Dependence on frozen food rising in pandemic
Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Splash
    • Videos
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Tuesday
August 09, 2022

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Splash
    • Videos
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
TUESDAY, AUGUST 09, 2022
Dependence on frozen food rising in pandemic

Trade

Shawkat Ali
11 August, 2021, 11:05 am
Last modified: 11 August, 2021, 02:53 pm

Related News

  • Recurring power cuts: Khulna fish processors feel the pinch
  • New Zealand's borders fully open after long pandemic closure
  • Climate change, lack of advanced tech major challenges for agriculture: Minister
  • Dhaka calls for global cooperation to fight pandemic, its economic fallout
  • Covid pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades: WHO, Unicef

Dependence on frozen food rising in pandemic

Sector stakeholders say coronavirus has been a boon for businesses in the sector

Shawkat Ali
11 August, 2021, 11:05 am
Last modified: 11 August, 2021, 02:53 pm
TBS Infograph
TBS Infograph

The frozen food business is booming at a time when many sectors are struggling to survive the Covid shocks.

Businesspeople in the sector say the frozen food market has more than doubled since the coronavirus outbreak in the country around one and a half years ago. 

Sector stakeholders say the coronavirus has been a boon for the industry.

In around 18 months, people's habits have changed a good deal due to various reasons, among which are limited movements of people, restrictions on hotels and restaurants and work done from home.

In such circumstances, people have become more dependent on processed food.

Evidence that people have increased their consumption of frozen food can be found in the sales growth statistics of the manufacturing companies.

Pran RFL's frozen food brand is known as "Instant". The company's sales registered a 50-60% growth in 2020 and 30-35% this year. Golden Harvest says product sales have doubled in the pandemic and are still growing.

Kamruzzaman Kamal, director marketing at Pran-RFL Group, told The Business Standard that people, who were less likely to go to hotels, restaurants and small food shops in the neighbourhood in the pandemic, were showing interest in frozen food.

Exports have gained momentum too, he said. The growth in exports is about 50%.

People working in the sector said the demand for parathas and vegetable snacks was high outside the country. 

The products are now exported to several countries, such as America, Australia, Canada, Britain, New Zealand and Singapore.

Paratha is one of the most sought-after items among frozen foods. The demand for nuggets, chicken samosas, chicken spring rolls, chicken sausages, chicken nuggets and French fries is also high.

Most small and large food shops are closed due to the pandemic. And the ones that are open in the alleys and lanes are also selling less due to public awareness about infections. Frozen food items are replacing the fried items that common people, especially from the middle class, used to consume from such shops. 

Regarding the increase in paratha sales, the people concerned said customers who had visited restaurants or bought parathas regularly from there, were now taking processed parathas at home. 

Staffers at super shops Meena Bazar and Shwapno said sales of frozen food at the super shops had increased by at least 25%. 

Md Shahidullah, former general manager (Marketing) of Golden Harvest, told TBS, "Companies are struggling to increase production to keep up with the demand."

Sector officials said that currently 19 companies were producing and marketing frozen foods in the country. Among the front row producers are Golden Harvest, Kazi Farm, Pran, CP, Euro Food, Lamisa and Igloo.

The frozen food market had grown in single digits every year but the coronavirus took it to double digits. 

But as there has been no research in this regard in recent times, no one in the sector has been able to tell the exact growth rate.

But they say the market has more than doubled in the last two years to around Tk600 crore.

 

 

Bangladesh / Economy / Top News

Frozen Foods / pandemic / Frozen

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Brioche rolls exit an oven at the Brioche Pasquier factory in Milton Keynes, UK.Photographer: Ryan Peters/Brioche Pasquier
    The great European energy crisis is now coming for your food
  • Photo: Bloomberg
    Bangladesh-Iraq trade grows four-fold
  • TIB calls on govt not to impose foreign debt burden on people
    TIB calls on govt not to impose foreign debt burden on people

MOST VIEWED

  • India to import goods from Bangladesh by rail
    India to import goods from Bangladesh by rail
  • File image
    India allows goods import from Bangladesh by rail, framework set
  • Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
    Direct container shipping to the United Kingdom starts on Friday
  • Photo: Collected
    No barrier in wheat import from India: Tipu Munshi
  • Photo: Courtesy
    Ctg Chamber president slams edible oil hoarders
  • Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
    NBR to allow more firms easy release of goods from ports

Related News

  • Recurring power cuts: Khulna fish processors feel the pinch
  • New Zealand's borders fully open after long pandemic closure
  • Climate change, lack of advanced tech major challenges for agriculture: Minister
  • Dhaka calls for global cooperation to fight pandemic, its economic fallout
  • Covid pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades: WHO, Unicef

Features

The elevated ground is made out of soil on which grass and trees have grown. This grass-covered elevated ground extends to the perimeter of the establishment. Photo: Maruf Raihan

Aman Mosque: Where form and function complement each other

11h | Habitat
Photo: BSS

Begum Fazilatunnessa Mujib . . . woman of moral power

1d | Thoughts
Will Glass Cosmetics be your next skincare holy grail?

Will Glass Cosmetics be your next skincare holy grail?

1d | Brands
Akij Tableware: More than just dishes on a table

Akij Tableware: More than just dishes on a table

1d | Brands

More Videos from TBS

Why Donald Trump buried ex-wife Ivana at a golf course

Why Donald Trump buried ex-wife Ivana at a golf course

1h | Videos
In absence of groom, his brother stands by the bride

In absence of groom, his brother stands by the bride

4h | Videos
Tajia procession of Muharram

Tajia procession of Muharram

4h | Videos
Importance of Ashura in Islam

Importance of Ashura in Islam

6h | Videos

Most Read

1
Diesel price hiked by Tk34 per litre, Octane by Tk46
Energy

Diesel price hiked by Tk34 per litre, Octane by Tk46

2
Housing projects sprouting up by Dhaka-Mawa expressway
Real Estate

Housing projects sprouting up by Dhaka-Mawa expressway

3
Infographic: TBS
Banking

Dollar rate will be left to market after two months: Governor

4
Bangladesh to resume talks for Ukrainian wheat import
Economy

Bangladesh to resume talks for Ukrainian wheat import

5
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker is tugged towards a thermal power station in Futtsu, east of Tokyo, Japan November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Energy

Summit proposes long-term LNG supply to Petrobangla

6
Dollar for LC settlement reaches new high at Tk110
Banking

Dollar for LC settlement reaches new high at Tk110

EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2022
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net