Ready Meals in Japan

Ready Meals in Japan

Datamonitor's Ready Meals in Japan industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the ready meals industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by both value and volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

* Market shares are covered by manufacturer and/or brand

* Also features market breakdown by distribution channel

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* Spot future trends and developments

* Inform your business decisions

* Add weight to presentations and marketing materials

* Save time carrying out entry-level research

Market Definition

The ready meals market consists of chilled, dried and frozen ready meals. Market values have been calculated using retail selling price (RSP) and include all applicable taxes and levies. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2007 annual average exchange rates.

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The global figure comprises the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Volume 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation I 11
CHAPTER 5 Market Segmentation II 12
CHAPTER 6 Five Forces Analysis 13
6.1 Summary 13
6.2 Buyer Power 14
6.3 Supplier Power 15
6.4 New Entrants 16
6.5 Substitutes 17
6.6 Rivalry 18




CHAPTER 7 Leading Companies 19
7.1 Nichirei Corporation 19
7.2 Katokichi Co. Ltd. 21
7.3 Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 22
CHAPTER 8 Market Forecasts 25
8.1 Market Value Forecast 25
8.2 Market Volume Forecast 26
CHAPTER 9 Macroeconomic Indicators 27
CHAPTER 10 Appendix 28
10.1 Methodology 28
10.2 Industry Associations 29
10.3 Related Datamonitor Research 29

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Japan Ready Meals Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 9
Table 2: Japan Ready Meals Market Volume: Kilograms million, 2003-2007 10
Table 3: Japan Ready Meals Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 11
Table 4: Japan Ready Meals Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 12
Table 5: Key Facts: Nichirei Corporation 19
Table 6: Key Financials: Nichirei Corporation 20
Table 7: Key Facts: Katokichi Co. Ltd. 21
Table 8: Key Facts: Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 22
Table 9: Key Financials: Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 24
Table 10: Japan Ready Meals Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 25
Table 11: Japan Ready Meals Market Volume Forecast: Kilograms million, 2007-2012 26
Table 12: Japan Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 27
Table 13: Japan GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 27
Table 14: Japan Exchange Rate, 2003 27