Table of Contents
Issues in the Market
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- The packaging evolution
- Key themes in the report
- Definition
- Abbreviations
- Waste recovery and recycling definitions
- Packaging terminology
Insights and Opportunities
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- ‘Get green or pay the price!’
- What cost consumer confidence?
- ‘Wrap rage’?
Market in Brief
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- Growth of multiples
- …imbalance of bargaining power
- …it should work both ways
- The future is smart
- Stiff competition
- Plastic packaging is the most dominant packaging material
- Battling to meet consumer expectations
- The emerald isle gets greener
- The road to success
- The future fashion
- Keeping up with the fad
- Driving the fad
- …and the changing demographics
- Food retail market growth
- New product development answers consumer needs
Fast Forward Trends
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- What is Fast Forward Trends?
- Trend 1: The Over-Optioned
- What’s it about?
- Context: general observations
- What next?
- Trend 2: Eco-Centricity
- What's it about?
- Context-general observations
- What next?
Internal Market Environment
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- Key points:
- Raw material hike
- Shopping and politics
- Irish consumers getting more ethical
- RoI government leading the way in reducing the impact of wastage
- Tapping into consumer expectations
- Meeting and satisfying consumer expectations is getting harder
- …the ‘Farm to fork’ debate…
- The celebrity effect
- Health and safety
- The cost of food miles
- How can packaging help?
- And the changing retail environment
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- Figure 1: Top ten most active companies regarding NPD launches, RoI and UK (NI), 2002-07
- Fighting for share of the shopping basket…
- …all means little when money is tight!
- Growth of own-label
- The cost of living
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- Figure 2: ’Well-known brands are better than shop’s own-brands’, by gender, NI and RoI, 2006
- A growing multicultural Ireland
- Healthy or Unhealthy?
- The packaging cycle
- ‘I don’t have time to cook…do I?’
- The convenience flaw
- Is NI the perfect test market?
- The new era of packaging
- The big brother effect
Broader Market Environment
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- Key points:
- Household composition
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- Figure 3: Number of households, by size, NI and RoI, 2000-05
- Impact of population trends
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- Figure 4: Population change, by age, NI, 2000-20
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- Figure 5: Population change, by age, RoI, 2000-20
- The one-stop shop – online shopping
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- Figure 6: Percentage of adults using the Internet either at home or at work, NI and RoI, 2001-06
- Expanding regional salary differences
Strengths and Weaknesses in the Market
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- Strengths
- Weaknesses
Who’s Innovating?
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- Key points:
- Multinationals leading NPD in Ireland
- Catering for changing Irish tastebuds
- Health-conscious and mobile
- Bottled water still quenches thirst
- A new era for wine connoisseurs
- A time to cool down
- Silver packaging denotes ‘light’
- Carrying the can
- Ideal for consumers on the move
- Self-heating
- Futech Corporation Self-cooling can
- Heinz Snap Pots
Market Scope
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- Key points:
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- Figure 7: Packaging sector cycle
- Total value of food retail in Ireland
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- Figure 8: Total all-Ireland sales from food retailers at rsp*, 2001-06
- An attractive proposition for retailers
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- Figure 9: Indexed sales of food and beverage from food retailers at rsp, NI and RoI, 2001-06
- Breakdown by region
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- Figure 10: Total all-Ireland sales from food retailers at rsp, NI and RoI, 2001-06
Packaging Trends
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- Key points:
- NI benefits from much more dynamic market in UK
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- Figure 11: New product launches recorded by GNPD, in selected categories, 2004-07
- Look north for inspiration
- Key packaging trends
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- Figure 12: Type of product launch, UK and Ireland, 2002-07
- Food claims dominate the headlines
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- Figure 13: Top product claims for food, UK and Ireland, 2002-07
- Figure 14: Top product claims for drinks, UK and Ireland, 2002-07
- Plastic a clear winner
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- Figure 15: Type of packaging material in NPD for food, UK and Ireland, 2002-07
- What’s hot for the future in food and beverage trends?
The Packaging Market – Value and Forecast
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- Key points:
- Undramatic growth in market value
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- Figure 16: Estimated market size for packaging materials at msp*, 2000-12
- Future outlook
- Demand for light and eco-friendly packaging stimulates demand
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- Figure 17: All-Ireland market size for packaging, by material, 2002-07
- Figure 18: Percentage of all-Ireland market size for packaging, by material, 2007
Companies
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- Key points:
- Packaging companies
- Alert Packaging Ltd
- Boxmore Plastics
- Boxpak Ltd
- Brow Packaging
- Delta Print & Packaging Ltd
- Dollard Packaging
- Europaks Corrugated Cases
- Holfeld Plastics
- Marchmont Packaging
- MSO Group Ltd
- Rexam
- Rockware Glass
- SCA Packaging Plc
- Smurfit Kappa Group
- Food and drink manufacturers
- Around Noon Sandwiches
- Country Kitchen/Avondale Foods
- Dairygold
- Dale Farm Ltd
- Hilton Meats
- Retailers
- Asda
- Lidl
- M&S
- Tesco
Consumer Attitudes Towards Packaging
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- Key points:
- Keeping it simple
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- Figure 19: Words that best describe preferred type of food packaging, UK, February 2006
- Men shopping activity set to increase
- The packaging hit list
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- Figure 20: Attitudes towards food packaging, UK, February 2006
- Striking a chord with consumers
Appendix
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- Introduction
- Geographical, national and regional definitions
- Conversion factors
- Exchange rates
- Population 2006
- BMRB Target Group Index (TGI) sample sizes
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- Figure 21: Health of the economy, NI and RoI, 2002-07
- TGI data
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- Figure 22: ’Well-known brands are better than shop’s own-brands’, by gender, age and socio-economic group, NI and RoI, 2006
- Figure 23: ‘I decide what I want before I do the weekly shopping’, by gender, NI and RoI, 2006
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- Figure 24: ‘I read labels on food to check for additives’, by gender, NI and RoI, 2006
- Figure 25: ‘It’s worth paying more for organic food’, by age, NI and RoI, 2006
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- Figure 26: ‘I buy fair trade products when available’, by socio-economic group, NI and RoI, 2006
- Figure 27: ‘I am prepared to pay for foods that don’t contain artificial additives’, by working status, NI and RoI, 2006
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- Figure 28: ‘I always think of the calories in what I eat’, by gender, NI and RoI, 2006
- Figure 29: ‘There is too much concern with the environment’, by age, NI and RoI, 2006
- GNPD data
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- Figure 30: Total NPD in Europe and North America, 2004-07
- Figure 31: Total of NPD launches, by specific product claims, Ireland, 2002-07
- Figure 32: Type of food packaging launched, by material used, UK and RoI, 2002-07
- Figure 33: Type of drink packaging launched, by material used, UK and RoI, 2002-07
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- Figure 34: Type of packaging material in NPD for drinks, UK and Ireland, 2002-07
- Figure 35: Type of packaging in NPD for food, UK and Ireland, 2002-07
- Figure 36: Type of food packaging launched, by container, UK and RoI, 2002-07
- Figure 37: Packaging launched with type of product claims in food, UK and RoI, 2002-07
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- Figure 38: Packaging launched with type of product claims in drink, UK and RoI, 2002-07
- Figure 39: Type of product launched in food and drink, UK and RoI, 2002-07
- Figure 40: Type of product launch in drink, UK and RoI, 2002-07
- Figure 41: Words that best describe preferred type of food packaging, UK, by gender, age, socio-economic group, marital status, lifestage, presence of children, Mintel’s Special Groups, working status, tenure, region, ACORN category, media usage, supermarket usage, household size, car usage and terminal education age, February 2006
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- Figure 42: Further responses towards food packaging adjectives, UK, by gender, age, socio-economic group, marital status, lifestage, presence of children, Mintel’s Special Groups, working status, tenure, region, ACORN category, media usage, supermarket usage, household size, car usage and terminal education age, February 2006
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