2010-03-18 18:48:51 - Recently published research from Datamonitor, "Ready Meals in Middle East and Africa to 2013", is now available at Fast Market Research

This databook provides key data and information on the ready meals market covering seven countries in the Middle East and Africa region. This report is a comprehensive resource for market, category and segment level data including value, volume, distribution share and company & brand share.

Scope

* Contains information on four categories: frozen ready meals, chilled ready meals, canned ready meals and dried ready meals
* Market, category and segment level information on value and volume with historic (2003-2008) and forecast (2009-2013) data
* Category level company and brand share as well as distribution share information for 2007 and 2008

Highlights

The market for ready meals in Middle East and Africa increased at a compound annual growth rate of 5% between 2003 and

2008.The frozen ready meals category led the ready meals market in Middle East and Africa, accounting for a share of 77.8%.The leading players in the Middle East and African ready meals market include Al Kabeer Group of Companies, Irvin & Johnson Limited and Americana Group.

Reasons to Purchase

* Develop business strategies by understanding the quantitative trends within the ready meals market in Middle East and Africa
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Partial Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 Executive Summary 2
Summary market level: ready meals 2
Summary category level: canned ready meals 3
Summary category level: chilled ready meals 4
Summary category level: dried ready meals 5
Summary category level: frozen ready meals 6
Chapter 2 Introduction 7
What is this report about? 7
How to use this report 7
Market definition 8
Chapter 3 Overview 20
Value Analysis 20
Volume Analysis 21
Chapter 4 Middle East and Africa Ready Meals - Market Overview 22
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003-08 22
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008-13 23
Volume analysis, 2003-08 25
Volume analysis, 2008-13 26
Company share analysis 28
Distribution analysis 31
Expenditure and consumption per capita 33
Chapter 5 Category Analysis: Canned ready meals 36
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003-08 36
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008-13 37
Volume analysis, 2003-08 39
Volume analysis, 2008-13 40
Company share analysis 42
Distribution analysis 45
Expenditure and consumption per capita 47
Chapter 6 Category Analysis: Chilled ready meals 50
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003-08 50
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008-13 51
Volume analysis, 2003-08 53
Volume analysis, 2008-13 54
Company share analysis 56
Distribution analysis 58
Expenditure and consumption per capita 60
Chapter 7 Category Analysis: Dried ready meals 63
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003-08 63
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008-13 64
Volume analysis, 2003-08 65
Volume analysis, 2008-13 66
Company share analysis 67
Distribution analysis 70
Expenditure and consumption per capita 72
Chapter 8 Category Analysis: Frozen ready meals 74
Value analysis (US dollar), 2003-08 74
Value analysis (US dollar), 2008-13 75
Volume analysis, 2003-08 77
Volume analysis, 2008-13 78
Company share analysis 80
Distribution analysis 83
Expenditure and consumption per capita 85
Chapter 9 Research Methodology 89
Methodology overview 89
Secondary research 90
Market modeling 91
Creating an initial data model 91
Revising the initial data model 91
Creating a final estimate 92
Creating demographic value splits 92
Primary research 92
Data finalization 93
Ongoing research 93
Chapter 10 APPENDIX 94
Future readings 94
How to contact experts in your industry 94
Disclaimer 94

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Ready meals, Middle East and Africa, value ($m), 2003-13 24
Figure 2: Ready meals, Middle East and Africa, category growth comparison, by value, 2003-13 24
Figure 3: Ready meals, Middle East and Africa, volume (kg, million), 2003-13 27
Figure 4: Ready meals, Middle East and Africa, category growth comparison, by volume, 2003-13 27
Figure 5: Ready meals, Middle East and Africa, company share (top five companies) by value (%), 2007-08 30
Figure 6: Ready meals, Middle East and Africa, distribution channels by value (%), 2007-08 32
Figure 7: Canned ready meals, Middle East and Africa, value ($m), 2003-13 38
Figure 8: Canned ready meals, Middle East and Africa, category growth comparison, by value, 2003-13 38
Figure 9: Canned ready meals, Middle East and Africa, volume (kg, million), 2003-13 41
Figure 10: Canned ready meals, Middle East and Africa, category growth comparison, by volume, 2003-13 41
Figure 11: Canned ready meals, Middle East and Africa, company share (top five companies) by value (%), 2007-08 44
Figure 12: Canned ready meals, Middle East and Africa, distribution channels by value (%), 2007-08 46
Figure 13: Chilled ready meals, Middle East and Africa, value ($m), 2003-13 52
Figure 14: Chilled ready meals, Middle East and Africa, category growth comparison, by value, 2003-13 52

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