The document provides an overview of the US confectionery market, including market size and forecasts, segmentation, sales trends, seasonality, new products, promotions, distribution channels, major competitors like Hershey and Mars, demographic profiles, and trends in the industry. It analyzes data from sources like IRI, the US Census Bureau, NCA, and competitor annual reports to understand category dynamics and opportunities.
2. Presentation Scope Business Issue Chocolate Manufacturing Process Promotions SWOT Analysis Trends Market Overview Demographic Profile Packaging New Products Analysis Distribution Competitors Seasonality
3. To understand that category dynamics in the Confectionery category. The Sales of the Chocolate & Non chocolate Candy & Gum The Effect of Seasonality New Product Analysis Competitive Analysis of some Major Confectionery Brands Business Issue
7. Sales Trend in the Confectionery Market Chocolate Candy sales peak during Feb, Apr, Nov and Dec, indicating categories high dependence on seasonal sales.
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9. Global Segmentation U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau 2006 MA 311D Report Europe is the biggest Market for Confectionery
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11. Forecast-Confectionery U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau 2006 MA 311D Report Confectionery is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.3% in the period 2008-2011
12. Chocolate & Wine Top in Online Supermarket Sales Source: IRI Consumer Network Panel-Total U.S. - All Outlets- 52 weeks ending 3/2/2008 Interesting statistics for the huge increase of online supermarket sales from our online shopping portal statistics and Yahoo Search Marketing: Obviously, the snack category is winning out. The statistics match those on our own shopping channel . According to Yahoo search marketing the top online supermarket searches are as follows: 10% 9% 7% Pizza Coffee Champage 37% 11% Wine Chocolate 12% 4% Sainsbury’s Aldi Costco 52% 21% Tesco ASDA
17. Food Category Ranking IRI Food, Drug & Mass Excluding Wal-Mart 112/30/2007 Candy and Gum Ranked 3 rd among 2007 Food Categories in Food, Drug and Mass Outlets Candy and Gum Ranked 3rd Among 2007 Food Categories
23. New products are generating 17.7% of category dollars with Hersheys new items contributing one fourth the new products sales. New Products = Products having zero sales last year but sales for the current year. New product dollar share and distribution by key item - Total U.S. FDMx 52 WE 06/17/07 New Chocolate Brands
24. New products are generating 9.4% of category dollars with William Wrigley and Tootsie Roll new items contributing one fourth to the new products sales. New Products = Products Having Zero Sales Last Year But Sales For The Current Year. New Product Dollar Share And Distribution By Key Item Source: IRI Infoscan; Total U.S. FDMX, 52 Weeks Ending 07/15/07 New Non Chocolate Brands
25. Cacao Reserve trial has reached 12.5%HH’s with 36.8% repeating. Quad weeks from when there were sufficient buyers = 100 for the brand Trial and Repeat % Triers Repeating % of HH Trying Coupon Coupon VLNT Easter 3 new UPCs added Coupon BTS HLWN 9 new UPCs added Source: IRI Multi-Outlet Panel, Geo: Total US – All Outlets, Prod: Cacao Reserve, Data Ending 12/30/2007 Xmas 2 new UPCs added Coupon
27. Chocolate Candy is highly dependent on promotions, 66% of its promoted volume is truly incremental. Chocolate Candy volume decomposition and efficiency index by channel – 52 WE 06/17/07 FDMx Grocery Drug MassX % of Volume Promoted 65 59 73 73 % of Volume Incremental 43 39 47 51 Efficiency Index 66 65 64 70 Efficiency index = incremental volume/promotional volume*100
28. Non Chocolate Candy has a high dependence on promoted sales, with nearly half of the volume sales being promoted sales. 28.6% of the promoted volume is incremental. MassX has the highest efficiency index Non Chocolate Candy Volume Decomposition And Efficiency Index By Channel Source: IRI Infoscan; Total U.S. FDMX, 52 Weeks Ending 07/15/07 FDMx Grocery Drug MassX % of Volume Promoted 50 45 57 14 % of Volume Incremental 29 25 31 9 Efficiency Index 57 56 55 66 Efficiency index = incremental volume/promotional volume*100
42. Panel Volume Sales (MM) Total US – All Outlets In YTD Solid Dark Chocolate posted gains of 36.3% in Volume Sales. Source: IRI Multi-Outlet Panel, Geo: Total US – All Outlets, 24 weeks ending 6/17/07
45. Demographic Comparison- Total Chocolate Candy Volume Index Skews (>120) Source: IRI Consumer Network Panel-Total U.S. - All Outlets- 52 weeks ending 3/2/2008
46. Demographic Comparison- Total Non-Chocolate Candy Volume Index Skews (>120) Source: IRI Consumer Network Panel-Total U.S. - All Outlets- 52 weeks ending 3/2/2008
47. Demographic Comparison- Gum Volume Index Skews (>120) Source: IRI Consumer Network Panel-Total U.S. - All Outlets- 52 weeks ending 3/2/2008