Fast Moving Consumer Goods

Walk down the aisle at your favorite grocery store or discount retailer and look at the hundreds of products that you use every day and are readily available for you.  These are your Fast Moving Consumer Goods.

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), are products that are sold quickly at relatively low cost. Though the absolute profit made on FMCG products is relatively small, they generally sell in large quantities, so the cumulative profit on such products can be large. Examples of FMCG generally include a wide range of frequently purchased consumer products such as toiletries, soap, cosmetics, teeth cleaning products, shaving products and detergents, as well as other non-durables such as glassware, light bulbs, batteries, paper products and plastic goods. FMCG may also include pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics, packaged food products and drinks, although these are often categorized separately.

FMCG products contrast with durable goods or major appliances such as kitchen appliances, which are generally replaced less than once a year.

Some of the best known examples of Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies include Clorox, Colgate-Palmolive, General Mills, H. J. Heinz, Reckitt Benckiser, Sara Lee, Nestlé, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Carlsberg, Kimberly-Clark, Hershey, Kraft, Pepsi, SC Johnson, Johnson & Johnson, Mars and hundreds of other companies.