PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2020

EDITOUR PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 09/20 www.petpla.net 20 Carbonates Bath, shower and skin care packaging Water Juice New Zealand packaging split 2019 (retail/off-trade unit volume in million) Source: Market Research Company Euromonitor International Australia packaging split 2019 (retail/off-trade unit volume in million) Carbonates Bath, shower and skin care packaging Water Juice Source: Market Research Company Euromonitor International iour from consumers had an effect on overall availability. “Over the last few months, we have witnessed signifi- cant changes in purchasing behav- iour across the country, including in Victoria. March was characterised by panic buying followed by stockpiling in April and May, and a return to some degree of normality for many in June and early July.” PET bottles in Australia’s non- food sectors of course play a similar increasingly important role and their use has increased over the last few years. Over 14% of all bath, shower and skincare products were pack- aged in PET in 2019. For bath and shower items alone, this amounted to as much as a quarter of all bottles and containers. In New Zealand, Coca-Cola Amatil (NZ) and Frucor Suntory hold pole positions for the largest beverage manufacturers, followed by “The Better Drinks”, owned by Asahi. In many ways, the drinks market is compara- ble with Australia with regard to trends towards health and conscious nutri- tion so the demand for reduced-sugar drinks has also been on the rise here for several years. Furthermore, there is a significant trend towards nutrient- rich products that have few or even no artificial additives. As in Australia, the market in New Zealand is changing rapidly in relation to healthy food. The population tends to be happy to try out new products and ideas from manufac- turers, leading to a continual variety of new drinks. Flavouring and ingredient manufacturer Döhler, with whom we spoke in Auckland and who is active in both markets, is guided by consumer behaviour and tastes in the United Kingdom and the USA. Both countries are comparable in many ways with the local consumer profiles. So, for example, fermented (tea) drinks, which became popular in the USA, are ulti- mately becoming alternatives to CSDs in New Zealand and Australia and milk-based drinks are also becoming alternatives to products with a higher sugar content. According to Statista, the expected sales of non-alcoholic drinks for this crisis year of 2020 amount to US$ 2.3 billion and this could rise by 2025 to almost US$ 3 billion. For years, the annual per head consumption has remained consistently around 120 l