Category reports – Page 53
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Category ReportFocus on juices and smoothies: hard pressed?
Juices & smoothies have hit a rough patch as the anti-sugar lobby continues to grab headlines…
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Category ReportJuices and smoothies category report 2014
Despite some sensationalist recent headlines, juices & smoothies are actually performing better than a year ago…
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Category ReportPizza category report 2014
We Brits love pizza. A whopping 83% of us buy bake-at-home pizza and the market has grown 4.2% to £867m in the past year…
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Category ReportReady Meals and Microwaveable category report 2014
The horsemeat scandal had a devastating impact on the ready meal category. How has it fared since then?
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Category ReportReady 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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Category ReportFocus on Pizza: New heights for pizza
Chilled pizza is on a roll. Frozen own label is also thriving… so why are frozen brands out in the cold?…
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Category ReportNorthern Dough Co latches on to hit DIY trend
We’ve all dreamed of spinning a pizza base above our heads…
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Category ReportE-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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Category ReportTobacco 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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Category ReportE-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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Category ReportTobacco 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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Category ReportBrazil 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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Category ReportIs 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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Category ReportFocus 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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Category ReportFocus 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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Category ReportFocus 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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Category ReportThe 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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Category ReportFocus 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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Category ReportAre 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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Category ReportAllergy-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.