Summary

In Q4-16, cold weather was not favorable for soft drinks and beer consumption, though it stimulated hot beverages. Soft drinks consumption fell by nearly 4%, with mixed performances from categories. Consumption of carbonates and packaged water remained stable. It was a disappointing quarter for dairy drinks with major categories down. Private Label products further performed below the soft drinks market. This trend is even more evident in the fourth quarter, as this is the festive period, when consumers are traditionally biased towards branded products.

GlobalData’s Slovenia Quarterly Beverage Tracker Q4-16 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 -
- Top line consumption volumes for Q4-2016 vs Q4-2015, moving annual totals (MAT), full year 2016 provisional data and 2017 forecasts for all beverage categories
- Carbonates consumption data for Q4-2016 vs Q4-2015, moving annual totals (MAT), full year 2016 provisional data and 2017 forecasts split by regular vs low calorie, and key flavor
- 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 2017
- Analysis of significant activity in the soft drinks market, including new product introductions (ranked by brand owner and detailing flavor, 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 Q4 special focus update on the latest trends in functional and flavored waters

Scope

- Still water consumption was eroded in packaged water category, hindered by the cold weather.
- The cold end of autumn and the beginning of winter were not able to lift the consumption of bulk/HOD water in Q4-16.
- In Nectars category consumers further turned to other categories, most notably still drinks in cartons.
- Spirits performed the best for the alcoholic drinks category.

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- 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