AGRIBUSINESS market in Finland

store, transit, agricultural products, agricultural service, beef, beer, cake, catering, catering, cigarettes, coffee, confectionery, convenience stores, department stores, drink, fast food, fast-food, food retail, food retailers, food retailing, frozen food, fruit, fruit, fruit juice, fruits, grocery, grocery store, grocery stores, hard discount, hard discounter, hypermarkets, ingredients, internet retail, logistics, rice, sauces, sauces, seasonings, snack, snack food, snacks, specialty stores, supermarket, supermarkets, sweets, vegetables, wholesale, wholesaler, wholesalers, wholesaling,

required report public distribution date 07 18 2005 gain number fi5001 sw4020 finland retail food sector approved by margaret e thursland us embassy stockholm prepared bettina dahlbacka agricultural marketing specialist highlights the recent consolidation and restructuring of nordic offers interesting opportunities for suppliers in terms volume variety products demand best prospects include seafood convenience appealing to health conscious additionally market is expanding international ethnic cuisines a major impediment increased sales consumer resistance containing genetically modified gmo ingredients nevertheless weak dollar 2003 2004 has fueled new interest includes psd changes no trade matrix unscheduled sw1 sw usda foreign service global agriculture information network template version 2 09 page 16 unclassified section i summary sweden economic growth both strengthened domestic high value ready low inflation reduced rates have kept confidence private consumption expected grow about