U.S. Nielsen Update (June 13): Sales momentum slows slightly in last 2 weeks

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U.S. Nielsen Update (June 13): Sales momentum slows slightly in last 2 weeks

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U.S. Nielsen Update (June 13): Sales

momentum slows slightly in last 2 weeks

Industry Overview

23 June 2026 Corrected

Sales momentum slows slightly in latest two weeks Equity

This note reviews sales trends of Japanese food manufacturers in the U.S. market based Japan

on retail scanner data provided by NielsenIQ. Due to constraints on the data provider Food & Beverage

side, we were unable to obtain channel data covering the same scope as in the previous

report, and therefore changed the coverage universe. The target channel is AOC (all ManabuResearch SumogeAnalyst >>

outlets combined, including convenience stores), excluding club stores (including Costco), BofAS Japan

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pet specialty stores, and Amazon 1P, which were included in the previous report. That manabu.sumoge@bofa.com

said, a comparison of the two datasets shows no material difference for Kikkoman and Yuxi Dai >>

instant noodles, which are covered in this report, while Kewpie shows a difference of Research Analyst

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Two-week data through Jun 13 show that sales momentum for Japanese companies

slowed slightly. Kikkoman’s soy sauce sales rose 3–5%, with growth moderating

somewhat. Kewpie continued to show strong sales growth momentum in mayonnaise. In

instant noodles, Japanese manufacturers continued to deliver price-led sales growth,

while volumes declined. Korean manufacturers continued to post sales growth supported

Note: This dataset includes bothby volume growth. However, Japanese manufacturers saw volume declines accelerate

weekly and monthly data based on

slightly.

Nielsen’s 1-week and 4-week periods,