Meals and Soups in New Zealand

Sales of meals and soups in New Zealand grew modestly in 2025, supported by consumers’ continued preference for convenient, affordable options that fit easily into their daily routines. Frozen and chilled ready meals, pizzas and soups performed well as households cooked more at home and sought practical alternatives to dining out.

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.

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• Get a detailed picture of the Meals and Soups market;
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• Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.