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Yogurt Market

Published 19 January 12

Yogurt expenditure and Volume

Yogurt sales for the 52 weeks ending 27 November 2011, when compared with the previous year:

  • Total yogurt expenditure has increased by 4.3% to £1.3billion.
  • The average price per kg of yogurts has increased by 2.1% year-on-year (YOY) to £2.19/kg.
  • Volume sales of Yogurts increased 2.2% YOY, this volume growth is below that of value sales. Private label yogurts recorded 11.7% volume growth over the year, while branded yogurts declined 0.8%.

Total yogurt market: Private label vs. Branded:

Latest Kantar Worldpanel data shows that the volume sales of yogurts reached 591m kg in the 52-week ending 27 November 2011. Branded Yogurt sales recorded the largest share of volume sales with a 73.6% volume share over the past year. Branded yogurts have seen a volume decline of 0.8% YOY; they have also seen the largest increase in average price (+2.9% YOY).

Volume sales of private label yogurts reached 156.2m kg over the past year and recorded a 11.7% volume sales increase YOY. While it had a strong volume sales increase, private label remained a smaller share of the total market at 26.4% volume share in the latest 52-week period.

52-Week data ending 27 Nov 2011

 

Total yogurt

Yr/Yr %

Private label

Yr/Yr %

Branded

Yr/Yr %

Value (£000s)

1,297,184

+4.3

268,370

+13.9

1,028,814

+2.1

Volume (000kg)

590,977

+2.2

156,171

+11.7

434,807

-0.8

Average Price (£/kg)

2.19

+2.1

1.72

+2.0

2.37

+2.9

Source: Kantar Worldpanel 52 week ending 27 Nov 2011;

Yogurt by product type

 Luxury yogurts have seen 4.1% volume growth YOY, representing 5,936 extra tonnes. Bio set yogurts also recorded a volume increase of 2.3% YOY. Children's yogurts recorded a volume decline of 2.6%. Low fat yogurts were also down slightly at nearly 1%, despite being cheaper per kg, counter balanced by small volume growth in 'very low fat' yogurts (+0.7%).

Product type

Spend (£000s)

Yr/Yr %

Volume (000kgs)

Yr/Yr %

Average price (£/Kg)

Yr/Yr %

Bio set

408,599

+2.5

165,302

+2.3

2.47

+0.1

Children's

34,455

-6.4

12,064

-2.6

2.86

-3.9

Low fat

149,059

+0.9

87,050

-0.9

1.71

+1.8

Luxury

349,342

+8.4

149,741

+4.1

2.33

+4.1

Plain / Natural

84,002

+7.9

47,277

+6.9

1.78

+0.9

Very low fat

264,795

+4.8

125,896

+0.7

2.10

+4.1

 Source: Kantar Worldpanel 52 week ending 27 Nov 2011;

Yogurt drinks

Latest Kantar Worldpanel data shows that the volume sales of yogurt drinks declined 4% YOY in the 52 weeks to 27 November 2011. This has been driven by branded yogurt drinks, where volume sales fell 7.9%. Branded yogurt drinks still have the largest volume sales share at 81.8% over the past year.

 

52-Week data ending 27 Nov 2011

 

Total yogurt drinks

Yr/Yr %

Private label

Yr/Yr %

Branded

Yr/Yr %

Value (£000s)

290,253

-1.0

41,333

+17.0

248,920

-3.5

Volume (000s litres)

100,275

-4.0

18,159

+18.8

82,116

-7.9

Average Price (£/litre)

2.89

+3.1

2.28

-1.5

3.03

+4.8

Source: Kantar Worldpanel 52 week ending 27 Nov 2011;