Bakery Market Overview
European bakery consumption has been very static over the past decade but was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, falling by almost 2% pa between 2019 and 2021. With 38 mio tons in 2021, bakery consumption is going to follow a positive trend in the coming years, recovering from the Pandemic.
The new Gira European Bakery Company Panorama, published in November 2022, provides a comprehensive analysis of bakery product consumption, distribution, and production structure in 29 European countries + Turkey. There is also a unique League Table ranking the top 200 European industrial bakers according to their bakery turnover.
Current sector challenges and opportunities:
- The shift from fresh to packaged bakery products seen during the COVID-19 crisis will fade
- The demand for local production, sustainability, and healthier products, as well as home-baking and food-on-the go, will continue, whereas premiumisation may be temporarily limited by high inflation
- In bakery distribution, some long-term trends are expected to remain, such as shopping locally, on-line sales and home deliveries. The foodservice sectors have been strongly affected by lockdowns but are now seeing dynamic trends
- Bake-off will become the number one supply method for total bakery products in 2026.
Figure: Bakery products consumption cumulative growth by supply origin– 2021/2026f
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