
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 75
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 76
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 77
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 78
Company and Brand Share Analysis 80
Distribution Analysis 83
Expenditure & consumption per capita 85
Chapter 8 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - FROZEN READY MEALS 89
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 89
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 90
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 92
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 93
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 95
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 96
Company and Brand Share Analysis 98
Distribution Analysis 101
Expenditure & consumption per capita 103
Chapter 9 COUNTRY COMPARISON 109
Value 109
Volume 114
Market Share 119
Chapter 10 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 120
Product launches over time 120
Recent product launches 122
Chapter 11 FINLAND SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE 123
Country Overview 123
Key Facts 124
Political Overview 126
Finland Economic Overview 127
Chapter 12 FINLAND MACROECONOMIC PROFILE 128
Macroeconomic Indicators 128
Chapter 13 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 133
Methodology overview 133
Secondary research 134
Market modelling 135
Primary research 136
Data finalisation 136
Ongoing research 137
Chapter 14 APPENDIX 138
Future readings 138
How to contact experts in your industry 138

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Finland Ready Meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (EUR m, nominal prices) 24
Figure 2: Finland Ready Meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 26
Figure 3: Finland Ready Meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 29
Figure 4: Finland Ready Meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 29
Figure 5: Finland Ready Meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 32
Figure 6: Finland Ready Meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 35
Figure 7: Finland Dried ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (EUR m, nominal prices) 43
Figure 8: Finland Dried ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 46
Figure 9: Finland Dried ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 48
Figure 10: Finland Dried ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 51
Figure 11: Finland Canned ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (EUR m, nominal prices) 57
Figure 12: Finland Canned ready meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 59
Figure 13: Finland Canned ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 62
Figure 14: Finland Canned ready meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 62
Figure 15: Finland Canned ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 64
Figure 16: Finland Canned ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 67
Figure 17: Finland Chilled ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (EUR m, nominal prices) 74
Figure 18: Finland Chilled ready meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 76
Figure 19: Finland Chilled ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 79
Figure 20: Finland Chilled ready meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 79
Figure 21: Finland Chilled ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 81
Figure 22: Finland Chilled ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 84
Figure 23: Finland Frozen ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (EUR m, nominal prices) 91
Figure 24: Finland Frozen ready meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 94
Figure 25: Finland Frozen ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 97
Figure 26: Finland Frozen ready meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 97
Figure 27: Finland Frozen ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 99
Figure 28: Finland Frozen ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 102
Figure 29: Global Ready meals market split (value terms, 2006) -- Top 5 countries 110
Figure 30: Global Ready meals market value, 2001 -- 2006 (Top 5 countries) 113
Figure 31: Global Ready meals market split (volume terms, 2006) -- Top 5 countries 115
Figure 32: Global Ready meals market volume, 2001 -- 2006 (Top 5 countries) 118
Figure 33: Map of Finland 125
Figure 34: Annual data review process 134

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Ready meals category definitions 9
Table 2: Ready meals distribution channels 10
Table 3: Finland Ready Meals value, 2001-2006 (EUR m, nominal prices) 22
Table 4: Finland Ready Meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (EUR m, nominal prices) 24
Table 5: Finland Ready Meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 25
Table 6: Finland Ready Meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 25
Table 7: Finland Ready Meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 27
Table 8: Finland Ready Meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 28
Table 9: Finland Ready Meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 30
Table 10: Finland Ready Meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 31
Table 11: Finland Ready Meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 33
Table 12: Finland Ready Meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 33
Table 13: Finland Ready Meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 34
Table 14: Finland Ready Meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 34
Table 15: Finland Ready Meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (EUR, nominal prices) 36
Table 16: Finland Ready Meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (EUR, nominal prices) 37
Table 17: Finland Ready Meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 37
Table 18: Finland Ready Meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 38
Table 19: Finland Ready Meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 38
Table 20: Finland Ready Meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 39
Table 21: Unilever Key Facts 40
Table 22: Finland Dried ready meals value, 2001-2006 (EUR m, nominal prices) 42
Table 23: Finland Dried ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (EUR m, nominal prices) 43
Table 24: Finland Dried ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 44
Table 25: Finland Dried ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 44
Table 26: Finland Dried ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 45
Table 27: Finland Dried ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 46
Table 28: Finland Dried ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 47
Table 29: Finland Dried ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 47
Table 30: Finland Dried ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 49
Table 31: Finland Dried ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 49
Table 32: Finland Dried ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 50
Table 33: Finland Dried ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 50
Table 34: Finland Dried ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (EUR, nominal prices) 52
Table 35: Finland Dried ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (EUR, nominal prices) 52
Table 36: Finland Dried ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 53
Table 37: Finland Dried ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 53
Table 38: Finland Dried ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 54
Table 39: Finland Dried ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 54
Table 40: Finland Canned ready meals value, 2001-2006 (EUR m, nominal prices) 55
Table 41: Finland Canned ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (EUR m, nominal prices) 56
Table 42: Finland Canned ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 58
Table 43: Finland Canned ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 59
Table 44: Finland Canned ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 60
Table 45: Finland Canned ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 61
Table 46: Finland Canned ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 63
Table 47: Finland Canned ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 63
Table 48: Finland Canned ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 65
Table 49: Finland Canned ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 65
Table 50: Finland Canned ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 66
Table 51: Finland Canned ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 66
Table 52: Finland Canned ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (EUR, nominal prices) 68
Table 53: Finland Canned ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (EUR, nominal prices) 69
Table 54: Finland Canned ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 69
Table 55: Finland Canned ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 70
Table 56: Finland Canned ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 70
Table 57: Finland Canned ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 71
Table 58: Finland Chilled ready meals value, 2001-2006 (EUR m, nominal prices) 72
Table 59: Finland Chilled ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (EUR m, nominal prices) 73
Table 60: Finland Chilled ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 75
Table 61: Finland Chilled ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 76
Table 62: Finland Chilled ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 77
Table 63: Finland Chilled ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 78
Table 64: Finland Chilled ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 80
Table 65: Finland Chilled ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 80
Table 66: Finland Chilled ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 82
Table 67: Finland Chilled ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 82
Table 68: Finland Chilled ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 83
Table 69: Finland Chilled ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 83
Table 70: Finland Chilled ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (EUR, nominal prices) 85
Table 71: Finland Chilled ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (EUR, nominal prices) 86
Table 72: Finland Chilled ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 86
Table 73: Finland Chilled ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 87
Table 74: Finland Chilled ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 87
Table 75: Finland Chilled ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 88
Table 76: Finland Frozen ready meals value, 2001-2006 (EUR m, nominal prices) 89
Table 77: Finland Frozen ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (EUR m, nominal prices) 90
Table 78: Finland Frozen ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 92
Table 79: Finland Frozen ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 93
Table 80: Finland Frozen ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 95
Table 81: Finland Frozen ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 96
Table 82: Finland Frozen ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 98
Table 83: Finland Frozen ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 98
Table 84: Finland Frozen ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 100
Table 85: Finland Frozen ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 100
Table 86: Finland Frozen ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 101
Table 87: Finland Frozen ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (EUR m nominal prices) 101
Table 88: Finland Frozen ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (EUR, nominal prices) 103
Table 89: Finland Frozen ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (EUR, nominal prices) 104
Table 90: Finland Frozen ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 105
Table 91: Finland Frozen ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 106
Table 92: Finland Frozen ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 107
Table 93: Finland Frozen ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 108
Table 94: Global Ready meals market value, 2006 109
Table 95: Global Ready meals market split (value terms (US$ m), 2006) -- Top 5 countries 112
Table 96: Global Ready meals market volume, 2006 114
Table 97: Global Ready meals market split (volume terms, 2006) -- Top 5 countries 117
Table 98: Leading players - Top 5 countries 119
Table 99: Finland Ready Meals new product launches (reports) and SKUs, by company (Top 5 companies), 2006 120
Table 100: Finland Ready Meals new product launches (reports), by flavor and fragrances (Top 10 flavors), 2006 121
Table 101: Finland Ready Meals new product launches (reports), by Ingredients (Top 10 Ingredients), 2006\ 121
Table 102: Finland Ready Meals new product launches (reports), by Package tags or Claims (Top 10 claims), 2006 122
Table 103: Finland Ready Meals new product launches (reports) - Recent 5 launches 122
Table 104: Finland Key Facts 124
Table 105: Finland population, by age group, 2000-2005 (millions) 128
Table 106: Finland population forecast, by age group, 2005-2010 (millions) 129
Table 107: Finland population, by gender, 2000-2005 (millions) 129
Table 108: Finland population forecast, by gender, 2005-2010 (millions) 130
Table 109: Finland real GDP, 2000-2005 ($ bn, 2005 prices) 130
Table 110: Finland real GDP forecast, 2005-2010 ($ bn, 2005 prices) 130
Table 111: Finland nominal GDP, 2000-2005 ($ bn, nominal prices) 131
Table 112: Finland real GDP, 2000-2005 (US$ bn, 2005 prices) 131
Table 113: Finland real GDP forecast, 2005-2010 (US$ bn, 2005 prices) 131
Table 114: Finland consumer price index, 2000-2005 (2000=100) 132
Table 115: Finland consumer price index, 2005-2010 (2000=100) 132
Table 116: Finland exchange rate, 2000-2005 132