Ready Meals in Japan to 2011

SUMMARY

Abstract

Introduction

This databook is a detailed information resource covering all the key data points on Ready Meals in Japan. 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 Japan increased between 2001-2006, growing at an average annual rate of 1.0%. The leading company in the market in 2006 was Nichirei Corporation. The second-largest player was Katokichi with Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 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 26
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 27
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 29
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 31
Company and Brand Share Analysis 34
Distribution Analysis 39
Expenditure & consumption per capita 41
Chapter 4 LEADING COMPANY PROFILES 45
Nichirei Corporation 45
Chapter 5 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - DRIED READY MEALS 47
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 47
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 48
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 50
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 50
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 51
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 52
Company and Brand Share Analysis 54
Distribution Analysis 57
Expenditure & consumption per capita 59
Chapter 6 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - CANNED READY MEALS 62
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 62
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 63
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 65
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 66
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 68
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 69
Company and Brand Share Analysis 72
Distribution Analysis 75
Expenditure & consumption per capita 77
Chapter 7 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - CHILLED READY MEALS 81
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 81
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 82
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 84
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 85
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 87
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 88
Company and Brand Share Analysis 91
Distribution Analysis 95
Expenditure & consumption per capita 97
Chapter 8 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - FROZEN READY MEALS 101
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 101
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 103
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 105
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 106
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 108
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 110
Company and Brand Share Analysis 114
Distribution Analysis 117
Expenditure & consumption per capita 119
Chapter 9 COUNTRY COMPARISON 125
Value 125
Volume 130
Market Share 135
Chapter 10 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 136
Product launches over time 136
Recent product launches 138
Chapter 11 JAPAN SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE 139
Country Overview 139
Key Facts 140
Political Overview 141
Japan Economic Overview 142
Chapter 12 JAPAN MACROECONOMIC PROFILE 144
Macroeconomic Indicators 144
Chapter 13 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 150
Methodology overview 150
Secondary research 151
Market modelling 152
Primary research 153
Data finalisation 153
Ongoing research 154
Chapter 14 APPENDIX 155
Future readings 155
How to contact experts in your industry 155

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Japan Ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (JPY m, nominal prices) 25
Figure 2: Japan Ready meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 28
Figure 3: Japan Ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 32
Figure 4: Japan Ready meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 33
Figure 5: Japan Ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 36
Figure 6: Japan Ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 40
Figure 7: Japan Dried ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (JPY m, nominal prices) 49
Figure 8: Japan Dried ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 53
Figure 9: Japan Dried ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 55
Figure 10: Japan Dried ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 58
Figure 11: Japan Canned ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (JPY m, nominal prices) 64
Figure 12: Japan Canned ready meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 67
Figure 13: Japan Canned ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 70
Figure 14: Japan Canned ready meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 71
Figure 15: Japan Canned ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 73
Figure 16: Japan Canned ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 76
Figure 17: Japan Chilled ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (JPY m, nominal prices) 83
Figure 18: Japan Chilled ready meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 86
Figure 19: Japan Chilled ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 89
Figure 20: Japan Chilled ready meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 90
Figure 21: Japan Chilled ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 93
Figure 22: Japan Chilled ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 96
Figure 23: Japan Frozen ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (JPY m, nominal prices) 104
Figure 24: Japan Frozen ready meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 107
Figure 25: Japan Frozen ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 112
Figure 26: Japan Frozen ready meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 113
Figure 27: Japan Frozen ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 115
Figure 28: Japan Frozen ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 118
Figure 29: Global Ready meals market split (value terms, 2006) -- Top 5 countries 126
Figure 30: Global Ready meals market value, 2001 -- 2006 (Top 5 countries) 129
Figure 31: Global Ready meals market split (volume terms, 2006) -- Top 5 countries 131
Figure 32: Global Ready meals market volume, 2001 -- 2006 (Top 5 countries) 134
Figure 33: Map of Japan 140
Figure 34: Annual data review process 151

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Ready meals category definitions 9
Table 2: Ready meals distribution channels 10
Table 3: Japan Ready Meals value, 2001-2006 (JPY m, nominal prices) 22
Table 4: Japan Ready Meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (JPY m, nominal prices) 24
Table 5: Japan Ready Meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 26
Table 6: Japan Ready Meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 27
Table 7: Japan Ready Meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 30
Table 8: Japan Ready Meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 31
Table 9: Japan Ready Meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 34
Table 10: Japan Ready Meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 35
Table 11: Japan Ready Meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 37
Table 12: Japan Ready Meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 38
Table 13: Japan Ready Meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 39
Table 14: Japan Ready Meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 39
Table 15: Japan Ready Meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (JPY, nominal prices) 41
Table 16: Japan Ready Meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (JPY, nominal prices) 42
Table 17: Japan Ready Meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 42
Table 18: Japan Ready Meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 43
Table 19: Japan Ready Meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 43
Table 20: Japan Ready Meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 44
Table 21: Nichirei Corporation Key Facts 45
Table 22: Japan Dried ready meals value, 2001-2006 (JPY m, nominal prices) 47
Table 23: Japan Dried ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (JPY m, nominal prices) 48
Table 24: Japan Dried ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 50
Table 25: Japan Dried ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 50
Table 26: Japan Dried ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 51
Table 27: Japan Dried ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 52
Table 28: Japan Dried ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 54
Table 29: Japan Dried ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 54
Table 30: Japan Dried ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 56
Table 31: Japan Dried ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 56
Table 32: Japan Dried ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 57
Table 33: Japan Dried ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 57
Table 34: Japan Dried ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (JPY, nominal prices) 59
Table 35: Japan Dried ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (JPY, nominal prices) 59
Table 36: Japan Dried ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 60
Table 37: Japan Dried ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 60
Table 38: Japan Dried ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 61
Table 39: Japan Dried ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 61
Table 40: Japan Canned ready meals value, 2001-2006 (JPY m, nominal prices) 62
Table 41: Japan Canned ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (JPY m, nominal prices) 63
Table 42: Japan Canned ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 65
Table 43: Japan Canned ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 66
Table 44: Japan Canned ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 68
Table 45: Japan Canned ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 69
Table 46: Japan Canned ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 72
Table 47: Japan Canned ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 72
Table 48: Japan Canned ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 74
Table 49: Japan Canned ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 74
Table 50: Japan Canned ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 75
Table 51: Japan Canned ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 75
Table 52: Japan Canned ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (JPY, nominal prices) 77
Table 53: Japan Canned ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (JPY, nominal prices) 78
Table 54: Japan Canned ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 78
Table 55: Japan Canned ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 79
Table 56: Japan Canned ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 79
Table 57: Japan Canned ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 80
Table 58: Japan Chilled ready meals value, 2001-2006 (JPY m, nominal prices) 81
Table 59: Japan Chilled ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (JPY m, nominal prices) 82
Table 60: Japan Chilled ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 84
Table 61: Japan Chilled ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 85
Table 62: Japan Chilled ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 87
Table 63: Japan Chilled ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 88
Table 64: Japan Chilled ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 91
Table 65: Japan Chilled ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 92
Table 66: Japan Chilled ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 94
Table 67: Japan Chilled ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 94
Table 68: Japan Chilled ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 95
Table 69: Japan Chilled ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 95
Table 70: Japan Chilled ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (JPY, nominal prices) 97
Table 71: Japan Chilled ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (JPY, nominal prices) 98
Table 72: Japan Chilled ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 99
Table 73: Japan Chilled ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 99
Table 74: Japan Chilled ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 100
Table 75: Japan Chilled ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 100
Table 76: Japan Frozen ready meals value, 2001-2006 (JPY m, nominal prices) 102
Table 77: Japan Frozen ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (JPY m, nominal prices) 103
Table 78: Japan Frozen ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 105
Table 79: Japan Frozen ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 106
Table 80: Japan Frozen ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 109
Table 81: Japan Frozen ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 111
Table 82: Japan Frozen ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 114
Table 83: Japan Frozen ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 114
Table 84: Japan Frozen ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 116
Table 85: Japan Frozen ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 116
Table 86: Japan Frozen ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 117
Table 87: Japan Frozen ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (JPY m nominal prices) 117
Table 88: Japan Frozen ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (JPY, nominal prices) 119
Table 89: Japan Frozen ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (JPY, nominal prices) 120
Table 90: Japan Frozen ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 121
Table 91: Japan Frozen ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 122
Table 92: Japan Frozen ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 123
Table 93: Japan Frozen ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 124
Table 94: Global Ready meals market value, 2006 125
Table 95: Global Ready meals market split (value terms (US$ m), 2006) -- Top 5 countries 128
Table 96: Global Ready meals market volume, 2006 130
Table 97: Global Ready meals market split (volume terms, 2006) -- Top 5 countries 133
Table 98: Leading players - Top 5 countries 135
Table 99: Japan Ready Meals new product launches (reports) and SKUs, by company (Top 5 companies), 2006 136
Table 100: Japan Ready Meals new product launches (reports), by flavor and fragrances (Top 10 flavors), 2006 137
Table 101: Japan Ready Meals new product launches (reports), by Ingredients (Top 10 Ingredients), 2006 137
Table 102: Japan Ready Meals new product launches (reports), by Package tags or Claims (Top 10 claims), 2006 138
Table 103: Japan Ready Meals new product launches (reports) - Recent 5 launches 138
Table 104: Japan Key Facts 140
Table 105: Japan population, by age group, 2000-2005 (millions) 144
Table 106: Japan population forecast, by age group, 2005-2010 (millions) 145
Table 107: Japan population, by gender, 2000-2005 (millions) 145
Table 108: Japan population forecast, by gender, 2005-2010 (millions) 146
Table 109: Japan real GDP, 2000-2005 (JPY bn, 2005 prices) 146
Table 110: Japan real GDP forecast, 2005-2010 (JPY bn, 2005 prices) 147
Table 111: Japan nominal GDP, 2000-2005 (JPY bn, nominal prices) 147
Table 112: Japan real GDP, 2000-2005 (US$ bn, 2005 prices) 148
Table 113: Japan real GDP forecast, 2005-2010 (US$ bn, 2005 prices) 148
Table 114: Japan consumer price index, 2000-2005 (2000=100) 149
Table 115: Japan consumer price index, 2005-2010 (2000=100) 149
Table 116: Japan exchange rate, 2000-2005 149