US Foodservice Disposables Market
London (PRWEB) November 13, 2013 -- Improving economy to drive US demand through 2017
US demand for foodservice disposables is expected to approach $20 billion in 2017. Growth will be driven by accelerated foodservice revenue increases relative to the performance of the recession-impacted 2007-2012 period, reflecting an improved outlook for consumer spending in tandem with continuing economic expansion, which will drive increased frequency of restaurant visits.
Packaging products to grow fastest
Packaging products will achieve the fastest gains through 2017, driven by above average revenue increases in the limited service segment, which accounts for over half of restaurant revenues but generates a much higher share of food-service disposables demand. Expanding menu options in limited service restaurants, longer hours to include breakfast and snacking beyond traditional meal times, and ongoing development of new restaurant concepts will also bode well for related packaging. The popularity of takeout food from full service restaurants and greater prepared food options from retail stores will also fuel packaging demand. Packaging that maintains fresh-ness and enhances the visual appeal of prepared foods will be a consideration for packaging demand in the retail market.
Serviceware gains will lag the overall average as a result of an expected moderation in material prices following spikes in recent years, along with rising competition from Asian imports in some segments. Nonetheless, prospects will be supported by a favorable outlook for limited service restaurant and retail establishment foodservice revenue growth, along with steady demand in institutional and other markets. Also supporting gains will be the increased focus on gourmet coffee and specialty cold drinks by quick service restaurants and convenience stores, and increased catering activity by restaurants.
Robust advances are anticipated for degradable packaging and serviceware from a relatively small base, the result of heightened prominence of environmental issues, efforts by foodservice establishments to differentiate themselves, and heightened local bans on foamed poly-styrene disposables.
Eating & drinking places to remain dominant market
Eating and drinking places, which held two-thirds of foodservice disposables demand in 2012, are by far the largest market for foodservice disposables. While growth in this market will be fueled by a continuing recovery in the broader economy as well as healthy prospects for limited service restaurants and changes in the mix of menu items, the retail and vending market will represent the fastest growing disposables market through 2017. Gains will be driven by the growing focus on prepared foods in supermarkets, warehouse clubs, and convenience stores, as retailers strive to differentiate themselves and regain some share of sales that have been lost to restaurants.
Among restaurant types, fast casual restaurants will record the fastest advances as they continue to gain share from quick service restaurants and casual dining restaurants. Also driving the popularity of fast casual restaurants is their appeal to two important demo-graphics: aging baby boomers and younger baby boomers.
Study coverage
This upcoming Freedonia industry study, Foodservice Disposables, is available for $5300. It presents historical (2002, 2007, 2012) demand data plus US forecasts for 2017 and 2022 by product and market. The study also assesses market environment factors, evaluates company market share and profiles 35 industry players.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ix
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4
General 4 
Macroeconomic Outlook 6 
Demographic Trends 9 
Consumer Income & Spending 13 
Retail Sales Outlook 16 
Consumer Food Expenditure Trends 20 
Foodservice Industry Outlook 23 
Eating & Drinking Places 25 
Limited Service Restaurants 26 
Quick Service Restaurants 27 
Fast Casual Restaurants 29 
Coffee & Snack Shops 30 
Buffets & Cafeterias 30 
Other Eating & Drinking Places 31 
Other Foodservice Establishments 33 
Raw Materials 36 
Paper & Paperboard 37 
Plastic 40 
Aluminum 44 
Price Trends 44 
Environmental Issues 48 
Degradable Materials 53 
Regulatory Issues 56 
International Activity & Foreign Trade 58
III. PRODUCTS 62
General 62 
Packaging 66 
Containers 70 
Paperboard Foodservice Boxes & Cartons 72 
Materials 76 
Producers 78 
Clamshells 78 
Foam Clamshells 80 
Rigid Plastic Clamshells 81 
Other Clamshells 83 
Producers 84 
Other Foodservice Containers 86 
Paper Cups, Buckets, & Pails 88 
Aluminum Foil Containers 90 
Foam Containers 91 
All Other 92 
Lids & Domes 96 
Cup Lids 97 
Other Lids 100 
Producers 101 
Wraps 102 
Bags 106 
Product Types 107 
Producers 110 
Other Packaging 111 
Serviceware 114 
Cups 117 
Beverage Cups 119 
Paper 124 
Plastic 126 
Foam 128 
Producers 130 
Portion Cups 134 
Dinnerware 137 
Product Types 138 
Producers 142 
Utensils 143 
Cutlery 145 
Straws & Stirrers 146 
Producers 147 
Other Serviceware 148 
Trays & Carriers 150 
All Other Serviceware 152 
Napkins & Other Disposables 154 
Napkins 155 
Moist Towelettes 158 
All Other 160
IV. MARKETS 163
General 163 
Eating & Drinking Places 167 
Limited Service Restaurants 169 
Quick Service Restaurants 173 
Coffee & Snack Shops 181 
Fast Casual Restaurants 186 
Buffets & Cafeterias 189 
Other Eating & Drinking Places 190 
Retail & Vending Machines 197 
Institutional 204 
Lodging & Hospitality 211 
Sports & Recreation 214 
Other Markets 217
V. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 221
General 221 
Market Share 225 
Acquisitions & Divestitures 232 
Competitive Strategies 237 
Marketing & Distribution 240 
Compa ny Profiles 243 
Airlite Plastics Company 244 
Ample Industries, see Huhtamaki 
Anchor Packaging Incorporated 245 
BagcraftPapercon, see Packaging Dynamics 
Bemis Company Incorporated 248 
Berry Plastics Corporation 249 
Biosphere Industries, see Sealed Air 
Burrows Paper Corporation 251 
Cascades Incorporated 252 
Cascades Sonoco, see Cascades and Sonoco Products 
CM Packaging Group, see D&W Fine Pack 
Cryovac, see Sealed Air 
Curwood, see Bemis 
D&W Fine Pack LLC 255 
Dart Container Corporation 260 
Dolco Packaging, see Tekni-Plex 
Duro Bag Manufacturing Company 266 
Eco-Products, see Waddington Group 
EcoStar Plastics, see Placon 
Fabri-Kal Corporation 268 
Fold-Pak, see Rock-Tenn 
Genpak, see Pattison (Jim) Group 
Georgia-Pacific, see Koch Industries 
GMI Group, see Rock-Tenn 
Graphic Packaging Holding Company 270 
Groupe De Luxe, see Packaging Dynamics 
Hindalco Industries Limited 272 
Hoffmaster Group Incorporated 274 
Huhtamaki Oyj 276 
Inline Plastics Corporation 279 
International Converter, see Packaging Dynamics 
International Paper Company 281 
Jet Plastica Industries, see D&W Fine Pack 
Kimberly-Clark Corporation 284 
Koch Industries Incorporated 285 
Letica Corporation 288 
Maui Foodservice Packaging, see Letica 
Menasha Corporation 289 
Mid South Packaging, see Rock-Tenn 
New WinCup Holdings Incorporated 291 
Novelis, see Hindalco Industries 
Packaging Dynamics Corporation 293 
Pactiv, see Reynolds Group Holdings 
Paris Packaging, see Huhtamaki 
Par-Pak, see Waddington Group 
Pattison (Jim) Group 296 
Placon Corporation 299 
Reynolds Group Holdings Limited 301 
Rock-Tenn Company 305 
Sabert Corporation 309 
SCA Tissue North America, see Svenska Cellulosa 
Sealed Air Corporation 311 
Seda International Packaging Group SpA 313 
Solo Cup, see Dart Container 
Sonoco Products Company 314 
Southern Champion Tray LP 316 
Spirit Foodservice, see Reynolds Group Holdings 
Stephen (Douglas) Plastics Incorporated 318 
StyroChem International, see New WinCup Holdings 
Svenska Cellulosa AB 320 
Tekni-Plex Incorporated 321 
Waddington Group Incorporated 322 
WinCup, see New WinCup Holdings 
Winterfield, see Huhtamaki 
Additional Companies in Foodservice Disposables 327
LIST OF TABLES
SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Summary Table 3
SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 Macroeconomic Indicators 9 
2 Population & Households 13 
3 Personal Consumption Expenditures 16 
4 Retail Sales 20 
5 Consumer Food Expenditures 22 
6 Foodservice Revenues by Establishment Type 25 
7 Limited Service Restaurant Revenues by Type 27 
8 Other Eating & Drinking Establishment Revenues by Type 33 
9 Other Foodservice Establishment Revenues by Type 36 
10 Raw Material Demand in Foodservice Disposables 37 
11 Selected Foodservice Disposables Prices 48
SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
1 Foodservice Disposables Demand by Type 65 
2 Foodservice Disposable Packaging Demand by Type 69 
3 Foodservice Disposable Container Demand 72 
4 Paperboard Box & Carton Demand in Foodservice 
Applications 76 
5 Clamshell Container Demand in Foodservice Applications 80 
6 Other Foodservice Container Demand 87 
7 Foodservice Lid & Dome Demand 97 
8 Foodservice Wrap Demand 106 
9 Foodservice Bag Demand 107 
10 Other Foodservice Packaging Demand 114 
11 Serviceware Demand by Type 116 
12 Foodservice Cup Demand by Type 118 
13 Beverage Cup Demand in Foodservice Applications 122 
14 Foodservice Portion Cup Demand 136 
15 Foodservice Dinnerware Demand 138 
16 Foodservice Utensils Demand 144 
17 Other Serviceware Demand 149 
18 Napkins & Other Disposables Demand in Foodservice 
Applications 155 
19 Napkin Demand in Foodservice Applications 158 
20 Moist Towelette Demand in Foodservice Applications 160 
21 All Other Foodservice Disposables Demand 162
SECTION IV -- MARKETS
1 Foodservice Disposables Demand by Market 166 
2 Eating & Drinking Places Market for Foodservice Disposables 169 
3 Limited Service Restaurant Market for Foodservice 
Disposables 173 
4 Quick Service Restaurant Market for Foodservice Disposables 174 
5 Coffee & Snack Shop Market for Foodservice Disposables 185 
6 Fast Casual Restaurant Market for Foodservice Disposables 188 
7 Buffet & Cafeteria Market for Foodservice Disposables 189 
8 Other Eating & Drinking Places Market for Foodservice 
Disposables 192 
9 Retail & Vending Machine Market for Foodservice 
Disposables 198 
10 Institutional Market for Foodservice Disposables 206 
11 Lodging & Hospitality Market for Foodservice Disposables 214 
12 Sports & Recreation Market for Foodservice Disposables 217 
13 Other Markets for Foodservice Disposables 220
SECTION V -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 US Foodservice Disposables Sales by Company, 2012 223 
2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 235
LIST OF CHARTS
SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 Degradable Foodservice Disposables Demand by Type, 2012 56
SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
1 Foodservice Disposables Demand by Type, 2012 65 
2 Foodservice Disposable Packaging Demand by Type, 2012 70 
3 Serviceware Demand by Type, 2012 117 
4 Foodservice Beverage Cup Demand by Material, 2012 123
SECTION IV -- MARKETS
1 Foodservice Disposables Demand by Market, 2012 167 
2 Quick Service Restaurant Market for Foodservice 
Disposables, 2012 175 
3 Coffee & Snack Shop Market for Foodservice Disposables, 
2012 186 
4 Fast Casual Restaurant Market for Foodservice Disposables, 
2012 188 
5 Other Eating & Drinking Places Market for Foodservice 
Disposables, 2012 193 
6 Retail & Vending Machine Market for Foodservice 
Disposables, 2012 199 
7 Institutional Market for Foodservice Disposables, 2012 207
SECTION V -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 US Foodservice Disposables Market Share, 2012 226
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