In 2023, the sales value of ready-made meals at supermarkets in Japan amounted to approximately 3.26 trillion Japanese yen. That year peaked in the observed period. Japanese supermarkets carry a variety of home-meal replacements ranging from prepared lunch boxes (bento) to rice balls (onigiri) and deep-fried side dishes sold at self-service corners.
Sales value of ready-made meals at supermarkets in Japan from 2015 to 2023
(in trillion Japanese yen)
Figures represent supermarkets with a sales area of at least 250 square meters and a food sales share of 70 percent or more. The market size excludes meals for business establishments and foods with a high shelf-life like frozen prepared foods and retort-pouch foods.
Data prior to 2021 come from previous reports. 100 Japanese yen equal 0.68 U.S. dollars or 0.62 euros as of September 2024. Values have been rounded.
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Japan Ready-made Meal Association. (May 17, 2024). Sales value of ready-made meals at supermarkets in Japan from 2015 to 2023 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308622/japan-ready-to-eat-meal-sales-value-supermarket/
Japan Ready-made Meal Association. "Sales value of ready-made meals at supermarkets in Japan from 2015 to 2023 (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. May 17, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308622/japan-ready-to-eat-meal-sales-value-supermarket/
Japan Ready-made Meal Association. (2024). Sales value of ready-made meals at supermarkets in Japan from 2015 to 2023 (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308622/japan-ready-to-eat-meal-sales-value-supermarket/
Japan Ready-made Meal Association. "Sales Value of Ready-made Meals at Supermarkets in Japan from 2015 to 2023 (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308622/japan-ready-to-eat-meal-sales-value-supermarket/
Japan Ready-made Meal Association, Sales value of ready-made meals at supermarkets in Japan from 2015 to 2023 (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308622/japan-ready-to-eat-meal-sales-value-supermarket/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
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