The Past Few Months Have Witnessed a Number of Changes in the Australian Food and...

The Past Few Months Have Witnessed a Number of Changes in the Australian Food and Drink and Mass Grocery Retail Landscape

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c88401) has announced the
addition of "Australia Food and Drink Report Q2 2008" to their
offering.

The Australia Food Drink Report provides independent forecasts and
competitive intelligence on Australias food and drink industry.

In BMI's new Food & Drink Business Environment Ratings for Q208,
Australia is once again in second place out of 14 markets surveyed in
the Asia Pacific region. This time, however, the position is shared
with Taiwan, the operating environment of which improved in the past
three months. Nevertheless, Australia continues to offer one of the
lowest risk regional markets for food and drink companies. Although
relatively small (limited by the 20mn population and vast inhospitable
areas of land) and mature, strong competition and high per capita
disposable income and consumption as well as developed interest in
novel products have provided a solid base for dynamism.

The past few months have witnessed a number of changes in the
Australian food and drink and mass grocery retail (MGR) landscape. The
overall trend is, on the one hand, towards consolidation in the
industry, with larger chains continuing to expand through acquisition
of smaller domestic operators. In November 2007, Japanese brewing
giant Kirin Holdings - which holds stakes in the country's brewer Lion
Nathan, among other interests - acquired Australian dairy and beverage
manufacturer National Foods from Philippines-based partner San Miguel
Corporation (SMC), which had decided to leave Australia to pursue
interests in heavy industry. More recently, in February 2008, one of
the country's largest food manufacturers, George Weston Foods (GWF),
acquired meat and smallgoods firm KR Castlemaine.

Contents:

Executive Summary

Business Environment

Regional Food & Drink Business Environment Ratings

Table: Asia Pacific Food & Drink Ratings

Australia's Food & Drink Business Environment Rating

Table: Global Food & Drink Business Environment Rank

SWOT Analysis

Mass Grocery Retail

Australia Mass Grocery Retail SWOT

Food and Drink

Australia Food And Drink SWOT

Macroeconomic Outlook

Table: Australia - Economic Activity

Retail

Regional Overview: Declining Role Of Independent Retail In Asia
Pacific

Table: Store Numbers - MGR Versus Independent/Traditional
Retailers In Selected Asia Pacific Markets, 2006

Table: Sales - MGR versus Independent/Traditional Retailers In
Selected Asia Pacific Markets, 2006 (US$mn)

Industry Forecast Scenario

Table: Australia MGR Sales by Format - Historical Data & Forecasts

Table: Grocery Retail Sales by Format - Historical Data &
Forecasts

Industry Developments

Market Overview

Table: Structure of Australias Mass Grocery Retail Market by
Estimated Number of Outlets

Table: Structure of Australias Mass Grocery Retail Sector - Value
by Format (US$bn)

Table: Value of Sales Per Outlet Type - 2007

Table: Grocery Retail Sales by Format - Historical Data &
Forecasts

Food and Drink

Regional Overview: Confectionery in the Asia Pacific region

Table: Leading Global Chocolate Manufacturers

Table: Leading Confectionery Companies in the Asia Pacific Region

Industry Forecast Scenario

Food

Table: Food consumption indicators - Historical Data & Forecasts

Drink

Table: Australian Drinks Indicators - Historical Data & Forecasts

Industry Developments

Food

Drink

Market Overview

Agriculture

Table: Australia Agricultural Sub-Sector Production Data (000
tonnes)

Table: Australian Agricultural Imports/Exports (000 tonnes) by
Sub-Sector

Table: Australia Organic Agricultural Data

Food

Table: Australian Dairy Industry Data

Drink

Tobacco

Industry Forecast Scenario

Table: Cigarette Value/Volume Sales - Historical Data & Forecasts

Industry Developments

Market Overview

Competitive Landscape

Key Players

Mass Grocery Retail

Table: Key Players in Australias Mass Grocery Retail Se 58

Food And Drink

Table: Key Players in Australias Food & Drink Sector - 2006

Regional Company Case Studies

Food: Unilever In The Asia Pacific Region

Table: Food Consumption in Selected Asia Pacific Markets (US$)

Drink: San Miguel Corporation In The Asia Pacific Region

Table: San Miguel Corporation In The Asia Pacific Region

Table: San Miguel Corporation Revenue And Earnings Growth By
Operating Division, Q107 (%)

Table: San Miguel Corporation - Sales By Market (US$mn)

Table: San Miguel Corporation - Key Historical Data

Company Analysis

Mass Grocery Retail

- Aldi

- Woolworths

- Coles

- FoodWorks

Food

- National Foods

- Dairy Farmers

Drinks

- Foster's Group

- Lion Nathan

- Coopers Brewery

- Coca-Cola Amatil

Food & Drink Ratings Appendix

Introduction: Revised Methodology

Ratings Overview

Ratings System

Indicators

Limits of Potential Returns

Risks to Realisation of Potential Returns

Weighting

BMI Forecast Modelling

How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts

Retail Industry

Sources

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Research and Markets
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