European Food & HPC: Beauty remains resilient in WE Scanner while Food and Consumer Health slow

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European Food & HPC: Beauty remains resilient in WE Scanner while Food and Consumer Health slow

13 July 2026

European Food & HPC

European Food & HPC: Beauty remains resilient in WE Scanner

while Food and Consumer Health slow

This note covers latest trends in Western Europe Scanner data for the four weeks Callum Elliott, CFA, ACA

+44 20 7676 7183 ending 14th June.

callum.elliott@bernsteinsg.com Key highlights: CPG performance moderated in the period, with Food decelerating

to +1.9% (vs +4.2%), Consumer Health slowing to -1.3% (vs +5.0%), and Household

Victoria Nice, CFA remaining weak at -0.7% (vs -0.3%). The Beauty & Personal Care category remains resilient, +44 20 7762 5862

victoria.nice@bernsteinsg.com improving to +4.1% (vs +3.6%), supported by strong volume growth alongside improving

(but still negative price/mix).

Henry Dennis

+44 20 7676 6776 At the company level, Nestlé continues to accelerate with growth of +2.6% (vs +1.8%)

henry.dennis@bernsteinsg.com

on recovering volumes alongside share gains, while L’Oréal stays strong alongside the

Beauty market with growth of +5.6% (vs +5.1%). Unilever growth weakened, turning Simran Cheema

+44 20 7676 6705 slightly negative at -1.5% (vs -0.1%) with declining volumes. Danone growth improves

simran.cheema@bernsteinsg.com significantly, accelerating to +4.5% (vs +1.5%) as volumes continue to step up. Haleon

turns negative with -0.4% growth (vs +2.4%), as volumes significantly decelerate. Reckitt

likewise slows in the period, with growth of -4.3% (vs +1.5%) again due to a volume

slowdown. Henkel maintains its track record of weak growth, delivering -3.0% (vs -2.1%)

as volumes slow. Beiersdorf growth significantly improved, growing +10.5% (vs-4.1%),

and Lindt continued to decline (-12.0%).