All The Grocer articles in 20 December 2014 – Page 5
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Analysis & Features
Butters & spreads: I can't believe it's not better
If 2013 was a tough year for butters and spreads (value was down 4.3% on volumes down 5.9%), the past year has been even t…
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Analysis & Features
Frozen food: sector melts as economy begins to thaw
As the credit crunch dawned, Britain entered a new ice age. Shoppers went looking for value…
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Analysis & Features
Cosmetics: lipstick drives beauty sector boom in sales
The beauty sector has put in a sparkling performance, with value up 6.1% on volumes up 4%…
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Analysis & Features
Male grooming: razors lose edge as beard trend gathers pace
Beards are bang on trend. Just look at the decline in razors for proof. This is having such an impact on Gillette that…
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Analysis & Features
Table sauces and condiments: dip in damp BBQ season
Table sauces have lost their bottle. Category sales have fallen 1.4% – reversing the 2.7% value growth enjoyed by the cate…
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Analysis & Features
Carbonates: Pepsi wins battle of low-sugar drinks as Coca-Cola bottles it
War on sugar sees carbonates targeted while sports and energy drinks are let off scot-free… for now…
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Analysis & Features
Batteries: challengers surge in flat sector
Duracell’s pink fluffy rabbit is probably not a very happy bunny at present…
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Analysis & Features
Cakes: Brands need to get back to a basic recipe
Snacking is seen as an important source of growth for the cake market – but the trend has also contributed to its decline …
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Analysis & Features
Dairy drinks: all churned up in the milk sector
More than £100m wiped off the own-label milk market and a non-dairy brand now the third-biggest milk brand…
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Analysis & Features
Oils: feeling the heat on price as Aldi and Lidl win sales
Talk about a double whammy. With olive oil brands under mounting pressure to promote harder as the supermarkets…
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Analysis & Features
Fresh meat & fish: Aldi & Lidl making mincemeat of competition
The discounters have made a major play for meat and poultry over the past year – with Aldi’s stunt…
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Analysis & Features
Cheese: brands faced challenges in the aisles
Cheese is a tough place for brands right now. As the discounters expand into the sector, price is taking centre stage…
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Analysis & Features
Baby infant products: health advice hits UK babyfood market
Sugar hit the headlines in 2014 for all the wrong reasons. Baby juice took a direct hit as a result…
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Analysis & Features
Bread: Warburtons loses £54m as Brits ditch it
Brits have bought the equivalent of 93 million fewer loaves of bread in the past 12 months…
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's Hamilton: Grocer 33 Store of the Week
It takes some serious planning! It’s all about making sure colleagues are trained and everyone is scheduled…
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Analysis & Features
Top campaigns 2014: how to get ahead in fmcg advertising
When advertising in the ultra-competitive grocery sector, the growing importance of digital – and the growing expectations…
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Analysis & Features
Top Products Survey 2014: Total War
The price war has gone nuclear. Morrisons dropped the bomb in March, issuing the mother of all profit warnings as it slash…
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Analysis & Features
Food prices in the mults fall for seventh month in a row
The UK’s supermarkets are heading into the vital Christmas period with food price inflation remaining at historic lows…
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Comment & Opinion
The good, the bad and the ugly
People like to be seen to be saying and doing the right thing. It can be dropping the penny change from the £4.99 joint of meat…
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News
Crawshaw names Lidl UK's Noel Collett as CEO
Northern butchery chain Crawshaw Group has appointed former Lidl executive Noel Collett as its new CEO.