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Meals and Soups in Argentina

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  • 21 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Argentina
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 5731912
Retail value sales of meals and soups are showing robust growth in Argentina in 2025, with retail volume inching back into marginally positive growth after the negative slump seen in 2024. This indicates that consumers’ spending power is recovering, thus supporting baseline demand thanks to the convenience which meals and soups offer.

This Meals and Soups in Argentina 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 2020-2024, 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
  • A positive performance for meals and soups
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Value sales stabilise while volume recovers in both retail and foodservice
  • Frozen pizza shows significant value growth, while volume sales of ready meals return to positive figures
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Positive sales ahead for ready meals, while soups will continue to struggle in volume terms
  • Health-related concerns will continue to restrict sales of soups
  • El Noble will continue to lead frozen ready meals
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Unilever holds strong lead in meals and soups
  • Sibarita brand sees strongest growth midst acquisition process
CHANNELS
  • Small local grocers benefit from proximity, while supermarkets and hypermarkets benefit from large freezer sections
  • Distribution channels benefit from discontinuation of the Precios Justos programme
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 Sales of Chilled Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 6 Sales of Frozen Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 7 Sales of Soup by Leading Flavours: Rankings 2020-2025
  • Table 8 NBO Company Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 9 LBN Brand Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 10 Distribution of Meals and Soups by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 12 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 13 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 14 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Slow economic recovery and price increases hinder demand
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Price challenges and the global trade war
  • Healthy and wellness trends continue
  • Comfort on a limited budget
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Positive ongoing growth, with stabilising prices leading to lower value sales, and volume supported by baseline demand
  • Companies will use innovations and new product launches to stand out from the crowd
  • Supermarkets and hypermarkets expected to recover
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Unilever holds the lead, with local player Arcor in second overall place
  • Company growth linked to category performance
CHANNELS
  • Small local grocers continue to benefit from proximity
  • All distribution channels see positive growth
  • Could wholesalers be the next big thing thanks to meeting wider consumer demands?
MARKET DATA
  • Table 15 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 18 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 19 NBO Company Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 20 LBN Brand Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 21 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 22 Distribution of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 24 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 25 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 26 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
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SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources