The 2023-2028 Outlook for Potato Chips in India

This study covers the latent demand outlook for potato chips across the states, union territories, and cities of India. Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) estimates are given across over 4,900 cities in India. For each city in question, the percent share the city is of its state or union territory and of India as a whole is reported. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a city vis-à-vis others. This statistical approach can prove very useful to distribution and/or sales force strategies. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each state, union territory, and city, latent demand estimates are created for potato chips. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved. In this report we define the sales of potato chips as including all commonly understood products falling within this broad category, such as types of flavored and unflavored packaged potato chips and crisps, irrespective of product packaging, formulation, size, or form. Companies participating in this industry include Arca Continental, Avebe Group, Aviko, Burts Potato Chips, Calbee, Cape Cod, ConAgra Foods, Diamond Foods, General Mills, Golden Flake Snack Foods, Great Lakes Chemical, Hain Celestial Group, Herr Foods, Intersnack Group GmbH & Company, Kellogg Company, Kettle Foods, Koike-Ya, Kraft Heinz Company, Lamb Weston Holdings, McCain Foods, Notions Group, Old Dutch Foods, PepsiCo, popchips, Ruffles, Snyder's-Lance, The Lorenz Bahlsen Snack-World GmbH & Co KG Germany, and Tyrrells Potato Crisps. In addition to the sources indicated, additional information available to the public via news and/or press releases published by players in the industry was considered in defining and calibrating this category. All figures are in a common currency (U.S. dollars, millions) and are not adjusted for inflation (i.e., they are current values). Exchange rates used to convert to U.S. dollars are averages for the year in question. Future exchange rates are assumed to be constant in the future at the current level (the average of the year of this publication's release in 2022).