Summary
The Japanese Prepared Meals sector is the largest in value terms in APAC region. Driven by urbanization levels, changing lifestyles, and shifting eating patterns, the demand for Prepared Meals in the country is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.2% during 2016-2021. Of the three markets, Ready Meals is the largest and the most lucrative market with high market share and high growth rate. The Japanese Prepared Meals sector is growing, with the high per capita consumption when compared to the global and regional levels. Hypermarkets and Supermarkets are the leading distribution channels in the Japanese Prepared Meals sector
GlobalData’s Country Profile report on the Prepared Meals sector in Japan provides insights on high growth categories to target, trends in the usage of packaging materials, types and closures category level distribution data and brands market shares.
What else is contained?
- Market data: Overall market value and volume data with growth analysis for 2016-2021
- Category coverage: Value and growth analysis for Meal Kits, Pizza and Ready Meals with inputs on individual segment share within each category and the change in their market share forecast for 2016-2021
- Leading players: Market share of brands and private labels, including private label growth analysis from 2011-2016
- Distribution data: Value shares within each category through channels such as Hypermarkets & Supermarkets, Convenience Stores, Food & Drinks Specialists and more
- Packaging data: consumption breakdown for packaging materials and containers in each category, in terms of percentage share of number of units sold. Packaging material data for flexible packaging, rigid plastics, rigid metal and others; container data for: film, trays, tubs, foils and others.
Scope
- The Prepared Meals sector in Japan grew at a CAGR of 3.8% during 2011-2016 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.2% during 2016-2021.
- Of the three markets, Ready Meals is the largest in the Japanese Prepared Meals sector with nearly more than half of the value share in 2016.
- Hypermarkets & Supermarkets is the leading distribution channel for the Japanese Prepared Meals sector, accounted for a nearly more than half of the value share in 2016.
- The per capita consumption in the Japan Prepared Meal market is more than the per capita consumption at regional and global levels.
- Rigid Plastics is the most commonly used packaging material with 64.1% volume share in the Japanese Prepared Meals sector.
Reasons to buy
- Identify high potential categories and explore further market opportunities based on detailed value and volume analysis
- Existing and new players can analyze key distribution channels to identify and evaluate trends and opportunities
- Gain an understanding of the total competitive landscape based on detailed brand share analysis to plan effective market positioning
- Manufacturers can identify the opportunities to position products with H&W attributes/benefits
- Access the key and most influential consumer trends driving Prepared Meals products consumption, and how they influence consumer behavior in the market which will help determine the best audiences to target
- Our team of analysts have placed a significant emphasis on changes expected in the market that will provide a clear picture of the opportunities that can be tapped over the next five years, resulting in revenue expansion
- The packaging analysis report helps manufacturers, in identifying the most commonly used packaging materials in the sector
- Analysis on key macro-economic indicators such as GDP per capita, population (overall and breakdown by age), and consumer price index. It also covers a comparative analysis of political, economic, socio-demographic, and technological indicators (PEST) across 50 countries.
Companies Mentioned
Itoham Foods Inc.
Maruha Nichiro Corporation
Meiji Holdings Co.
NH foods ltd
Tolona Japan Inc
Pizzeria Italiana
Amy`s Kitchen Inc.
Nippon Suisan Kaisha.
Inaba-Petfood Co. Ltd.
KOKUBU GROUP CORP.
HOKO Co.
Meidi-Ya Singapore Co (Pte) Ltd.
SSK FOODS CO.
Allied corporation Inc.
CGC Group
Katokichi Co..
Kewpie Corporation
Marumiya Corporation
Nissin Food Holdings Co.
Thai President Foods Public Company Limited.
Toyo Suisan Kaisha.
Acecook Co.
Ajinomoto Group
MCC FOOD PRODUCTS CO,. LTD.
Nichirei Corporation
Table Mark Co.
VESCO FOODS PTY. LTD.
Akurifuzu frozen food
Kagome Co.,Ltd
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Table of Contents
1. REPORT SCOPE 5
2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6
3. JAPAN IN ITS REGIONAL CONTEXT 8
3.1. JAPAN’S MARKET SHARE IN THE GLOBAL AND APAC PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 8
3.2. JAPAN COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR COUNTRIES IN THE APAC REGION 9
4. MARKET SIZE ANALYSIS - PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 10
4.1. VALUE AND VOLUME ANALYSIS - PREPARED MEALS SECTOR IN JAPAN 10
4.2. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS - JAPAN COMPARED TO THE GLOBAL AND APAC REGION 11
4.3. EXTENT TO WHICH CONSUMERS ARE TRADING UP/DOWN IN THE JAPANESE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 12
4.4. MARKET SIZE ANALYSIS BY PREPARED MEALS MARKETS 13
4.5. GROWTH ANALYSIS BY MARKETS 14
5. MARKET AND CATEGORY ANALYSIS 15
5.1. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS BY MARKETS 15
5.2. MARKET ANALYSIS: MEAL KITS 16
5.3. MARKET ANALYSIS: PIZZA 19
5.4. MARKET ANALYSIS: READY MEAL 21
6. DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS 24
6.1. DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE ANALYSIS: PREPARED MEALS 24
6.2. DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE ANALYSIS: MEAL KITS 25
6.3. DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE ANALYSIS: PIZZA 26
6.4. DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE ANALYSIS: READY MEALS 27
7. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 28
7.1. BRAND SHARE ANALYSIS BY SECTOR 28
7.2. BRAND SHARE ANALYSIS BY MARKETS 31
7.3. BRAND SHARE ANALYSIS BY CATEGORY 35
7.3.1. Meal Kits 35
7.3.2. Pizza 36
7.3.3. Ready Meals 36
7.4. PRIVATE LABEL SHARE ANALYSIS 38
8. HEALTH & WELLNESS ANALYSIS 40
8.1. MARKET SIZE ANALYSIS BY HEALTH & WELLNESS CLAIMS 40
8.2. MARKET SIZE ANALYSIS - HEALTH & WELLNESS PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES 41
8.3. MARKET SIZE ANALYSIS - HEALTH & WELLNESS CONSUMER BENEFITS 42
9. PACKAGING ANALYSIS 43
9.1. PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY PACKAGING MATERIAL IN THE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 43
9.2. PACKAGING SHARE ANALYSIS BY PACKAGING MATERIAL, BY MARKETS 44
9.3. PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY CONTAINER TYPE IN THE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 45
9.4. PACKAGING SHARE ANALYSIS BY CONTAINER TYPE, BY MARKETS 46
9.5. PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY CLOSURE TYPE IN THE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 47
9.6. PACKAGING SHARE ANALYSIS BY CLOSURE TYPE, BY MARKETS 48
9.7. PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY OUTER TYPE IN THE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 49
9.8. PACKAGING SHARE ANALYSIS BY OUTER TYPE, BY MARKETS 50
10. MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS 51
10.1. GDP PER CAPITA 54
10.2. POPULATION AND POPULATION GROWTH 55
10.3. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 56
10.4. POPULATION BREAKDOWN BY AGE 57
11. METHODOLOGY 58
12. DEFINITIONS 59
13. APPENDIX 70
14. ABOUT GLOBALDATA 79
15. DISCLAIMER 80
16. CONTACT US 81
List of Tables
TABLE 1: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME- PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 29
TABLE 2: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME- PREPARED MEALS SECTOR 30
TABLE 3: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-MEAL KITS MARKET 31
TABLE 4: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-PIZZA MARKET 32
TABLE 5: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-READY MEALS MARKET 33
TABLE 6: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-READY MEALS MARKET 34
TABLE 7: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-AMBIENT MEAL KITS CATEGORY 35
TABLE 8: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-CHILLED MEAL KITS CATEGORY 35
TABLE 9: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-CHILLED PIZZA CATEGORY 36
TABLE 10: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-FROZEN PIZZA CATEGORY 36
TABLE 11: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-AMBIENT READY MEALS CATEGORY 36
TABLE 12: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-CHILLED READY MEALS CATEGORY 37
TABLE 13: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-DRIED READY MEALS CATEGORY 37
TABLE 14: BRAND VALUE AND VOLUME-FROZEN READY MEALS CATEGORY 37
TABLE 15: RELATIVE COMPARISON OF COUNTRIES BASED ON PEST ANALYSIS 51
TABLE 16: MARKET DEFINITIONS 59
TABLE 17: CATEGORY DEFINITIONS 59
TABLE 18: CHANNEL DEFINITIONS 61
TABLE 19: HEALTH & WELLNESS: PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES-FOOD MINUS 62
TABLE 20: HEALTH & WELLNESS: PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES-FREE FROM 63
TABLE 21: HEALTH & WELLNESS: PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES-FUNCTIONAL & FORTIFIED 64
TABLE 22: HEALTH & WELLNESS: PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES-NATURALLY HEALTHY 65
TABLE 23: HEALTH & WELLNESS: PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES-FOOD INTOLERANCE 66
TABLE 24: HEALTH & WELLNESS: CONSUMER BENEFITS-HEALTH MANAGEMENT 67
TABLE 25: HEALTH & WELLNESS: ANALYSIS BY CONSUMER BENEFITS 68
TABLE 26: HEALTH & WELLNESS: CONSUMER BENEFITS-PERFORMANCE 69
TABLE 27: MARKET VALUE-BY CATEGORY 2011-2021 (J¥ MILLIONS) 70
TABLE 28: MARKET VALUE-BY CATEGORY 2011-2021 (US$ MILLIONS) 71
TABLE 29: MARKET VOLUME-BY CATEGORY (KG MILLION), 2011-2021 71
TABLE 30: COMPONENTS OF CHANGE-BY MARKET 73
TABLE 31: PREPARED MEALS SALES DISTRIBUTION IN JAPAN-BY MARKET (J¥ MILLION), 2016 73
TABLE 32: KEY HEALTH & WELLNESS PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES DRIVING SALES IN JAPAN (J¥ MILLION) 74
TABLE 33: KEY HEALTH & WELLNESS CONSUMER BENEFITS DRIVING SALES IN JAPAN (J¥ MILLION) 74
TABLE 34: PACKAGING MATERIAL (IN MILLION PACK UNITS) 75
TABLE 35: CONTAINER TYPE (IN MILLION PACK UNITS) 75
TABLE 36: CLOSURE TYPE (IN MILLION PACK UNITS) 76
TABLE 37: OUTER TYPE (IN MILLION PACK UNITS) 76
TABLE 38: EXCHANGE RATES: US$-J¥, 2011-2021 77
TABLE 39: GDP PER CAPITA (J¥) 77
TABLE 40: POPULATION 77
TABLE 41: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 77
TABLE 42: AGE PROFILE (MILLIONS OF PERSONS) 78
List of Figures
FIGURE 1: VALUE SHARE OF JAPAN IN THE GLOBAL AND APAC PREPARED MEALS SECTOR, 2011-2021 8
FIGURE 2: JAPAN COMPARED OTHER TOP FOUR COUNTRIES - MARKET SIZE, GROWTH AND COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 9
FIGURE 3: MARKET SIZE ANALYSIS BY VALUE AND VOLUME, PREPARED MEALS SECTOR, 2011-2021 10
FIGURE 4: ANNUAL PER CAPITA VOLUME CONSUMPTION OF PREPARED MEALS - JAPAN COMPARED TO GLOBAL AND APAC, 2011-2021 11
FIGURE 5: DEGREE OF TRADING UP/DOWN IN THE JAPANESE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR, 2015-2016 12
FIGURE 6: VALUE AND VOLUME GROWTH ANALYSIS BY MARKETS, 2016-2021 13
FIGURE 7: ANNUAL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION BY MARKETS, 2016 - JAPAN COMPARED TO THE GLOBAL AND APAC CONSUMPTION 15
FIGURE 8: VALUE AND VOLUME GROWTH ANALYSIS, MEAL KITS MARKET, 2011-2021 16
FIGURE 9: VALUE ANALYSIS BY CATEGORIES, 2011-2021 17
FIGURE 10: VALUE AND VOLUME GROWTH ANALYSIS, PIZZA MARKET, 2011-2021 19
FIGURE 11: VALUE ANALYSIS BY CATEGORIES, 2011-2021 20
FIGURE 12: VOLUME ANALYSIS BY CATEGORIES, 2011-2021 20
FIGURE 13: GROWTH ANALYSIS BY VALUE AND VOLUME IN THE READY MEAL MARKET, 2011-2021 21
FIGURE 14: VALUE ANALYSIS BY CATEGORIES, 2011-2021 22
FIGURE 15: VOLUME ANALYSIS BY CATEGORIES, 2011-2021 23
FIGURE 16: DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE, PREPARED MEALS, 2011-2016 24
FIGURE 17: DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE, MEAL KITS MARKET, 2011-2016 25
FIGURE 18: DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE, PIZZA MARKET, 2011-2016 26
FIGURE 19: DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARE, READY MEALS MARKET, 2011-2016 27
FIGURE 20: LEADING BRANDS IN THE JAPANESE PREPARED MEALS SECTOR, VALUE AND VOLUME SHARE, 2016 28
FIGURE 21: LEADING BRANDS IN THE MEAL KITS MARKET, VALUE AND VOLUME SHARE, 2016 31
FIGURE 22: LEADING BRANDS IN THE PIZZA MARKET, VALUE AND VOLUME SHARE, 2016 32
FIGURE 23: LEADING BRANDS IN THE MEAL KITS MARKET, VALUE AND VOLUME SHARE, 2016 33
FIGURE 24: PRIVATE LABEL PENETRATION BY MARKETS (VALUE TERMS), 2016 38
FIGURE 25: GROWTH ANALYSIS, PRIVATE LABEL AND BRANDS (2011-2016) 39
FIGURE 26: VALUE OF HEALTH & WELLNESS CLAIMS BY MARKET, US$ MILLION, 2016-2021 40
FIGURE 27: VALUE AND VOLUME ANALYSIS BY HEALTH & WELLNESS PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES 2016 41
FIGURE 28: VALUE AND VOLUME ANALYSIS BY HEALTH & WELLNESS CONSUMER BENEFITS, 2016 42
FIGURE 29: PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY PACKAGING MATERIAL, 2011-2021 43
FIGURE 30: USE OF PACKAGING MATERIAL BY MARKETS (IN PACK UNITS), 2016 44
FIGURE 31: PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY CONTAINER TYPE, 2011-2021 45
FIGURE 32: USE OF CONTAINER TYPE BY MARKETS (IN PACK UNITS), 2016 46
FIGURE 33: PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY CLOSURE TYPE, 2011-2021 47
FIGURE 34: USE OF CLOSURE TYPE BY MARKETS (IN PACK UNITS), 2016 48
FIGURE 35: PACKAGING SHARE AND GROWTH ANALYSIS BY OUTER TYPE, 2011-2021 49
FIGURE 36: USE OF OUTER TYPE BY MARKETS (IN PACK UNITS), 2016 50
FIGURE 37: JAPAN’S GDP PER CAPITA, 2011-2016 54
FIGURE 38: POPULATION GROWTH IN JAPAN, 2011-2016 55
FIGURE 39: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, JAPAN, 2010-2016 56
FIGURE 40: AGE PROFILE, JAPAN, 2016 57
