Archive of all category reports – Page 55
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Higgidy, Birds Eye, Holland’s, Ginsters: NPD in pies
A Christmas-themed pie is the first in a series of Special Guest pies from Higgidy
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Mattessons, Holland’s, Jack Link’s, Pork Farms: NPD in meat snacks
The meat snacks category is short on choice for adults, says Mattessons
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Pies in desperate times?
Pies are struggling as meat snacks tap into demand for quick and convenient ‘mini meals’…
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Focus on Pies and Meat Snacks
Desperate Dan, famed connoisseur of the cartoon cow pie, would be incredulous. Britain’s love of the simple pleasures of meat, veg and gravy wrapped in pastry seems to be waning.
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Focus on Fish
It’s enough to send a shiver down the spine of anyone who makes a living from frozen fish. A 4.1% value decline in fish finger sales, on volumes down 4.6%.
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Focus on World Foods
While chilled ready meals have grown gradually more adventurous and exotic, this has arguably detracted from a more fundamental, category-wide move by supermarkets to adapt better to Britain’s multicultural tastes.
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Focus on World Foods
The explosion in world food has been attributed to package holidays and celebrity chefs; but the biggest source of growth …
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There is far more to Japanese than just sushi...
How do supermarkets overcome the technical barriers to be able to offer ‘fresh’ sushi?
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Chilled ready meals embrace modernity… and tertiary
The ready meals category is dominated by own label at 94.7% and its share has tightened as almost everyone revamps ranges or launches fresh offerings.
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Foodies get kitted up to be more adventurous
Semi-scratch cooking is booming, with new suppliers on both the branded and own-label side creating credible world food meal kits.
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Focus on Pasta
Bellissimo! The British love affair with Italy’s staple food has never been stronger. Sales of pasta have surged 7.3% to £385.7m on volumes up 6.2% in the past year.
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Focus on Personal Care
We all know what it’s like to have a bad hair day. But the personal care category has just had a whole year of them…
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Focus on Petcare
It’s claws out in petcare and own label has gained the upper paw. Retailer offerings have outgrown all but one of the top 10 bestsellers, leaping 6.5% in value - or £24.9m.
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Heinz takes gluten-free pasta into mainstream
Traditionalists might balk at pasta made from anything but durum wheat…
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Focus on Pasta: The Italian connection
With pasta sales booming, why aren’t sauces keeping pace? Are Brits losing their loyalty and making sauces from scratch?…
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The Fast 50 2013
The Fast 50 is getting faster. This year, the average two-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the first 50 runners and riders past the post was a galloping 29.3%.
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Focus on Soup
Brands are losing share to own label in fresh soup. But as New Covent Garden returns to Tesco, can they win back share?
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Focus on Winter Remedies
It’s an ill wind that blows no good, they say - and there’s certainly an upside if you’re in the winter remedy business.
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2 Sisters, UBUK, Fudges, Carr's: NPD in cakes & biscuits
Fox’s is rolling out more NPD under its new Caffè range…
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Breakfast biccies make a bigger splash
More brands are moving into breakfast biscuits. How big can the sector get and what impact will it have on the rest of the…