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According to Secodip, the chilled products department, all products combined did well despite repeated food crises, representing FFr 124.071bn in supermarkets and hypermarkets sales during the 12 months ending 20 February 2000, up 5.5%, with a 3.7% rise in volume. All segments rose in value, particularly poultry sold in self-service departments,, which represented FFr 1.994bn, up 15.7%, self-service chilled ready foods with FFr 9.66bn, up 14.8%, fish packed in brine and smoked salmon with FFr 5.016bn, up 11.2%, and fruit and vegetables in self-service departments, which represented FFr 2.707bn, up 8.7%. However butter sales remained nearly stable, at FFr 8.266bn, up 0.6%, while fresh milk represented FFr 10.564bn, up 3.4%, and cheese sold in self-service departments, which represented FFr 18.859bn, up 4.7%. Butter declined 2.2% in volume and milk slipped 0.8% in volume. Poultry sales in self-service departments, rose 18.1%, followed by chilled ready foods in self-service departments, up 12.6% in volume and fished packed in brine and smoked salmon, up 10.1% in volume. Sales of chilled productions on promotion represented 15.6% of the total turnover during the 12 months ending 20 February 2000. Only 6% of the turnover milk and 7.3% of the turnover for butter were sold on promotion; these two segments had the lowest promotional activity on the market. The private labels represent a 26.6% value market share. They hold 39% of the processed meats sold in self-service departments, 37.4% of fruit and vegetables, 37.1% of eggs, and 29.5% of fish packed in brine and smoked salmon.
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According to Infoscan/IRI Secodip, the French market of chilled and frozen foods posted a 6.9% rise at FFr 137.368bn for the 12 months ending 28 October 2001. Creamery products were the principal section of this food market, with a turnover of FFr 74.043bn, up 5.6% over one year. All categories of products showed a rise. Chilled food products posted the sharpest rise, up 7.3% at FFr 29.367bn, followed by cheese in self-service departments, up 5.7% at FFr 20.656bn, and milk, up 3.8% at FFr 11.173bn. Non-dairy chilled products in self-service departments represented the second largest section of the market, with a turnover of FFr 43.346bn, up 12.6% over one year. In terms of growth, poultry was the fastest-growing category of products, with a turnover of FFr 2.542bn, up 16.3%, and fruit and vegetables in self-service departments, with a turnover of FFr 3.307bn, up 12.8%. Frozen foods and ice cream, the third section, were sluggish, with a turnover of FFr 19.979bn, up only 0.5%. Savory frozen foods represented FFr 14.941bn, up 0.7%, while sweet frozen foods posted FFr 5.039bn in turnover, up only 0.2%, including FFr 4.274bn for ice cream, also up 0.2%. For all segments and technologies combined, the winning trio are health, traceability, and practicality.
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The chilled products market in self-service departments represented 201,803 tonnes in the twelve months ending 2 August 1998, calculated monthly, up 15.5%, for FFr 8.666bn, up 18%. The market is expected to continue steady growth in the years to come. Stratega predicts that the market volume will double by the year 2005. The chilled self-service department is attracting new customers. It now has an 85% penetration rate. The success of chilled self-service departments is due to new varieties and new packaging and the increased selection with 300 products in hypermarkets at present compared with 250 in 1997. Except for quenelles, which have a 3.5% volume market share, down 11% in volume and down 8.7% in value, all segments are growing. The ethnic products, which represent a 3% volume market share, are the fastest-growing segment, up 38.8% in volume and up 34.4% in value, followed by salads, up 36.4% in volume and up 33.5% in value; sauces, up 34.7% in volume and up 33.6% in value; breaded foods, up 233.9% in volume and up 21.5% in value, and savoury pies, up 20.8% in volume and up 22.2% in value. The most sluggish segments are ready-to-use dough, which rose 4.3% in volume and 4.6% in value; and soup, which rose 1.3% in volume and 5.4% in value.
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