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Meals and Soups in Cameroon

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  • 19 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Cameroon
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 5731904
Although current value growth for meals and soups in Cameroon in 2025 is projected to be up modestly on 2024, this is chiefly the result of price hikes imposed to offset still-elevated inflationary pressures. Retail volume sales are set to decline, which would be in keeping with the downward trend observed throughout the review period.

This report offers in-depth knowledge of the market at a national level, providing local insight and understanding unavailable elsewhere. In addition to the latest retail sales data 2020-2025, it identifies the leading companies, brands and retail outlets, and assesses the key trends and demographic shifts behind consumer demand and sales growth. How key trends such as health and wellness, sustainability and recovery from the pandemic are currently shaping the market along with prospects for the next five years, clearly indicating how the market is expected to change.

Product coverage: Food Kits, Pizza, Prepared Salads, Ready Meals, Soup.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Meals and Soups 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
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Limited presence, range or consumer interest, as prices remain high
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Dry soup is the only category to record measurable sales
  • Investment in digital marketing strategies continues to rise
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Localisation will be key to broadening appeal of meals and soups
  • Prepared salads and meal kits retain solid growth potential
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Clear leaders have yet to emerge in meals and soups
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets remains the dominant distribution channel
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 7 Distribution of Meals and Soups by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 8 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 9 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERCOOKING INGREDIENTS AND MEALS IN CAMEROON
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Stronger purchasing power and population growth boost sales
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Greater price stability underpinned by increased domestic production
  • Manufacturers continue to face elevated cost pressures
  • Cameroonians show growing interest in healthier product types
  • Heightened budget-consciousness boosts demand for smaller and cheaper packs
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Outlook for cooking ingredients and meals remains broadly favourable
  • Health, convenience and localisation will be focal points for new launches
  • Growth in domestic production should reduce supply constraints and price volatility
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Nestlé remains the overall leader in cooking ingredients and meals
  • Novia Industries Co is the most dynamic performer in 2025
  • Chococam likely to come under new ownership
CHANNELS
  • Small local grocers remains the dominant distribution channel
  • Supermarkets is the most dynamic channel in value growth terms
  • E-commerce penetration still negligible
MARKET DATA
  • Table 12 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 13 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 16 NBO Company Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 17 LBN Brand Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 18 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 19 Distribution of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 20 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 21 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources