The structure of the global food industry is continuallychanging and evolving as food suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers adjust tomeet the needs of consumers, which includes demand for wider variety of higherquality products.
Global food retail sales exceed $2 trillion annually, withsupermarkets/
Driven by innovationand competition from private retail brands, food manufacturers are focusing onspecific product lines where they have inherent advantages, and target fordeveloping countries for more focused approach. Expansion in foreign markets isfurther contributing to the growth of large multinational food manufacturers butlocal markets are still welcoming small-scale individual retailers tosuccessfully find opportunities within the marketplace.
This enables food manufacturers to become leaders in certain product lines andto better cater to consumer demand for these products in different markets.Therefore, while manufacturer concentration is not evident at the global levelfor total packaged food sales, firm concentration may exist in specific productlines and regional markets. Firm concentration can be specifically seen for theproducts in which the manufacturer's brands are popular, such as in soup,breakfast cereal, and baby food.
The report 'Changing Faces of Supply-Chain Model In Global Food Market' examinesglobal food trade patterns and the role of WTO market access rules in shapingthe composition of global food trade. The report also takes into account thevarious consumer preferences that are driving changes in global food supplychains, including growth in private label sales and expansion of multinationalretailers and manufacturers in developing countries.
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS:
- Understand ongoing changes and innovations in global food markets, as wellas the trends in different sectors of the food industry
- Comparison of products sold at the retail level across regions and continents
- Total retail sales for processed and high-value food products in LatinAmerica, Africa,and other developing countries across the Asian subcontinent
- Trends in the softdrink and beverage sector for the year 2002-2005
- Changes in expenditures on different food items over the years, relative tocalorie consumption
- Production and marketing of differentiated products, in response to consumerdemand
- Organizational coordination mechanisms used in Supply Chain Design
- Comparative study on the changes in food consumption pattern among theEuropeans, Americans, and the people of developing countries
- Detailed study of the development of retail brands to differentiate the brandproducts from standard products
- Changes occurring in food retail sectors, and there implications on foodquality and safety standards
REPORT FEATURES:
The report, titled 'Changing Faces of Supply-Chain Model In Global FoodMarket' provides up-dated information on the global food market, along with theeffect on the changing consumer trends for food preferences at a regional level.Chapter 3 of the report provides an insight into food supply chain model and itsrole in changing market economies. In Chapter 4, details have been worked out onthe effectiveness of private retailers’ labels in providing quality assuranceof product and looks into the differentiated demands for private label processedproducts in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and other developing countries.Economic growth and consumer demand have allured supermarkets to developingcountries, where they are replacing traditional food retail outlets anddramatically transforming existing food supply chains. Chapter 5 deals with thechanging pattern of traditional and evolving model for existing food supplychains and how it affects the sales and demand for processed food in variousmarkets. The consumer-driven adjustment in food supply chains and their adoptedstrategies has been analyzed in Chapter 6 and 7 to take advantage of theshifting and new demands of global consumers.
