Quarterly Beverage Tracker Third Quarter 2015: United Kingdom; Comprehensive Quarterly Analysis of Year on Year Performance for All Commercial Beverages

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Nov 30, 2015, 03:26 ET

LONDON, Nov. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Summary
The wet summer impacted sales with late July and August seeing a lot of rain and less sunshine hours, compared with Q3-14. Economic growth looks to be slowing and inflation continues to be stable. These factors impacted soft and alcoholic beverages, as they both saw a contraction; however carbonates, dilutables, beer and JNSD categories were particularly badly affected. Hot drinks saw low growth with hot tea volume down and hot coffee up.

Key Findings
- Disappointing weather in Q3-15 stifled beverage consumption

- The UK's economic growth is slowing

- There have been recent calls for a sugar tax to be introduced

- Packaged water and energy drinks have continued strong growth

Synopsis
Canadean's United Kingdom Quarterly Beverage Tracker Q3-15 covering soft drinks, dairy drinks, hot drinks and alcoholic drinks is an essential tool for keeping up-to-date with the latest industry performance and developments on a quarterly basis, covering:

- Topline consumption volumes for Q3-2015 vs Q3-2014, moving annual totals (MAT) and latest 2015 forecasts for all beverage categories

- Carbonates consumption data for Q3-2015 vs Q3-2014, moving annual totals (MAT) and latest 2015 forecasts split by regular vs low calorie, and key flavour

- An economic mood indicator with an at a glance assessment of industry confidence levels, private label performance vs brands and price trends

- Insightful and valuable analysis of the drivers behind the latest quarterly trends and assumptions for full year 2015

- Analysis of significant activity in the soft drinks market, including new product introductions (ranked by brand owner and detailing flavour, pack type/size, retail price and selected product shots)

- Update on important soft drinks corporate activity

- Quarterly selected retail price movements for key brands by category covering the most recent five quarters

- Our Q3 special focus update on the latest trends in soft drinks flavours and innovation

Reasons To Buy
- Gain an in-depth understanding of the most up-to-date trends in the United Kingdom beverage industry to support and enhance your strategic planning

- Investigate the latest quarterly and emerging annual trends in United Kingdom to back your marketing initiatives

- Analyse the latest beverage category 2015 forecast projections to make well-informed decisions on the outlook in the marketplace for your company

- View a selection of the key quarterly new soft drinks product launches and identify competitor activity

- Access a quarterly Special Focus on a current industry 'hot topic' offering qualitative insight from local consultants to determine opportunities for product innovation
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