2013-03-20 17:45:44 - New Food market report from MarketLine: "Chocolate Confectionery in the United States"

Chocolate Confectionery in the United States industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United States chocolate confectionery market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

* The chocolate confectionery market consists of boxed chocolate, chocolate countlines, chocolate straightlines, molded bars, novelties and other chocolates. The market is valued according to retail selling price (RSP) and includes any applicable taxes. Any currency conversions used

in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2011 annual average exchange rates.
* The US chocolate confectionery market had total revenues of $17,664.1 million in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2% between 2007 and 2011.
* Market consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 0.9% between 2007 and 2011, to reach a total of 1,660 million kg in 2011.
* The performance of the market is forecast to follow a similar pattern with an anticipated CAGR of 1.9% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $19,412.4 million by the end of 2016.


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Leading company profiles reveal details of key chocolate confectionery market players' global operations and financial performance

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United States economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the United States chocolate confectionery market by value in 2011?

What will be the size of the United States chocolate confectionery market in 2016?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United States chocolate confectionery market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

Who are the top competitiors in the United States's chocolate confectionery market?

Partial Table of Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Market value
Market value forecast
Market volume
Market volume forecast
Category segmentation
Geography segmentation
Market share
Market rivalry
Market Overview
Market definition
Market analysis
Market Data
Market value
Market volume
Market Segmentation
Category segmentation
Geography segmentation
Market share
Market distribution
Market Outlook
Market value forecast
Market volume forecast
Five Forces Analysis
Summary
Buyer power
Supplier power
New entrants
Threat of substitutes
Degree of rivalry
Leading Companies
Mars, Incorporated
Nestle SA
Russell Stover Candies Inc.
The Hershey Company
Macroeconomic Indicators
Country Data
Appendix
Methodology
Industry associations
Related MarketLine research

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United States chocolate confectionery market value: $ million, 2007-11
Table 2: United States chocolate confectionery market volume: million kg, 2007-11
Table 3: United States chocolate confectionery market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2007-2011
Table 4: United States chocolate confectionery market category segmentation: $ million, 2007-2011
Table 5: United States chocolate confectionery market geography segmentation: $ million, 2011
Table 6: United States chocolate confectionery market share: % share, by value, 2011
Table 7: United States chocolate confectionery market distribution: % share, by value, 2011
Table 8: United States chocolate confectionery market value forecast: $ million, 2011-16
Table 9: United States chocolate confectionery market volume forecast: million kg, 2011-16
Table 10: Mars, Incorporated: key facts
Table 11: Nestle SA: key facts
Table 12: Nestle SA: key financials ($)
Table 13: Nestle SA: key financials (CHF)
Table 14: Nestle SA: key financial ratios
Table 15: Russell Stover Candies Inc.: key facts
Table 16: The Hershey Company: key facts
Table 17: The Hershey Company: key financials ($)
Table 18: The Hershey Company: key financial ratios
Table 19: United States size of population (million), 2007-11
Table 20: United States gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2007-11
Table 21: United States gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2007-11

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