All articles by Amy North – Page 2
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Analysis & Features
Is reformulation the answer to the sugar tax?
With less than a year until the sugar levy is imposed, manufacturers are tinkering with recipes to avoid the tax. But how will consumers respond?
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Analysis & Features
Revealed: sugary pop more popular in pubs than grocery
Brits are more likely to splurge on sugary soft drinks when eating out, our exclusive data shows, as we analyse who’s winning the cola war
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Analysis & Features
Botanicals dominate our global NPD picks
We’ve scoured the globe, with the help of Mintel, to find the latest NPD in soft drinks. From botanical mixers to fermented vegetable juice, see our top picks here
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Analysis & Features
Creative challenge: can sweet proteins save soft drinks?
Could sweet proteins, these little known all-natural sweeteners, help alleviate soft drinks’ sugar woes? We team up with creative agency Tribal Worldwide to find out
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Analysis & Features
Coco loco: Brits splash extra £8.7m on coconut water
The coconut water craze shows no sign of slowing down as sales rise 16%. So, which brands are benefiting the most from this?
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Analysis & Features
Mix it up! Is there potential for dark mixers?
With craft gin flying, tonic is dominating mixer NPD. With rum due for a resurgence, what opportunity lies ahead for dark mixers?
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Analysis & Features
A nice brew: our pick of tea-flavoured soft drinks
Tea is infiltrating the soft drinks category as a popular ingredient in on-trend, more natural NPD. Here’s a roundup featuring some of our favourites
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Analysis & FeaturesIt’s a thaw point: are attitudes to frozen food changing?
Frozen food suffers from a major image problem, particularly when it comes to younger generations
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat shoppers really think about… frozen food
Frozen food is being left out in the cold. Why? We’ve quizzed more than 2,000 shoppers to find out
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Category ReportPDF: Own-label category report 2017
Encore! Own label has stolen the limelight, and the audience are loving it. So much so, they’ve splashed out an extra £105.2m on own-brand food in the past year in the mults alone.
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Category ReportCentre stage: Own-label category report 2017
Own label has stolen the limelight as retailers put revamped ranges front and centre. Will brands be able to fight back?
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Analysis & FeaturesWe need to wake up to the coffee cup recycling conundrum
New research shows that only one in every 400 coffee cups are recycled, so why is the government allowing this ’latte litter let-off’?
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NewsCoke Life to disappear from UK market
The stevia-sweetened variant will disappear from UK shelves as of June
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Analysis & FeaturesDoes a celebrity on the label guarantee sales success?
Mary Berry may thrive but it wasn’t so good for Donald Trump
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Comment & OpinionClaridge’s ultra-premium take on 'cold' tea offers food for thought
Claridge’s is serving a new range of ultra-premium ambient teas in its Fera restaurant
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Analysis & Features
The great snack race: healthy lines & sharing bags sales rise
We’ve quizzed buyers from Bestway and The Co-op on the state of snacking. So how can players can stay ahead in the race for growth?
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Analysis & Features
Mix it up! NPD drives the rise of combo snacks
Fruit & nut mixes, on-the-go snack packs and crunchy beans with seeds – combination snacks are growing fast thanks to innovative NPD
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Analysis & FeaturesAbsolutely nutty! Brits splash out extra £32m on nuts
Healthy and natural snacking sees nut sales rise with retailers and brands rolling out new ranges to draw consumers in
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Analysis & FeaturesRevealed: A new twist on snack sharing formats!
What’s next in the world of sharing bags? We tasked creative agency Hornall Anderson to reinvent the sharing bag with an innovative new format. Here’s what they came up with…
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Analysis & Features
‘Healthy’ snacks dominate our global NPD picks
From Korean seaweed to detox popcorn, plus a snack bar made with spent grain from beer making – here are our top 10 innovations from around the globe