Who is the ‘Jarlsberg man’? And what does your choice of cheese say about you?

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Market Research Update – Page: Online : 8-Jul-19

New research from Roy Morgan shows that over 15 million Australian grocery buyers aged +14 now buy some type of cheese. Block Cheese is bought by 13.5 million Australians (85.1%), easily making it the most popular type of cheese. However, the strongest growth over the last three years has come from a significant increase in Australians buying Grated/Shredded Cheese (up 2.6ppts to 68.3%), Sliced Cheese (up 2.4ppts to 67.7%) and Cheese Snacks or Portions (up 3ppts to 43.6%). Meanwhile, Jarlsberg cheese is one of the more premium products in the cheese market and there are significant differences between the average buyer of Jarlsberg and a regular buyer of cheese. ‘Jarlsberg man’ is a big spender in the top socio-economic AB quintile, most likely with no children in his Mid-Life Household and almost twice as likely to drink wine with his meals as the average Australian. ‘Jarlsberg man’ is skewed heavily towards older Australians aged 35+ and is far more likely to have a diploma or degree than the average cheese buyer and be working full-time as a professional or manager with a household income of well over $120,000 per annum.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

What do your cheese choices say about you?

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 13-Dec-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 76.3 per cent of Australian grocery buyers aged 14+ purchased at least one kind of cheese in an average four weeks during the year to September 2016. The survey also shows that 55.1 per cent of grocery buyers purchased block cheese in an average month, followed by sliced cheese (35.8 per cent) and grated/shredded cheese (33.1 per cent). Meanwhile, New Zealand- and British-born Australians are both 23 per cent more likely than the population average to buy block cheese in an average four weeks. Block cheese is also the most popular among people in the Roy Morgan Food Segment known as "Trendsetters". On the other hand, sliced cheese is especially popular with "Zappits".

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Cheese if you please (preferably with crackers or wine)

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 29-Jul-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 63.9 per cent of Australian grocery buyers aged 18+ purchased block cheese in an average four weeks during the year to March 2016. Meanwhile, 36.9 per cent bought grated/shredded cheese, 37.5 per cent bought sliced cheese, 15.4 per cent bought creamed cheese or cheese spreads, and 9.8 per cent purchased cheese snacks or portions. All of these figures are considerably lower than they were in 2012. However, some consumers are dramatically more likely than the average grocery buyer to purchase cheese in an average four-week period. Two striking examples are those shoppers who also buy savoury biscuits/crackers in this time, and those who purchase wine in any given seven-day period.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, BEGA CHEESE LIMITED – ASX BGA, COON, MAINLAND DAIRIES PTY LTD, MERSEY VALLEY, LAUGHING COW, CASTELLO

Country Aussies cheesier than their capital-city counterparts

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 23-Feb-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 79 per cent of Australian grocery buyers aged 14+ in capital cities and 84 per cent of those in country areas bought block, sliced and/or grated cheese in an average four weeks during the year to September 2015. This pattern can be seen across all states except Western Australia and Tasmania, where capital-city grocery buyers are more likely to shop for cheese than their rural counterparts. In every state, supermarket brands are the most popular choice for city and rural residents alike, with Bega in second place in most instances.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, BEGA CHEESE LIMITED – ASX BGA

Grated, sliced and block: home brands the Big Cheese

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 14-Jul-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 84 per cent of Australian grocery buyers (or 11.8 million people) purchase cheese in an average four weeks. The survey, which was carried out in the year to March 2015, also shows that 9.4 million grocery buyers purchase block cheese in an average four-week period, with supermarket brands (2.3 million buyers) and Bega (2.2 million) being the most popular. Meanwhile, just over 6.3 million Australians buy grated/shredded cheese in an average four weeks, and 5.4 million purchase sliced cheese. Supermarket brands are also the most popular among buyers of both grated/shredded and sliced cheese.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, BEGA CHEESE LIMITED – ASX BGA, KRAFT FOODS (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED