U.K. and Ireland Food & Beverage Industry Overview Part 2: Winners & Losers, an Industrial Info News Alert

Market Wire, August, 2009

Researched by Protel Associates Limited in alliance with Industrial Info Europe (Galway, Ireland) -- The current global recession has resulted in some surprising shifts in consumer spending that are changing the manufacturing and processing side of the Food & Beverage Industry in the U.K. and Ireland. With less money and confidence, consumers in the two countries have turned to frozen foods and discount brands. As a result, the frozen foods sector is going through a boom right now, while discount supermarket chains like Aldi and Lidl are experiencing unprecedented growth against more mainstream supermarkets like Tesco (OTC:TSCDY), Waitrose, Sainsbury's (OTC:JSAIY) and Marks & Spencer (OTC:MAKSY) (M&S). According to researchers at TNS Worldpanel, the frozen food market as a whole is growing 7% per year and is now worth slightly less than £5 billion.

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