In 2020, the US held the largest revenue share of the North America food service packaging market. The US food service packaging market is mainly driven by consumers' growing preferences for convenience food products and the increasing trend of food takeaways. Further, players operating in the food service packaging market are adopting various strategies, such as new product launches, expansion, mergers & acquisitions, contributing to the market growth in the country.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected economies and industries in various countries due to lockdowns, travel bans, and business shutdowns. The pandemic has disturbed manufacturing processes due to restrictions imposed by government authorities in various countries. The rapid spread of COVID-19 has posed unprecedented challenges to the food service industry. Social distancing policies in various countries across North America enforced the closure of restaurants, bars, and clubs.
However, as the economies began their revival in 2021, the demand for various food service packaging products rose for several applications. The need for single-use packaging, containers with anti-microbial additives, or packaging that reduces human handling is accelerating.
The demand for food packaging is increasing at a high rate due to rising consumer interest in consuming fresh products with an extended shelf-life and controlled quality. This factor helps food packaging manufacturers design and develop new and safe packaging products. The rising population puts extra pressure on the food production sector to adopt advanced food packaging solutions to reduce food wastage. Continuous rise in the demand for frozen, processed, and semi-processed food items by individuals with higher nutritional values, is supporting the food packaging manufacturers to increase their production capacity of packaging products to diversify product categories.
Convenience is one of a factor accountable to boost adoption of fresh and nutritious ready-to-cook meals, and hence the demand for easy-to-cook packaging is rising. Due to time constraint faced by the individuals, ready-to-cook meals help the masses to manage their eating time. Continuous rise in demand for frozen, processed & semi-processed food items by the individuals with higher nutritional values, is supporting the food packaging manufacturers to increase their production capacity of packaging products for diversified product categories.
Based on packaging type, the North America food service packaging market has been segmented into flexible and rigid. The rigid segment held a larger share in the North America food service packaging market in 2020. The rigid packaging consists of cans, bottles, jars, plastic pots, aerosol containers, tins, and aluminum bottles used to pack and store different food and beverage items. These containers give such physical protection to the food, which is not offered by flexible packaging. The rising demand for pre-prepared food from the end users is increasing the production of rigid containers.
| Report Attribute | Details |
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| Market size in 2021 | US$ 24,502.38 Million |
| Market Size by 2028 | US$ 34,995.67 Million |
| Global CAGR (2021 - 2028) | 5.2% |
| Historical Data | 2019-2020 |
| Forecast period | 2022-2028 |
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| Regions and Countries Covered | North America
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