Archive of all category reports – Page 53
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Northern Dough Co latches on to hit DIY trend
We’ve all dreamed of spinning a pizza base above our heads…
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Ready meals: Branded for life?
When Horsegate reared its head early last year, ready meals lost millions. So what shape is the sector in now?…
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E-cigarettes market report 2014
The e-cigs market has exploded. Just two years ago, sales were mostly online and the major retailers were hardly getting a look in. Today the market is worth £91.3m a year to them…
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Tobacco market report 2014
What does the next year hold for the tobacco market? Our market report looks at how the industry is bracing for an array of new legislation on the sale of cigarettes, ciagrs and rolling tobacco.
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Tobacco market report: Finally out of puff?
Draconian EU legislation, the threat of plain packs, and the c-store display ban. Life is getting tougher for tobacco…
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E-cigarette market report: Should e-cig sector fear looming legislation?
E-cigs are booming. But now prices are falling and regulators and tobacco giants are moving in…
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Brazil and Japan spot Olympic opportunity
Our tastes are becoming increasingly international and Japanese and Brazilian are set to be the next big things…
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Is the Fairtrade party over?
Fairtrade sales look buoyant but growth has slowed and the mark is struggling to compete with rival schemes…
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Focus on Cooking Sauces: Does DIY mean RIP for cooking sauces?
Traditional cooking sauces are in trouble as more of us cook from scratch, but convenient foodie brands are cashing in…
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Focus on Fairtrade
It is the 20th anniversary of Fairtrade this year and at first glance, there appears to be plenty to celebrate…
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Focus on Cooking Sauces
We’re becoming a nation of cooking sauce snobs. Fewer and fewer of us are content to slop sauce straight from a jar into a pan midweek these days…
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The Big 30
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the definition of a wholesaler is ‘the selling of goods in large quantities to be retailed by others’. The reality is not so cut and dried. At least, not in grocery wholesale in 2014. This year sees the publication of The Grocer’s 10th Big ...
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Focus on Household and Paper Products
Hyacinth Bucket would be pleased. We’re becoming more house proud - as our special report on the household & paper products sector reveals…
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Are we becoming a bunch of Hyacinths?
Britain is becoming increasingly house proud, with volumes up in all bar one of the household subcategories…
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Allergy-free NPD: a new household opportunity?
Consumers are not just interested in what goes into their food, they also want to know what is - or isn’t - in their cleaning products.
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Shoppers on ‘green wave’ to cleaner households
Shoppers don’t just want clean undies these days. They want their consciences to be spotless too. Hence the rise in environmentally friendly household brands.
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Focus on Cereals
Breakfast ain’t what it used to be. Demand for food that can be eaten on the move - or at a desk - is transforming the market…
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Focus on Babycare
The British birthrate is at its highest rate since 1971. But which parts of the baby market are delivering the strongest returns, and which are still struggling? Submissions deadline: 9 January
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Can the Swiss help save cereal?
As sales of cereals go cold, bircher muesli and granola brands are booming. Why?…
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Added sugar must be cut, kids yoghurt brands told
Fizzy drinks, cereals and confectionery are obvious whipping boys for the health lobby. But yoghurts, particularly aimed at babies and kids, are also under fire from health campaigners. You can understand why when you look at the sugar content of many kids yoghurts - low-fat and salt products that otherwise ...