Ready Meals Market Overview in North America to 2013

• Publication date: January 2010

About This Report This databook provides key data and information on the ready meals industry covering two countries in North America. This market research report is a comprehensive resource for industry, category and sector level data including value, volume, distribution share and industry player & brand share. What's In This Report *Contains information on four segments : frozen ready meals, chilled ready m...

About This Report

This databook provides key data and information on the ready meals industry covering two countries in North America. This market research report is a comprehensive resource for industry, category and sector level data including value, volume, distribution share and industry player & brand share.

What's In This Report

*Contains information on four segments : frozen ready meals, chilled ready meals, canned ready meals and dried ready meals

*Market, category and sector level information on value and volume with historic (2003-2008) and projection (2009-2013) data

*Category level industry player and brand share as well as distribution channel market shares for 2007 and 2008

*Review of the top two industry players within the ready meals industry, including industry player overview, key facts and business description

Key Market Facts

The industry for ready meals in North America increased at a growth rate of 1.2% between 2003 and 2008.

The frozen ready meals category led the ready meals industry in North America, accounting for a share of 60.7%.

The key companies in the North American ready meals industry include ConAgra Foods, Inc., Nestle S.A. and H.J. Heinz Firms .

Why Should You Buy This Report?

*Indentify new business opportunities by understanding the quantitative trends within the ready meals industry in North America

*Imagine innovative strategies by identifying key industry segments and sectors

*Identify major competitors within the industry to plan lucrative Merger and Acquisition, partnerships and agreements

Cooked Food Industry in North America

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Summary 2
Market overview : ready meals 2
Summary category level: canned ready meals 3
Summary category level: chilled ready meals 4
Summary category level: dried ready meals 5
Summary category level: frozen ready meals 6
Part I Summary 7
What's included this report? 7
How to use this report 7
Market definition 8
Part III Overview 19
Value Analysis 19
Volume Analysis 20
Part IV North America Ready Meals - Industry Overview 21
Market analysis (Value) (US dollar), 2003-08 21
Market analysis (Value) (US dollar), 2008-13 22
Market Analysis (Volume), 2003-08 24
Market Analysis (Volume), 2008-13 25
Company share analysis 27
Distribution Chanel analysis 30
Expenditure and consumption per person 32
Part V Leading Firms Profiles 35
ConAgra Foods, Inc. 35
Nestle S.A. 37
Part VI Category Analysis: Canned ready meals 40
Market analysis (Value) (US dollar), 2003-08 40
Market analysis (Value) (US dollar), 2008-13 41
Market Analysis (Volume), 2003-08 43
Market Analysis (Volume), 2008-13 44
Company share analysis 46
Distribution Chanel analysis 48
Expenditure and consumption per person 50
Part VII Category Analysis: Chilled ready meals 53
Market analysis (Value) (US dollar), 2003-08 53
Market analysis (Value) (US dollar), 2008-13 54
Market Analysis (Volume), 2003-08 56
Market Analysis (Volume), 2008-13 57
Company share analysis 59
Distribution Chanel analysis 61
Expenditure and consumption per person 63
Part VIII Category Analysis: Dried ready meals 67
Market analysis (Value) (US dollar), 2003-08 67
Market analysis (Value) (US dollar), 2008-13 68
Market Analysis (Volume), 2003-08 69
Market Analysis (Volume), 2008-13 70
Company share analysis 71
Distribution Chanel analysis 73
Expenditure and consumption per person 75
Part IX Category Analysis: Frozen ready meals 77
Market analysis (Value) (US dollar), 2003-08 77
Market analysis (Value) (US dollar), 2008-13 78
Market Analysis (Volume), 2003-08 80
Market Analysis (Volume), 2008-13 81
Company share analysis 83
Distribution Chanel analysis 86
Expenditure and consumption per person 88
Part X Research Methodology 92
Methodology overview 92
Secondary research 93
Market modeling 94
Creating an initial data model 94
Revising the initial data model 94
Creating a final estimate 95
Creating demographic value splits 95
Primary research 95
Data finalization 96
Ongoing research 96
Part XI APPENDIX 97
Future readings 97
How to contact experts in your market 97
Disclaimer 97


Index of Figures
Chart 1: Ready meals, North America, value ($m), 2003-13 23
Chart 2: Ready meals, North America, market segment growth comparison, by value, 2003-13 23
Chart 3: Ready meals, North America, volume (kg, million), 2003-13 26
Chart 4: Ready meals, North America, market segment growth comparison, by volume, 2003-13 26
Chart 5: Ready meals, North America, market share by value (%), 2007-08 29
Chart 6: Ready meals, North America, sales channels by value (%), 2007-08 31
Chart 7: Canned ready meals, North America, value ($m), 2003-13 42
Chart 8: Canned ready meals, North America, market segment growth comparison, by value, 2003-13 42
Chart 9: Canned ready meals, North America, volume (kg, million), 2003-13 45
Chart 10: Canned ready meals, North America, market segment growth comparison, by volume, 2003-13 45
Chart 11: Canned ready meals, North America, industry player share, by value (%), 2007-08 47
Chart 12: Canned ready meals, North America, sales channels by value (%), 2007-08 49
Chart 13: Chilled ready meals, North America, value ($m), 2003-13 55
Chart 14: Chilled ready meals, North America, market segment growth comparison, by value, 2003-13 55
Chart 15: Chilled ready meals, North America, volume (kg, million), 2003-13 58
Chart 16: Chilled ready meals, North America, market segment growth comparison, by volume, 2003-13 58
Chart 17: Chilled ready meals, North America, market share by value (%), 2007-08 60
Chart 18: Chilled ready meals, North America, sales channels by value (%), 2007-08 62
Chart 19: Dried ready meals, North America, value ($m), 2003-13 68
Chart 20: Dried ready meals, North America, volume (kg, million), 2003-13 70
Chart 21: Dried ready meals, North America, industry player share, by value (%), 2007-08 72
Chart 22: Dried ready meals, North America, sales channels by value (%), 2007-08 74
Chart 23: Frozen ready meals, North America, value ($m), 2003-13 79
Chart 24: Frozen ready meals, North America, market segment growth comparison, by value, 2003-13 79
Chart 25: Frozen ready meals, North America, volume (kg, million), 2003-13 82
Chart 26: Frozen ready meals, North America, market segment growth comparison, by volume, 2003-13 82
Chart 27: Frozen ready meals, North America, market share by value (%), 2007-08 85
Chart 28: Frozen ready meals, North America, sales channels by value (%), 2007-08 87
Chart 29: Annual data review process 93


Index of Tables
Data table 1: Ready meals category definitions 9
Data table 2: Ready meals sales channels 10
Data table 3: North America ready meals value (country-wise), 2003-08 ($m) 19
Data table 4: North America ready meals value (country-wise) projection, 2008-13 ($m) 19
Data table 5: North America ready meals volume (country-wise), 2003-08 (kg, million) 20
Data table 6: North America ready meals volume (country-wise) projection, 2008-13 (kg, million) 20
Data table 7: Ready meals, North America, value by segment ($m), 2003-08 21
Data table 8: Ready meals, North America, value projection by category ($m), 2008-13 22
Data table 9: Ready meals, North America, volume by market segment (kg, million), 2003-08 24
Data table 10: Ready meals, North America, volume projection by category (kg, million), 2008-13 25
Data table 11: Ready meals, North America, market share by value (%), 2007-08 27
Data table 12: Ready meals, North America, value by industry player ($m), 2007-08 28
Data table 13: Ready meals, North America, sales channels by value (%), 2007-08 30
Data table 14: Ready meals, North America, value by sales channel ($m), 2007-08 30
Data table 15: Ready meals, North America, spending per person ($), 2003-08 32
Data table 16: Ready meals, North America, future spending per person ($), 2008-13 33
Data table 17: Ready meals, North America, consumption per person (kg), 2003-08 33
Data table 18: Ready meals, North America, future consumption per person (kg), 2008-13 34
Data table 19: ConAgra Foods, Inc. key facts 35
Data table 20: Nestle S.A. key facts 37
Data table 21: Canned ready meals, North America, value by sector ($m), 2003-08 40
Data table 22: Canned ready meals, North America, value projection by sector ($m), 2008-13 41
Data table 23: Canned ready meals, North America, volume by sector (kg, million), 2003-08 43
Data table 24: Canned ready meals, North America, volume projection by sector (kg, million), 2008-13 44
Data table 25: Canned ready meals, North America, industry player share, by value (%), 2007-08 46
Data table 26: Canned ready meals, North America, value by industry player ($m), 2007-08 46
Data table 27: Canned ready meals, North America, sales channels by value (%), 2007-08 48
Data table 28: Canned ready meals, North America, value by sales channel ($m), 2007-08 48
Data table 29: Canned ready meals, North America, spending per person ($), 2003-08 50
Data table 30: Canned ready meals, North America, future spending per person ($), 2008-13 51
Data table 31: Canned ready meals, North America, consumption per person (kg), 2003-08 51
Data table 32: Canned ready meals, North America, future consumption per person (kg), 2008-13 52
Data table 33: Chilled ready meals, North America, value by sector ($m), 2003-08 53
Data table 34: Chilled ready meals, North America, value projection by sector ($m), 2008-13 54
Data table 35: Chilled ready meals, North America, volume by sector (kg, million), 2003-08 56
Data table 36: Chilled ready meals, North America, volume projection by sector (kg, million), 2008-13 57
Data table 37: Chilled ready meals, North America, industry player share, by value (%), 2007-08 59
Data table 38: Chilled ready meals, North America, value by industry player ($m), 2007-08 59
Data table 39: Chilled ready meals, North America, sales channels by value (%), 2007-08 61
Data table 40: Chilled ready meals, North America, value by sales channel ($m), 2007-08 61
Data table 41: Chilled ready meals, North America, spending per person ($), 2003-08 63
Data table 42: Chilled ready meals, North America, future spending per person ($), 2008-13 64
Data table 43: Chilled ready meals, North America, consumption per person (kg), 2003-08 65
Data table 44: Chilled ready meals, North America, future consumption per person (kg), 2008-13 66
Data table 45: Dried ready meals, North America, value ($m), 2003-08 67
Data table 46: Dried ready meals, North America, value projection ($m), 2008-13 68
Data table 47: Dried ready meals, North America, volume (kg, million), 2003-08 69
Data table 48: Dried ready meals, North America, volume projection (kg, million), 2008-13 70
Data table 49: Dried ready meals, North America, industry player share, by value (%), 2007-08 71
Data table 50: Dried ready meals, North America, value by industry player ($m), 2007-08 71
Data table 51: Dried ready meals, North America, sales channels by value (%), 2007-08 73
Data table 52: Dried ready meals, North America, value by sales channel ($m), 2007-08 73
Data table 53: Dried ready meals, North America, spending per person ($), 2003-08 75
Data table 54: Dried ready meals, North America, future spending per person ($), 2008-13 75
Data table 55: Dried ready meals, North America, consumption per person (kg), 2003-08 76
Data table 56: Dried ready meals, North America, future consumption per person (kg), 2008-13 76
Data table 57: Frozen ready meals, North America, value by sector ($m), 2003-08 77
Data table 58: Frozen ready meals, North America, value projection by sector ($m), 2008-13 78
Data table 59: Frozen ready meals, North America, volume by sector (kg, million), 2003-08 80
Data table 60: Frozen ready meals, North America, volume projection by sector (kg, million), 2008-13 81
Data table 61: Frozen ready meals, North America, industry player share, by value (%), 2007-08 83
Data table 62: Frozen ready meals, North America, value by industry player ($m), 2007-08 84
Data table 63: Frozen ready meals, North America, sales channels by value (%), 2007-08 86
Data table 64: Frozen ready meals, North America, value by sales channel ($m), 2007-08 86
Data table 65: Frozen ready meals, North America, spending per person ($), 2003-08 88
Data table 66: Frozen ready meals, North America, future spending per person ($), 2008-13 89
Data table 67: Frozen ready meals, North America, consumption per person (kg), 2003-08 90
Data table 68: Frozen ready meals, North America, future consumption per person (kg), 2008-13 91