Category reports – Page 60
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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.
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Category ReportShoppers 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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Category ReportFocus 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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Category ReportFocus 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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Category ReportCan the Swiss help save cereal?
As sales of cereals go cold, bircher muesli and granola brands are booming. Why?…
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Category ReportAdded 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 ...
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Category ReportFocus on Babycare: baby boom... what baby boom?
We may be multiplying at the fastest rate since the 1970s but sales in the baby aisle are struggling. Why?…
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Category ReportFocus on Jams & Spreads
Pooh would be proud. For the first time we spent more money on honey than we did jam last year. But honey’s not the only sweet stuff enjoying value and volume growth… Submissions deadline: 2 January
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Category ReportCurd brands cash in on the Mary Berry effect
Curd is having a revival. It may still be the smallest sector in jams, spreads & honey…
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Category ReportFocus on Jams & Spreads: Honey sales surge
Shoppers are returning to the spreads fixture in their droves, with honey booming. Why? How can the buzz continue?…
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Category ReportFocus on Easter
The Easter market has bounced back but shell eggs are struggling. Will sizing them up as luxury adult treats make the difference?
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Category ReportTop Products Survey 2013
The Grocer’s gigantic Top Products Survey 2013 rounds up the year’s fmcg successes, harnessing exclusive data from Nielsen…