FOOD AND DRINK SECTOR
IN SLOVENIA
Made in Slovenia 
FACTS ABOUT SLOVENIA
MAIN FACTS ABOUT SLOVENIA
Area: 20,273 km2
Population: 2 million
Language: Slovenian, Italian and
Hungarian (in ethnically mixed regions)
Member of: EU, NATO & OECD
Currency: EURO
Capital: Ljubljana (300.000 pop.)
More information:
http://www.investslovenia.org/industries/
http://www.investslovenia.org/business-environment/
http://www.investslovenia.org/fileadmin/dokumenti/is/Publications/Connect_to_Slovenian_Business_Excellence_2012reduced_file.pdf
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Characteristics of Food and Drink sector in Slovenia
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Number of companies: 11.110
Number of employees: 16.130
Revenues (in €): 2.062 mio
Exports (in €): 501,2 mio
Key export/import markets: Italy, Croatia, Austria, Germany, Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Source: AJPES, 2016; SURS 2016
IMPORT by commodities
• Increased import of
BEER, WINE and
MEAT.
• Decrease in DAIRY
PRODUCTS.
Source: AJPES, 2016
EXPORT by commodities
• Increased export of
BEER, PASTRY
AND BAKERY
PRODUCTS and
MEAT.
• Decrease in DAIRY
PRODUCTS.
Source: AJPES, 2016
EXPORT and
IMPORT by countries
FOOD SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES
• Organic Foods on rise
• Less sugar, fats and salt;
• Organic grown foods
• Snacks
• Luxury
• Sweets and confectionery
• Biggest retailers:
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Mercator 34%
Spar 23%
Hofer 17%
Lidl 17%
DRINK SECTOR
• 119.8 mio sector revenue
• Wine production the biggest in sector – 46%
• The rise of VAT (2013) and sugar tax (?)
increased the competition
• 80% market share companies agreement:
• No advertisment for children -12
• Energy information on 60% of products
• Sponsoring
OPPORTUNITIES in drink sector: low energy drinks and well-known spirit
brands
Beverages
• 87% population drinks juices
• More than 50% at least once a week
TOP MINERAL WATER BRANDS:
1. ZALA
2. DANA
3. COSTELLA
PACKING SHARES:
92% Plastic bottle
6% Can
2% bottle
• Importance of marketing and branding:
Fruit drinks and juices most
common use
• Coca Cola 35%
• Atlantic Grupa 16%
• Fructal 12%
8%
Fructal
8%
32%
9%
Cedevita
Multi Sola
10%
Source: Nielsen research, 2015
Fruc
Aloe Vera
11%
22%
Mercator sadni sokovi
Happy Day
Current Export Opportunities
Spices and frozen foods
Sweets, spreads, cakes
and biscuits
Distributor looking for
organic food products
A distributor seeks a
range of spices and
frozen foods for the
catering industry.
Distributor wants well
established and
premium sweets,
biscuits and food
brands.
A Slovenian company
would like to find UK
independent
manufacturers of
natural and organic
food products.
BSCC FMCG Forum 2017
• Distributors‘ Conference focusing on FMCG, escpecially on Food
and drink
- the future of retail
- the future of distribution
- the future of customer experience
• B2B meetings with UK-SLO (CRO) companies
9 March 2017
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Top Retail and Distribution
Company Managers
The program might change.
Event Program
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08:00
Registration
08:45 – 08:50 BSCC presidents‘ and British Ambassadors‘ to Slovenia welcome speeches
08:50 – 09:30 Ocado speech: The future of online retail
09:30 – 10:00 The global food & grocery experts (IGD) Future of premium customer
experience
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:00 Mercator Premium and online retail experence (topic TBC)
11:00 – 11:45 Round table: The impact of high customer experience on retail chain:
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Ocado
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Atlantic group
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Mercator
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Evrosad
11:45 – 12:00 Exporting is Great, Kenny Leg Export Opportunities Manager at DIT
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 17:00 B2B meetings (UK&Slovenian (Croatian) companies)
Packages for UK companies
SAMPLES
•Showcase of samples on a joint
stand
•Presentation of products to the
interested guests
Please book your seat at the FMCG
Forum by 28 February, 2017:
[email protected]
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£150
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STANDARD
£340
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2 nights with breakfast in single
room Radisson Blu Hotel
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Transfer from LJ Airport to the
hotel and back
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Business Breakfast & Lunch
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Registration fee and organisation
of up to 5 meetings
EXCLUSIVE
•2 nights with breakfast in double
room Radisson Blu Hotel
•Transfer from LJ Airport to the hotel
and back
•Business Breakfast & Lunch
•Registration fee and organisation of
up to 5 meetings
£400
Venue Description
• Event venue: Radisson Blu Hotel,
Ljubljana
• OPTIONAL for UK companies:
touristic weekend package in
Kranjska Gora Ski Resort or Bled
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How can this event help your company?
Learn from our key speakers on how to enter the UK
or Slovenian market
Learn from best practice cases on how to succeed in
Slovenia
Meet your future partners through match-making
meetings
Use this event for networking
Prolong your stay in Slovenia
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BSCC
• DIT Overseas Delivery Partner – a UK Government project set up to help British companies
to do business in overseas markets – we share standards and procedures with DIT and
function as a business consultancy. Our team of professional export consultants helps British
exporters to find opportunities in Slovenia.
• Over the past three years, BSCC Trade Team have supported close to 500 British exporters
with relevant information about the Slovenian market and information about export
opportunities via the Exporting is GREAT platform.
• Our mission is to increase trade and cooperation between UK and Slovenian businesses
through innovative projects and member events.
• Our vision is to make the chamber innovative, reliable and active on the business scene in
Slovenia and the UK, and increase trade by 25 % by 2020.
ENTER THE SLOVENIAN MARKET
BSCC can provide you with:
1. Analysis of your industry sector in Slovenia
2. Direct contact details of your potential business partners
3. Follow-up of the chosen contacts
4. Organising the meetings in Slovenia
SERIES OF BSCC WEBINARS
22 November
Doing Business in SLOVENIA
14 December
Automotive Industry in SLOVENIA
12 January
Food Sector in SLOVENIA
25 January
Healthcare Sector in SLOVENIA
14 March
Doing Business in SLOVENIA
Please contact us for further information
British-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce
Vošnjakova 1, 1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
www.bscc.si
Aleksandra Barič
[email protected]
T: +386 51 378 545
Martin Retelj
[email protected]
T: +386 8 205 0966