Key Features:
- 2 trillion units of packaging were used in the foodservice market globally in 2023, worth an estimated $50 billion
- The value of the fibre-based materials used in this market is $25 billion in 2023, with a forecast growth rate to 2029 of 8% CAGR
After a slow recovery, there has been a rebound in the foodservice market and growth in packaging consumption has followed suit. Demand is further stimulated by the introduction of new packs and new technologies, such as dry moulded and dry formed fibre materials, which are proving to be successful substitutes for a variety of rigid plastic pack formats.
The foodservice industry provides food and beverage services for commercial purposes, including dining establishments, coffee shops, bars, and catering companies. Products in this industry range from cooking devices to cleaning supplies and packaging. Food packaging plays a crucial role in preserving and protecting food during storage and transportation while complying with food safety and hygiene standards, and the industry is moving towards sustainable products that are ecofriendly and can be disposed of responsibly.
Key questions:
- How packaging producers are meeting demand for a more sustainable alternative to plastics
- How the regulatory landscape will impact the market for foodservice packaging applications over the next five years
- What developments are being made in functional barrier coatings and how these are driving diversification in foodservice applications
- Who the key players are in the commercial evolution the fibre-based foodservice packaging industry.
This report benefits:
- Paper, pulp and paperboard producers
- Packaging converters and manufacturers
- Retailers and brand owners
Table of Contents
Executive summary
- Overview
- Key driving forces
- Environmental aspects
- Recycling & Sustainability
- Re-usable packaging
- Circularity by design
- New packaging design developments
- Marketing trends
- Geopolitical tensions
- Regulations and legislation
- Competing materials
- Technology advances
- Material trends
- Developments in barrier coatings
- Water- and solvent-based, and solid coatings and laminations
- Advances in biopolymers and fossil-free coatings, such as seaweed-based materials
- Products for direct contact with foodstuffs and liquids
- Recycling
- Future technologies
- Raw materials
- Coatings
- End uses and geographies
- Future prospects
Introduction and methodology
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Scope
- Methodology
- Definitions
The global fibre-based foodservice packaging market
- Introduction
- Market overview
- Production
- Major producers
Key drivers and trends, 2024-29
- Macro-economic influences
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- Urbanisation
- Population
- Geopolitical tensions
- Environmental aspects
- Recycling and sustainability
- Reusable packaging
- Circularity by design
- New packaging design developments
- Marketing trends
- Delivery services
- Subscription services, apps
- Consumer awareness
- Use of PCR material
- Regulations and legislation
- Competing materials
Technology developments, 2024-29
- Material trends
- Developments in barrier coatings
- Water- and solvent-based, and solid coatings and laminations
- Advances in biopolymers and fossil-free coatings, such as seaweed-based materials
- Products for direct contact with foodstuffs and liquids
- Recycling
- Future technologies
Market sizes and forecasts by end-use application, 2019-29
- Introduction
- End-use markets and applications
- Overview
- Food containers
- Drink containers
- Takeaway
- Eat-in
Geographic markets, 2019-29
- Introduction
- Global rankings
- Volume
- Value
- Growth
- Volume per capita
- Overview
- Americas
- North America
- United States
- Canada
- Mexico
- South & Central America
- Brazil
- Other South & Central American countries
- EMEA
- Western Europe
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- Other Western European countries
- Eastern Europe
- Poland
- Russia
- Other Eastern European countries
- Middle East
- Turkiye
- Other Middle Eastern countries
- Africa
- Asia-Pacific
- Asia
- China
- India
- Japan
- Other Asian countries
- Australasia
Commercial evolution of the fibre-based foodservice packaging industry:
- International Paper
- Smurfit Kappa Group
- WestRock
- Stora Enso
- DS Smith
- Huhtamaki
- MM Packaging and Moulded Pulp
- Mondi
- Billerud
- Hartmann
- Pactiv Evergreen
- Dart
- Sabert
- OmniPac
- PulPac
- Yangi