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Ready Meals in the US

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  • 25 Pages
  • December 2021
  • Region: United States
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 594069
Ready meals, especially those that are shelf-stable or frozen, saw their most dramatic sales surge in recent history in the spring of 2020, as consumers stocked up on anything and everything they could get their hands on during the pandemic. This enthusiasm tailed off into the summer and autumn, but in 2021 average sales in nearly all ready meals categories remain significantly above their former levels, as consumers are eating far more meals at home than they did prior to COVID-19.

The Ready Meals in USA 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 2016-2020, 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 shaping the market in 2021 directly informs our forecasts to 2025, clearly indicating how the market is expected to change.

Product coverage: Chilled Lunch Kits, Chilled Pizza, Chilled Ready Meals, Dinner Mixes, Dried Ready Meals, Frozen Pizza, Frozen Ready Meals, Prepared Salads, Shelf Stable Ready Meals.

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

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  • Get a detailed picture of the Ready Meals market;
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  • 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.

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Table of Contents

READY MEALS IN THE USKEY DATA FINDINGS
2021 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Ready meals players try to leverage their new 2020 customers in the long term
  • Meal kits resurge to relevance and try to hold onto consumers
  • Pizza leads the way amongst the pandemic-boosted categories
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Health and wellness trends return to a new normal after pandemic distortions
  • Targeting new at-home occasions will be the core focus
  • A larger role for e-commerce in the category
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Ready Meals by Category: Volume 2016-2021
  • Table 2 Sales of Ready Meals by Category: Value 2016-2021
  • Table 3 Sales of Ready Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2016-2021
  • Table 4 Sales of Ready Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2016-2021
  • Table 5 Sales of Chilled Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2016-2021
  • Table 6 Sales of Frozen Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2016-2021
  • Table 7 NBO Company Shares of Ready Meals: % Value 2017-2021
  • Table 8 LBN Brand Shares of Ready Meals: % Value 2018-2021
  • Table 9 Distribution of Ready Meals by Format: % Value 2016-2021
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Ready Meals by Category: Volume 2021-2026
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Ready Meals by Category: Value 2021-2026
  • Table 12 Forecast Sales of Ready Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2021-2026
  • Table 13 Forecast Sales of Ready Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2021-2026
  • CHART 1 Cooking Ingredients and Meals Value Sales Growth Scenarios: 2019-2026
  • CHART 2 Cooking Ingredients and Meals Impact of Drivers on Value Sales: 2018-2026
COOKING INGREDIENTS AND MEALS IN THE US
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Cooking ingredients and meals in 2021: The big picture
  • Key trends in 2021
  • Competitive landscape
  • Channel developments
  • What next for cooking ingredients and meals?
MARKET DATA
  • Table 14 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2016-2021
  • Table 15 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2016-2021
  • Table 16 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2016-2021
  • Table 17 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2016-2021
  • Table 18 NBO Company Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2017-2021
  • Table 19 LBN Brand Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2018-2021
  • Table 20 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2016-2021
  • Table 21 Distribution of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Format: % Value 2016-2021
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2021-2026
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2021-2026
  • Table 24 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2021-2026
  • Table 25 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2021-2026
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources