Industry Analysis & Industry Trends
The Biscuit Production industry has been faced with some onerous challenges over the past decade. The era of health, nutrition and convenience has ushered in new consumer tastes, lifestyles and dietary concerns that have warranted producers to be more adaptive to changes occurring in the marketplace. The emphasis on healthy eating and living has adversely affected demand for the industry's products, especially for sugar-rich sweet biscuits. Further, the changing demographic composition of the average household and periods of unsustainably high input prices have caused volatility in the industry. To this end, industry revenue is expected to grow by an annualised 4.5% in the five years through 2011-12. In 2011-12, industry revenue is expected to increase by 2.2% to £4.4 billion... purchase to read moree
Industry Report - Industry Products Chapter
A biscuit is a small, hard, flour-based baked product that typically contains milk, eggs and sugar. Biscuits are sold in sweet and savoury varieties, with savoury biscuits being more popular than sweet varieties. Some varieties of sweet biscuits have toppings or fillings such as cream, butter, nuts, dried fruit, marshmallows and chocolate. Rusks are a type of hard, dry biscuit or twice-baked bread, and are popular mainly in the United Kingdom, Western Europe and countries of the subcontinent. This segment's share of industry revenue has increased over the past five years, as the health and wellbeing movement drives consumers away from sweet biscuits towards savoury baked goods... purchase to read more