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Hot Drinks Packaging in the United Kingdom

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  • 12 Pages
  • June 2025
  • Region: United Kingdom
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1576474
Total hot drinks packaging retail volumes in the UK continued to decline in 2024, because of sustained cost-of-living pressures, which prompted some consumers to cut back on at-home tea and coffee rituals. High inflation, rising raw materials and energy costs, and increased packaging levies, such as the rate increase on plastic packaging tax, effective from April 2024, strained both manufacturers and retailers, leading to price increases, which further dampened demand.

This Hot Drinks Packaging in United Kingdom report offers insight into key trends and developments driving packaging across the category. The report also examines trends and prospect for various pack types and closures: metal packaging, rigid plastic, glass, liquid cartons, paper-based containers; flexible packaging.

Product coverage: Coffee, Other Hot Drinks, Tea.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Hot Drinks Packaging market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS

2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Hot drinks packaging in the UK continues to decline in 2024, driven by inflation, shifting consumption, and workplace changes
  • Innovation in UK hot drinks packaging focuses on sustainable materials and circular models
  • Supply chain challenges and evolving consumer preferences redefine hot drinks packaging in the UK
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Hot drinks packaging in the UK projected to rebound owing to improvements in supply chain stability and increasing demand for premium packaging
  • Supply and demand dynamics projected to reshape pack preferences in the UK