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KN15160 KEY NOTE CANNED FOODS DECEMBER 2000

ISBN 1-85765-686-5

This report covers: canned foods, canned vegetables, canned fish, canned cooking sauces, canned desserts, canned meat, canned fruit, canned pasta, canned soup, baked beans, canned milk puddings, canned custard, canned sponge puddings, tuna, salmon, sardines, mackerel, pilchards, shellfish, peaches, pineapples, fruit cocktail, pears, hot meats, pie fillings, cold meats, pasta shapes, pasta meals, smooth spaghetti, standard soup, premiun soup, thick-cut soup, low calorie soup, tinned tomatoes, canned peas, canned potatoes, sweetcorn,

Companies covered include: Baxters of Speyside, Del Monte Foods, HJ Heinz, HP Foods, John West Foods, J Sainsbury, C Shippam, Simpson Ready Foods, Princes, Bestfoods UK, HL Foods, Gerber Foods Soft Drinks, Campbell's UK, Tulip International UK Cooked Meats Division, Ye Olde Oak Foods,

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary	1
1. Market Definition	2
INTRODUCTION	2
MARKET SECTORS	2
Table 1: The Retail Canned Foods Market
by Sector by Value ( percent), 1996 and 2000	2
MARKET POSITION	3
Table 2: The UK Household Food Market
(£m at rsp), 1996-2000	3
MARKET TRENDS	4
Household Consumption	4
Table 3: Per Capita Consumption
of Canned Foods (ounces per week),
1990-2000	4
Social and Economic Changes	5
Healthy Eating	5
Market Developments	5
Retail Concentration	5
Organic Products	6
2. Market Size	7
THE TOTAL MARKET	7
Table 4: The UK Canned Foods Market
by Sector by Volume (000 tonnes),
1996-20007
Table 5: The UK Canned Foods Market
by Sector by Value (£m at rsp), 1996-2000	8
MARKET SECTORS	8
Canned Cooking Sauces	8
Table 6: The UK Canned Cooking Sauces Market and Total Wet Sauce Market
by Value (£m at rsp, £ and percent),
1996-2000	9
Product Segmentation	9
Table 7: The UK Canned Cooking Sauces Market by Product Segment
by Value (£m at rsp and percent), 1999	9
Canned Desserts	10
Table 8: The UK Canned Desserts Market
by Value (£m at rsp), 1996-2000	10
Product Segmentation	10
Table 9: The UK Canned Desserts Market
by Product Segment by Value
(£m at rsp and percent), 1999	11
Canned Milk Puddings	11
Canned Custard	11
Canned Sponge Puddings	11
Canned Fish	12
Table 10: The UK Canned Fish Market
by Value and Volume
(£m at rsp and 000 tonnes), 1996-2000	12
Product Segmentation	12
Table 11: The UK Canned Fish Market
by Product Segment by Value
(£m at rsp and percent), 1999	13
Canned Fruit	13
Table 12: The UK Canned Fruit Market
by Value and Volume
(£m at rsp and 000 tonnes), 1996-2000	14
Product Segmentation	14
Table 13: The UK Canned Fruit Market
by Product Segment by Value
(£m at rsp and percent), 1999	15
Canned Meat	15
Table 14: The UK Canned Meat Market
by Value and Volume
(£m at rsp and 000 tonnes), 1996-2000	15
Product Segmentation	16
Table 15: The UK Canned Meat Market
by Product Segment by Value
(£m at rsp and percent), 1999	17
Canned Pasta	17
Table 16: The UK Canned Pasta Market
by Value and Volume
(£m at rsp and 000 tonnes), 1996-2000	18
Product Segmentation	18
Table 17: The UK Canned Pasta Market
by Product Segment by Value
(£m at rsp and percent), 1999	19
Canned Soup	19
Table 18: The UK Canned Soup Market
by Value and Volume
(£m at rsp and 000 tonnes), 1996-2000	19
Product Segmentation	19
Table 19: The UK Canned Soup Market
by Product Segment by Value
(£m at rsp and percent), 1999	20
Canned Vegetables	20
Table 20: The UK Canned Vegetables
Market by Value and Volume
(£m at rsp and 000 tonnes), 1996-2000	21
Product Segmentation	22
By Volume	22
Table 21: The UK Canned Vegetables
Market by Product Segment by Volume
(000 tonnes and percent), 1996-2000	22
By Value	23
Table 22: The UK Canned Vegetables
Market by Product Segment by Value
(£m at rsp and percent), 1999	23
OVERSEAS TRADE	24
Fish	24
Fruit	24
Meat	24
Table 23: Extra-EU Imports of Prepared
or Preserved Meat and Offal of
Bovine Animals by Country of Origin
(£000), 1999	25
Vegetables	25
3. Industry Background	26
RECENT HISTORY	26
INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION	27
OWN-LABEL PENETRATION	27
Table 24: Own-Label Penetration in
Canned Foods Market Sectors by Value
( percent share), 1996 and 1999	27
DISTRIBUTION	28
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS	28
British Fruit & Vegetable Canners
Association	28
Prepared Fish Products Association	28
Metal Packaging Manufacturers
Association	28
4. Brands	29
INTRODUCTION	29
BRAND NAMES	29
Table 25: Leading Canned Food
Manufacturers and their Brands, 2000	29
BRAND DEVELOPMENTS	30
Baxters of Speyside Ltd	30
Del Monte Foods International Ltd	30
HJ Heinz Company Ltd	31
HP Foods Ltd	31
John West Foods Ltd	32
J Sainsbury PLC	32
C Shippam Ltd	32
Simpson Ready Foods Ltd	32
BRAND SHARES	32
Canned Cooking Sauces	32
Table 26: Brand Shares for Canned
Cooking Sauces by Value ( percent), 1999	33
Canned Desserts	33
Canned Fish	33
Table 27: Brand Shares for Canned Fish
by Value ( percent), 1999	34
Canned Fruit	34
Table 28: Brand Shares for Canned Fruit
by Volume ( percent), 1999	34
Canned Meat	35
Table 29: Brand Shares for Canned Meat
by Value ( percent), 1999	35
Canned Pasta	36
Table 30: Brand Shares for Canned Pasta
by Value ( percent), 1999	36
Canned Soup	36
Table 31: Brand Shares for Canned Soup
by Value ( percent), 1999	37
Canned Vegetables	37
Table 32: Brand Shares for Canned
Baked Beans and Tomatoes by Value
( percent), 1999	38
PURCHASING OF MAIN BRANDS	38
Table 33: Penetration of Leading
Tinned Soup and Canned Meat Brands
( percent of adults), 2000	39
Canned Meat	39
Table 34: Penetration of the Top Canned
Meat Brands by Age and Social Grade
( percent of adults), 2000	40
Canned Soup	40
Table 35: Penetration of the Top Canned
Soup Brands by Age and Social Grade
( percent of adults), 2000	41
ADVERTISING EXPENDITURE
ON LEADING BRANDS	41
Canned Fish	41
Canned Meat	42
Canned Soup	42
Table 36: Main Media Advertising
Expenditure on Leading Soup Brands
(£000), Year to September 2000	42
Canned Vegetables	43
Princes Ltd	43
5. Competitor Analysis	44
THE MARKETPLACE	44
Table 37: Leading Manufacturers of
Canned Food Products by Turnover and
Pre-Tax Profits (£m), 1998/1999	45
MARKET LEADERS	45
HJ Heinz Company Ltd	45
Princes Ltd	46
Bestfoods UK Ltd	47
HL Foods Ltd	47
Gerber Foods Soft Drinks Ltd	47
Del Monte Foods International Ltd	48
Campbell's UK Ltd	48
John West Foods Ltd	48
Tulip International UK Cooked Meats
Division Ltd	49
Baxters of Speyside Ltd	49
Ye Olde Oak Foods Ltd	49
OTHER COMPANIES	50
ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION	50
Table 38: Main Media Advertising
Expenditure on Canned Foods (£000),
Year Ending September 1999 and 2000	51
6. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats	52
THE UK CANNED FOODS MARKET	52
CANNED COOKING SAUCES	53
CANNED DESSERTS	54
CANNED FISH	55
CANNED FRUIT	56
CANNED MEATS	56
CANNED PASTA	57
CANNED SOUP	58
CANNED VEGETABLES	59
7. Buying Behaviour	61
CONSUMER PENETRATION	61
Table 39: Penetration of Selected Canned
Foods ( percent of female housewives), 2000	61
By Age	61
Table 40: Penetration of Selected Canned
Foods by Age
( percent of female housewives), 2000	62
By Social Grade	62
Table 41: Penetration of Selected Canned
Foods by Social Grade
( percent of female housewives), 2000	62
8. Outside Suppliers
to the Industry	63
INTRODUCTION	63
CAN MANUFACTURERS	63
OVERSEAS CANNED FOOD
PRODUCERS	64
OWN-LABEL SUPPLIERS	64
9. Current Issues	65
CORPORATE ACTIVITY	65
HL Foods Ltd	65
Struik Foods Company	65
Princes Ltd	65
CANNING TECHNOLOGY	65
CAN LACQUERS (BADGE/BFDGE)	66
PACKAGING RECYCLING	66
HEALTH WHICH? SURVEY	67
10. Forecasts	68
FORECASTS 2001-2005	68
Table 42: The Forecast UK Canned Foods Market by Sector by Value
(£m at rsp), 2001-2005	68
FUTURE MARKET DEVELOPMENTS	69
Canned Cooking Sauces	69
Canned Desserts	69
Canned Fish	69
Canned Fruit	69
Canned Meat	69
Canned Pasta	70
Canned Soup	70
Canned Vegetables	70
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS	70
DEMOGRAPHICS	71
CONCLUSION	71
11. Market Growth	72
Figure 1: The UK Canned Foods Market
by Value (£m at rsp), 1996-2005	72
12. Company Profiles	73
Bestfoods UK Ltd	74
Campbell's UK Ltd	76
Del Monte Foods International Ltd	78
HJ Heinz Company Ltd	80
HL Foods Ltd	82
John West Foods Ltd	84
Princes Ltd	86
13. Company Financials	88
14. Further Sources	90
Associations	90
Periodicals	91
Directories	92
General Sources	93
Bonnier Information Sources	94
Government Publications	95
Other Sources	96
Understanding TGI Data	98
Number, Profile, Penetration	98
Social Grade	99
Standard Region	99
Key Note Research	100
The Key Note Range of Reports	101

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report presents an analysis of the UK canned foods market. It includes the following product categories: meat, vegetables, fish, fruit, soup, desserts, cooking sauces, and pasta.

Canned foods represent a mature grocery sector, with long-established brands that are synonymous with the products — for example, Heinz baked beans, Spam chopped ham and pork, Campbell’s soups, and Del Monte’s canned fruit.

The overall canned fruit market is still in long-term decline. Consumers move increasingly towards fresh and chilled foods, while there has also been increasing competition from alternative packaging forms — such as glass jars, cartons, and plastic pots. In 1999, total canned food sales fell by 1.1 percent to £1.71bn.

However, there have been some growth areas in the market. These include canned fish and canned soup. Baked bean variants and canned ham have also performed well over the past year. In an attempt to rejuvenate the market, manufacturers have concentrated on developing premium, added-value products, and on targeting a new generation of younger consumers. They have also rationalised their range in response to the reduction in retail space for canned grocery fixtures.

Recent product developments have included the introduction of organic canned foods, including baked beans and spaghetti. Meanwhile, in packaging, developments have focused on user-friendly cans which offer greater convenience for the consumer — for example, Carnaudmetalbox PLC’s ECOLII ring pull (with an easy-to-open end), and the microwaveable can by International Fish Canners.

The past few years have seen greater integration by leading canned food manufacturers. They have sought to strengthen their supply chain as part of a long-term expansion strategy programme — for example, Princes Ltd recently formed a strategic alliance with Gruppo Russo, one of Italy’s leading canned tomato producers.

The UK canned foods market looks set to decline further, due to increasing competition from fresh and chilled foods, and from alternative packaging forms. Future market expansion will depend on consistently high levels of product innovation, combined with imaginative marketing and promotion.

Key Note forecasts that the value of the UK canned foods market will fall by 1.4 percent between 2001 and 2005, from £1.7bn to £1.68bn.

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