<Canadian market size and growth.
The organic and natural markets are growing at an estimated rate of 20%.
Snack foods account for 5% of the Canadian Natural and Organic Market.
Retail sales in this category were $68 million in 2001 and are
projected to reach $558 million by 2011 (the report also gives
figures for all intervening years.) The snack food market comprises
candy and gum, and snacks and bars. Snacks and bars account for 87% of
the natural and organic markets. Based on these figures the natural
snacks and bars market was $59 million in 2001 and is projected to
reach $485 million by 2011.
Demographics.
A survey by Environics found that 40% of the Canadian population have
bought organic foods ? 18% regularly (heavy buyers), 22% several
times (light buyers) and 31% have experimented once or twice with
organic foods.
The heavy buyer is more likely to be female (60%) and from British
Columbia (22%), compared to nationally 18% and less likely to be from
either Saskatchewan or Alberta (12%).
Heavy and light buyers tend to be aged 18-34 years and highly
educated. Both are under-represented in the $60-80K income range.
Main reasons for purchasing organic :
Children.
Specific food allergies.
Healthy lifestyle.
A US 2001 Roper Starch survey found that 75% of Americans believe ?all
natural? and ?organic? mean the same thing.
Natural food supermarket chains are beginning to expand their presence
in Canada. Whole Food Markets opened their first Canadian store in
Toronto on May 1, 2002.
(Source: Canadian Natural and Organic Retail Markets. By Rosalie
Cunningham. July 2002.)
http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/food/organic/final.pdf
1999 projected sales for sports bars in Western Canada were $78
million. Western Canada is the fastest growing part of the country.
One out of three Canadians lives there. (Translating Western Canadian
Trends Into U.S. Export Sales. By Brian Woodcock.)
http://www.fas.usda.gov/info/agexporter/2000/May/translat.htm
According to this report energy bars and drinks are the fastest
growing categories in grocery stores in Canada with annual growth of
81%. (Source: State of the Industry Report 2002. AC. Nielsen.)
http://www.fcpmc.com/cpg/statereport/2002.pdf
Natural and health foods in Canada are showing exceptional growth due
to customer awareness and knowledge. Sales within this sector are
estimated at £43 million, but experts are projecting this figure will
escalate over the next few years to approximately £1.2 billion by
2005. (Source: UK Trade & Investment).
http://www.tradepartners.gov.uk/food/canada/opportunities/opportunities.shtml
Snackbars in Canada
This report from Euromonitor costs Euro 749.00.
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?cat_id=193&report_id=65565
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US market
According to the Organic Trade Association, sales of organic snack
foods in 2003 reached $484 million.
http://www.ota.com/news/press/147.html
Sports bars are marketed under a number of names including sports
bars, energy bars, meal replacement bars. According to Consumer
Reports, Americans spend nearly $1.4 billion on these bars.
http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=13556&repository=0001_article
Energy bars are a $700 million market.
Top three selling bars.
1. PowerBar is - $160 million.
2. Clif Bar - $100 million
3. Balance Bar - $63.4 million
Energy bars have a growth rate of 20 percent annually.
This article also looks at the advertising campaigns of the two market leaders.
(The Battle of the Bars. Berkeley?s PowerBar and Clif Bar duke it out
over image, profits. Carolyn Said. Sunday, April 27, 2003. San
Francisco Chronicle.)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/04/27/CM257317.DTL
According to this Clif Bar case study, energy bars are a $800 million market.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?CaseStudyID=15829
In 2002 the energy bar market was worth $600 million. Power Bar has
identified its customers as men and women between the ages of 24 and
34 who see themselves as competitive athletes and eat at least one
energy bar a day. (Power Bar?s Obsession: Power Consumers. Marketing
lessons from a top brand builder. John Gaffney. May 02, 2002).
http://www.business2.com/b2/web/articles/0,17863,514724,00.html
According to Arla Foods Ingredients, coated protein bars are moving
out of the niche market long reserved for sports fanatics and health
freaks. Mainstream demands for meal replacers, slimming bars, energy
snacks and products that promote general well being have spurred the
protein bar market into rapid growth - turning it into a $2 billion
market in the US. http://www.arlafoodsingredients.com/appl/fi/fi135/FI135D01.nsf/O/2D17329D35FDF6D2C1256E7800340724
The U.S. Market for Food Bars: Cereal, Snack, Sports, Meal Replacement
The market for food bars is expected to more than double by 2007,
thanks in large part to the popularity these items enjoy among U.S.
women, according to The U.S. Market for Food Bars, a new report
published by Packaged Facts. The market includes nutrition bars,
energy (or sports) bars, granola bars and cereal bars. This report
cost $3000 from the-infoshop.com
http://www.the-infoshop.com/press/pf15072_en.shtml
There is no end point in Innovation: A look at the U.S. energy bar
market. By Tom Clough. INNOVA. February 12, 2003.
http://www.health-strategy.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/171
According to a1nutritionproducts, the Nutrition bar market now totals
$1.5 billion a year, with options ranging from basic workout snacks to
meal replacements, weight-loss aids to muscle builders, even bars
designed specifically for women.
http://www.a1nutritionproducts.com/nutritionbar_info.asp
Segmentation of the food bar market:
Cereal bars.
Granola bars.
Protein and sports/energy bars.
Diet/weight-control bars.
Low-carb bars
Speciality products like diabetic bars.
http://www.packagedfacts.com/editor/viewcontent.asp?prid=299
This article gives dollar sales and unit sales for the top then brands
for 52 weeks ended May 18, 2003.
http://www.bakingbusiness.com/co_article.asp?ArticleID=64805
This article give details of 2002 sales and 2003 new products
http://www.preparedfoods.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,1231,113105,00.html
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Companies
From the companies that you listed, I could only find financial
information on Puresource Inc (the other companies are private
companies and do not disclose financial information).
Puresource Inc.
Founded 1989.
Annual sales $30.5 million.
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:yT69zOzYny0J:www.foodexportusa.org/services/forms/natprodprofiles.pdf+puresource+%22canadian+market%22&hl=en
Puresource Inc.
Sales volume $10-50 million.
R&D Expenditures <2.5%
Employees 125
Facilities: 40,000 sq ft distribution.
7,500 sq ft production.
20,000 sq ft Calgary
Exports $500,001- $1 million. (Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.)
http://www2.agr.gc.ca/nutraceuticals/index_e.cfm?page=view_details&company_id=345
Rebar was developed in 1999.
Mark Hitchon, president of Healthco initially started out with 5,000
bars. Within two months production had grown to 50,000 bars. The
company has continued to expand.
The company has 157 employees.
http://www.kelownacapnews.com/archive/2002/03/20/stories/2627_full.html?latest_date=2002/03/20
The ReBar brand is manufactured by Healthco in British Columbia.
http://www.healthcocanada.com/company.htm
Sun Rype Products Ltd
Sales $100 million.
?Fruit to Go? fruit snacks (now the top fruit snack in Canada) and its
?Energy to Go? fruit bars (sales of this have grown 37% over the last
year). More recently, Sun-Rype is launching a new ?Fruit and Veggie?
bar.
http://www.ddin.com/sep-28-2001pp.htm
Sun Rype Products Ltd
http://www.sunrype.com/about_us.asp
PureSource Natural Products manufactures The Real Organic Bars.
Sales $10-50 million
http://www2.agr.gc.ca/nutraceuticals/index_e.cfm?page=view_details&company_id=345
This article gives details of new products and financial information
for companies including Atkins Nutritional, Kellogg?s, General Mills,
PepsiCo Quaker and Unilever. (No Hold Barred. By Mike Pehanich).
http://www.preparedfoods.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,1231,113105,00.html
Nutiva hemp seed bars.
August to October $40,000 in sales.
Sales, 100,000 bars in five months.
http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg27337.html
Competition in the bar category is increasing with the bigger
manufacturers including Pepsi Co., Nestle, Unilever, Kraft, Kellogg
and General Mills.
In January 2004, Mars Inc launched the Snickers Marathon bar and
low-carb and protein-plus varieties. Their target market is active
people aged 18 to 45. They aim to be the number one advertised brand
during the products launch with 1.2 billion media impressions.
Clif Bar is continuously developing new varieties of its Clif Bar
brand. Its latest offering is Clif Builder?s ? protein bar.
PowerBar is expanding its brand to cater to carb-counting consumer
with its Carb Select line divided into sub segments. ProteinPlus Carb
Select targets men and Pria Carb Select targets women.
Part of the growth of these bars can be attributed to the big and
growing demand for convenience.
According to Mintel, energy bars do not experience a huge difference
in age group usage. It's a little higher among younger adults, but
even up through the Baby Boomers group has a pretty healthy rate of
consumption, though it generally drops off after age 65,
(The Energy Train. Energy bars keep sales barreling down the track and
retailers jumping on board. By Alison Embrey)
http://www.csnews.com/csnews/reports_analysis/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000575773
This article give details of the advertising campaigns that have been
used to promote these bars. It also shows a breakdown by age and
gender for who has consumed an Energy Bar in the last 6 months. It
also gives 2002 sales for the top 3 market leaders.
(A Barrage of Bars. Who Has Consumed an Energy Bar in the Past Six
Months? Susan Colebank).
http://www.hsrmagazine.com/articles/2a1feat1.html
Top Nutrition Bar Companies in 2001.
You need to highlight the page to read these figures.
Company Wholesale $M market share
1. Power Bar 180 23%
2. Balance Bar 105 14%
3. Clif Bar 90 12%
4. SlimFast 80 10%
5. EAS Myoples 40 10%
6. Dr. Atkins 30 4%
7. Pure Potein 20 2.5%
8. MET-Rx 20 2.5%
Top 6 $565 M 73%
Total wholesale market $770 million
Total consumer market $1.38 billion.
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:KCGTfYTTfu4J:www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~exsc574/snickers%2520v.%2520powerbar.ppt+powerbar+billion&hl=en
Market share of Luna.
Luna (Clif Car Inc) ? 11.6 % market share for the 12 week period
ending October 20, 2001. Power Bar declined to 11.3% over the same
period.
http://www.lunabar.com/press_room/press_room_article.cgi?Article_ID=2
About PowerBar
PowerBar Inc. is the creator and leader of the energy bar market.
PowerBar proudly fuels world-class athletes including Lance Armstrong,
sponsors premier events such as the Boston Marathon and is the
Official Nutritional Energy Bar Supplier to the U.S. Olympic Team.
Headquartered in Berkeley, Calif.
Products include: POWERBAR® PERFORMANCE energy bars, POWERBAR HARVEST®
whole grain nutritious snack bars, POWERBAR® PROTEINPLUS? high protein
bars, the POWERBAR® BEVERAGE SYSTEM for hydration muscle fuel and
recovery, POWERBAR® PRIA® nutritional energy snack bars, POWERBAR®
POWERGEL® energy gels and POWERBAR® ENERGY BITES? bite-sized Energy on
Demand?.
http://www.powerbar.com/About/
Power bar is the number one market leader. However its position is
declining from 30% market share to a 23% share.
http://www.nutraceuticalsworld.com/Nov011.htm
Growth of Power Bar
http://www.va-interactive.com/inbusiness/editorial/bizdev/articles/powerbar.html
Power Bar Pria
This article from Food&Drink Europe.com describes the launch of the
PowerBar Pria brand which was aimed at women. A $9 million campaign
foucused primarily on active women.
http://www.foodanddrinkeurope.com/news/ng.asp?id=15575
Clif Bar
Products include Clif Bar, Clif Shot, Luna Bar, Mojo Bar, Builders Bar and Zbar.
http://www.clifbar.com/eat/eat.cfm?location=bar
Balance Bar
Products include: Balance Bar, Balance Bar GoMix, Balance Carbwell
Bar, and Balance Satisfaction.
http://www.balance.com/products/default.asp
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News
Sports Nutrition products under attack in Canada. (SBN November 9, 2004)
According to this report the sports-nutrient industry is worth about
$17 billion (US) annually.
In 2001, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) tested 191 sports
supplements and found that just 5.8 per cent met federal requirements
for ingredients, agency documents show. The CFIA also tested 226
samples that year for label verification and found that only 4.4 per
cent complied with government regulations.
http://www.sportsbusinessnews.com/index.asp?story_id=31291>
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