Archive of all analysis and features articles – Page 151
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70: Schweppes
Schweppes faced continuing decline in lemonade sales combined with strong competition from younger mixer brands
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69: Maynard Bassetts
This is the ‘super-brand’ created in February 2016 with the Mondelez merger of Maynards and Bassetts
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67: Quaker Oats
Quaker Oats is innovating hard to overcome its sales slump with a host of gluten-free NPD
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Adjudicator Tacon takes supermarkets to task over forecasting
Christine Tacon has done a u-turn on forecasting, now the “number one issue” despite last year’s all-clear
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65: Dolmio
After Mars’ health warning in April that your Dolmio Day should be just once a week, consumers turned away in droves
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63: Kenco
Sales of Kenco coffee fell by 5.6% in volume in 2016, as consumers continue to switch away from standard instant
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61: Bisto
A slip for the Bisto kid. Sales are down 11%, wiping £10m off its fortunes
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60: Lenor
Without pricier lines such as Unstoppables, Lenor’s £14.3m loss would be even greater
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57: Monster Energy
Monster has leapt 17 spots up the list like a caffeine-soaked kid on a motocross bike
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53: Ribena
What #Ribenagate? The brand has enjoyed “significant” distribution growth
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52: Mr Kipling
The cake category was hit last year by the lengthy Indian summer
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49: Young's Frozen Fish
Young’s frozen fish sales took another dive with the main brand and Chip Shop down £10.2m and £2.2m respectively
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46: Alpro
Alpro’s growth has continued to gather pace, with the brand racking up an extra £26.7m
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Sainsbury's results: what the analysts say
Sainsbury’s Nine Elms store Sainsbury’s posted 0.3% growth in combined like-for-like sales for the final quarter of the financial year, bolstered by strong like-for-like growth of 4.3% at Argos. Supermarket sales were down by 0.5% with a 4% slump in general merchandise, which CEO Mike ...
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44: Princes
Princes has suffered the year’s second greatest loss, of £46.9m, with only Warburtons (2) losing more
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42: Ariel
Ariel has had a flat year, with a dip of 0.8% in value, 0.4% in volume
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Made in Britain
As Brexit, extreme weather and Trump threaten our reliance on imported fruit and veg, is it time to grow more British produce?
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39: John West
Canned fish brands’ sales have sunk to new depths in the face of own-label tuna and range rationalisation