The Australian Route Trade Market is an important consumer market for certain food and beverage products. In 2010 there are more than 22,000 route trade outlets nationally with these outlets accounting for significant distribution shares of many product categories and products.

The key five product categories covered in this report are:

• Beverages – hot & cold
  
• Bakery Products
  
• Confectionery
  
• Dairy products
  
• Snack foods

While certain product categories and route trade channels hold promising growth prospects, it is a market which straddles the two other consumer markets for food and beverages – supermarkets and the foodservice market – experiencing competition in both

This report will identify trends and developments taking place in this sector, and future market opportunities.

Sissel Rosengren

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