Ready Meals in Argentina to 2011

SUMMARY

Introduction

This databook is a detailed information resource covering all the key data points on Ready Meals in Argentina. 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 Argentina increased between 2001-2006, growing at an average annual rate of 5.8%.

The leading company in the market in 2006 was Molinos Rio de la Plata S.A. The second-largest player was Unilever with Proteinas Argentinas S.A. 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
Chapter 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
Summary Market Level - Ready Meals 2
Summary category level - Canned ready meals 3
Summary category level - Chilled ready meals 4
Summary category level - Frozen ready meals 5
Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION 6
What is this report about? 6
How to use this report 6
Market Definition 7
Chapter 3 MARKET OVERVIEW 19
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 19
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 20
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 22
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 23
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 25
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 26
Company and Brand Share Analysis 29
Distribution Analysis 32
Expenditure & consumption per capita 34
Chapter 4 LEADING COMPANY PROFILES 38
Molinos Rio De La Plata S.A. 38
Unilever 40
Chapter 5 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - CANNED READY MEALS 42
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 42
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 43
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 45
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 46
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 48
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 49
Company and Brand Share Analysis 52
Distribution Analysis 54
Expenditure & consumption per capita 56
Chapter 6 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - CHILLED READY MEALS 59
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 59
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 60
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 62
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 63
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 65
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 66
Company and Brand Share Analysis 69
Distribution Analysis 72
Expenditure & consumption per capita 74
Chapter 7 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - FROZEN READY MEALS 78
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 78
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 79
Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006 81
Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011 82
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 84
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 85
Company and Brand Share Analysis 88
Distribution Analysis 91
Expenditure & consumption per capita 93
Chapter 8 COUNTRY COMPARISON 99
Value 99
Volume 104
Market Share 109
Chapter 9 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 110
Product launches over time 110
Recent product launches 112
Chapter 10 ARGENTINA SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE 113
Country Overview 113
Key Facts 114
Political Overview 115
Argentina Economic Overview 116
Chapter 11 ARGENTINA MACROECONOMIC PROFILE 117
Macroeconomic Indicators 117
Chapter 12 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 124
Methodology overview 124
Secondary research 125
Market modelling 126
Primary research 127
Data finalisation 127
Ongoing research 128
Chapter 13 APPENDIX 129
Future readings 129
How to contact experts in your industry 129

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Argentina Ready Meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (ARP m, nominal prices) 21
Figure 2: Argentina Ready Meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 24
Figure 3: Argentina Ready Meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 27
Figure 4: Argentina Ready Meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 28
Figure 5: Argentina Ready Meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 30
Figure 6: Argentina Ready Meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 33
Figure 7: Argentina Canned Ready Meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (ARP m, nominal prices) 44
Figure 8: Argentina Canned Ready Meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 47
Figure 9: Argentina Canned Ready Meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 50
Figure 10: Argentina Canned Ready Meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 51
Figure 11: Argentina Canned Ready Meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 55
Figure 12: Argentina Chilled Ready Meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (ARP m, nominal prices) 61
Figure 13: Argentina Chilled Ready Meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 64
Figure 14: Argentina Chilled Ready Meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 67
Figure 15: Argentina Chilled Ready Meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 68
Figure 16: Argentina Chilled Ready Meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 70
Figure 17: Argentina Chilled Ready Meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 73
Figure 18: Argentina Frozen Ready Meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (ARP m, nominal prices) 80
Figure 19: Argentina Frozen Ready Meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 83
Figure 20: Argentina Frozen Ready Meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 86
Figure 21: Argentina Frozen Ready Meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 87
Figure 22: Argentina Frozen Ready Meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 89
Figure 23: Argentina Frozen Ready Meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(%) 92
Figure 24: Global Ready meals market split (value terms, 2006) -- Top 5 countries 100
Figure 25: Global Ready meals market value, 2001 -- 2006 (Top 5 countries) 103
Figure 26: Global Ready meals market split (volume terms, 2006) -- Top 5 countries 105
Figure 27: Global Ready meals market volume, 2001 -- 2006 (Top 5 countries) 108
Figure 28: Map of Argentina 114
Figure 29: Annual data review process 124

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Ready meals category definitions 8
Table 2: Ready meals distribution channels 9
Table 3: Argentina Ready Meals value, 2001-2006 (ARP m, nominal prices) 19
Table 4: Argentina Ready Meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (ARP m, nominal prices) 20
Table 5: Argentina Ready Meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 22
Table 6: Argentina Ready Meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 23
Table 7: Argentina Ready Meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 25
Table 8: Argentina Ready Meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 26
Table 9: Argentina Ready Meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 29
Table 10: Argentina Ready Meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (ARP m nominal prices) 29
Table 11: Argentina Ready Meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 31
Table 12: Argentina Ready Meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (ARP m nominal prices) 31
Table 13: Argentina Ready Meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 32
Table 14: Argentina Ready Meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (ARP m nominal prices) 32
Table 15: Argentina Ready Meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (ARP, nominal prices) 34
Table 16: Argentina Ready Meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (ARP, nominal prices) 35
Table 17: Argentina Ready Meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 36
Table 18: Argentina Ready Meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 36
Table 19: Argentina Ready Meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 37
Table 20: Argentina Ready Meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 37
Table 21: Molinos Rio De La Plata S.A.. Key Facts 38
Table 22: Unilever Key Facts 40
Table 23: Argentina Canned ready meals value, 2001-2006 (ARP m, nominal prices) 42
Table 24: Argentina Canned ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (ARP m, nominal prices) 43
Table 25: Argentina Canned ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 45
Table 26: Argentina Canned ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 46
Table 27: Argentina Canned ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 48
Table 28: Argentina Canned ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 49
Table 29: Argentina Canned ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 52
Table 30: Argentina Canned ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (ARP m nominal prices) 52
Table 31: Argentina Canned ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 53
Table 32: Argentina Canned ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (ARP m nominal prices) 53
Table 33: Argentina Canned ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 54
Table 34: Argentina Canned ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (ARP m nominal prices) 54
Table 35: Argentina Canned ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (ARP, nominal prices) 56
Table 36: Argentina Canned ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (ARP, nominal prices) 56
Table 37: Argentina Canned ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 57
Table 38: Argentina Canned ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 57
Table 39: Argentina Canned ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 58
Table 40: Argentina Canned ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 58
Table 41: Argentina Chilled ready meals value, 2001-2006 (ARP m, nominal prices) 59
Table 42: Argentina Chilled ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (ARP m, nominal prices) 60
Table 43: Argentina Chilled ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 62
Table 44: Argentina Chilled ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 63
Table 45: Argentina Chilled ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 65
Table 46: Argentina Chilled ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 66
Table 47: Argentina Chilled ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 69
Table 48: Argentina Chilled ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (ARP m nominal prices) 69
Table 49: Argentina Chilled ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 71
Table 50: Argentina Chilled ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (ARP m nominal prices) 71
Table 51: Argentina Chilled ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 72
Table 52: Argentina Chilled ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (ARP m nominal prices) 72
Table 53: Argentina Chilled ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (ARP, nominal prices) 74
Table 54: Argentina Chilled ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (ARP, nominal prices) 75
Table 55: Argentina Chilled ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 76
Table 56: Argentina Chilled ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 76
Table 57: Argentina Chilled ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 77
Table 58: Argentina Chilled ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 77
Table 59: Argentina Frozen ready meals value, 2001-2006 (ARP m, nominal prices) 78
Table 60: Argentina Frozen ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (ARP m, nominal prices) 79
Table 61: Argentina Frozen ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 81
Table 62: Argentina Frozen ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices) 82
Table 63: Argentina Frozen ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 84
Table 64: Argentina Frozen ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 85
Table 65: Argentina Frozen ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 88
Table 66: Argentina Frozen ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (ARP m nominal prices) 88
Table 67: Argentina Frozen ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 90
Table 68: Argentina Frozen ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (ARP m nominal prices) 90
Table 69: Argentina Frozen ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 91
Table 70: Argentina Frozen ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (ARP m nominal prices) 91
Table 71: Argentina Frozen ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (ARP, nominal prices) 93
Table 72: Argentina Frozen ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (ARP, nominal prices) 94
Table 73: Argentina Frozen ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices) 95
Table 74: Argentina Frozen ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices) 96
Table 75: Argentina Frozen ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 97
Table 76: Argentina Frozen ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 98
Table 77: Global Ready meals market value, 2006 99
Table 78: Global Ready meals market split (value terms (US$ m), 2006) -- Top 5 countries 102
Table 79: Global Ready meals market volume, 2006 104
Table 80: Global Ready meals market split (volume terms, 2006) -- Top 5 countries 107
Table 81: Leading players - Top 5 countries 109
Table 82: Argentina Ready Meals new product launches (reports) and SKUs, by company 2006 110
Table 83: Argentina Ready Meals new product launches (reports), by flavor and fragrances (Top 10 flavors), 2006 111
Table 84: Argentina Ready Meals new product launches (reports), by Ingredients (Top 10 Ingredients), 2006 111
Table 85: Argentina Ready Meals new product launches (reports), by Package tags or Claims 2006 112
Table 86: Argentina Ready Meals new product launches (reports) - Recent 5 launches 112
Table 87: Argentina Key Facts 114
Table 88: Argentina population, by age group, 2000-2005 (millions) 117
Table 89: Argentina population forecast, by age group, 2005-2010 (millions) 118
Table 90: Argentina population, by gender, 2000-2005 (millions) 118
Table 91: Argentina population forecast, by gender, 2005-2010 (millions) 119
Table 92: Argentina real GDP, 2000-2005 (ARP bn, 2005 prices) 119
Table 93: Argentina real GDP forecast, 2005-2010 (ARP bn, 2005 prices) 120
Table 94: Argentina nominal GDP, 2000-2005 (ARP bn, nominal prices) 120
Table 95: Argentina real GDP, 2000-2005 (US$ bn, 2005 prices) 121
Table 96: Argentina real GDP forecast, 2005-2010 (US$ bn, 2005 prices) 121
Table 97: Argentina consumer price index, 2000-2005 (2000=100) 122
Table 98: Argentina consumer price index, 2005-2010 (2000=100) 122
Table 99: Argentina exchange rate, 2000-2005 123