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Meals and Soups in Ireland

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  • 23 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Ireland
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 5731946
Meals and soups in Ireland is projected to register strong retail volume and current value sales growth over 2025; slightly faster than in 2024. All categories are expected to post positive retail current value growth, with only dried and shelf stable ready meals anticipated to experience dips, and then only marginally, in retail volume sales.

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
  • Convenience factor and new products stimulate retail sales growth for meals and soups
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Food kits retains room for development and growth opportunities
  • Chilled ready meals gain appeal at the premium end
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Positive growth outlook to be driven by premiumisation and convenience trends
  • Functional health and plant-based options to help shape demand
  • Authentic flavours and local and sustainable sourcing emerge as key growth levers
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Green Isle Foods leads a highly fragmented competitive landscape with its flagship Goodfella’s brand
  • Zizzi lures stay-at-home consumers with restaurant-style frozen pizza
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets and meals and soups marry convenience and variety
  • E-commerce continues to win over busy consumers
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
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERCOOKING INGREDIENTS AND MEALS IN IRELAND
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Price stabilisation supports acceleration in retail volume sales
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Key convenience and healthier eating trends shape demand
  • Local sourcing strikes a note with Irish consumers
  • Premiumisation gains ground but price-quality ratios are often decisive
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Investment in the offer to keep meals and soups to the fore
  • Innovation and sustainability to fit with consumer wants
  • Regulation to shape supply chains
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Private label is a strong and expanding presence
  • Azzurri Restaurants caters to consumers’ lifestyle and meal needs
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets remain integral to the shopping experience
  • E-commerce’s rise highlights changing distribution landscape
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
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources