Instant Retail: Instant Demand Sparks New Vitality
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Instant retail is a high-growth track.The instant retail casual snacks market size was $17.9bn in 2021 and is expected to reach $82.6bn in 2025, growing at a CAGR of 46.6% between 2020 and 2025.
In contrast to takeaway, instant retail covers 10,000 SKUs, has richer categories and finer fulfilment chains, and involves multiple types of players such as platforms and offline brick-and-mortar shops.
Instant retail has an inherent advantage in doing snack business.
On the one hand, instant retail is suitable for the consumption characteristics of snacks in multiple time periods and multiple scenes. Meituan 2022 instant retail casual food category white paper shows that compared with other channels, snacks in instant retail consumption time distribution is more evenly distributed, with all-weather consumption characteristics.[93] In addition to the home, office, and other areas, snacks can be consumed at home, in the office, and in the office. In addition to consumption scenarios such as home and office, holiday scenarios bring high growth for brands on the instant retail channel side.During the New Year's Day and New Year's Day in 2023, Yizi International's sales on Jingdong to Home increased by 169% year-on-year, and sales of a variety of Oreo biscuit gift boxes achieved triple-digit growth.
On the other hand, instant retail combined with daily promotional mechanism is easy to bring about consumption impulse, which is in line with the high-frequency and high-impulse consumption characteristics of snacks. The Meituan whitepaper said that 21% were motivated by the consumption of a single order (full-reduced promotions). Jingdong to home casual snacks category 2022 customer unit price increased by 29% year-on-year, is the platform impulse order volume ranked third category.
Instant retail future is promising. Segmented categories such as lo mei, pastries, nuts and fried food, dried meat, puffed/fried, and sugar coquettish are highly favoured on the instant retail platform (see below for details). [93] Liangpinpu Zi's sales grew 72% year-on-year in the first half of 2023 on instant retail platforms such as Meituan and Park Park; snacks such as chilli fries, crisps and dried noodles all saw sales growth close to or over 100%. Snack brands can seize the characteristics of instant retail channel consumers favouring new products, multi-specification and online products, and lay out along the trend.
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Casual snacks should not only taste good but also look good
In short, casual snacks should not only taste good but also look good. Good-looking casual snacks can attract consumers' attention and increase their desire to buy; good-looking casual snacks can enhance the enjoyment of taste and make people have more appetite; good-looking casual snacks can enhance the brand image and increase sales. Therefore, casual snacks manufacturers should focus on appearance design, combining good taste and good looks to bring consumers a better experience.
The taste of leisure food is one of the important factors for people to choose
Overall, casual foods are favoured by consumers as a convenient snack option. They are not only rich in flavour and portable, but also have a long shelf life. However, in order to maintain good health, we should consume casual food in moderation to avoid excessive intake of calories and additives. At the same time, we should also choose healthier snack foods, such as sugar-free or low-sugar biscuits, natural and additive-free nuts, etc., in order to satisfy our cravings and at the same time ensure our health.
The development prospect of casual food in China is very broad
In terms of market competition, the casual food industry still has a lot of room for development despite fierce competition. The demand for casual food is particularly strong among the younger population. Competition among brands lies not only in product quality, but also in brand image and marketing strategies. In addition, as consumers' awareness of health and requirements for food safety increase, the market for healthy casual food will continue to grow, bringing new growth points for companies.
