Category reports – Page 85
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Category ReportBeers over 7.5% blamed for problem drinking
When duty breaks for beers below 2.8% abv were announced last October, the fact that beers over 7.5% abv would be required to pay more duty attracted relatively little attention.
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Category ReportToys and collectibles: no longer just child's play
Next time you see a lone 40-year-old man hanging around the toy aisle, don’t be too quick to alert security.
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Category ReportImproving picture for frozen foods
After years of false starts and missed opportunities, are we finally entering a new ice age?
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Category ReportGreat year for great Scots food
Dark clouds are hovering over the Scottish food and drink industry at the moment.
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Category ReportPower List 2012
In drawing up this year’s Power List we’ve weighed up everything from market clout to reputation, media attention and influence - on not just their own businesses, but the industry as a whole.
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Category ReportGrocery Retail Structure 2012
The convenience sector is in growth for the first time in a decade, but it’s supermarket chains and symbol groups that are driving it.
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Category ReportOILS: Oils squeezed by pressure of promotions
The biggest brands in cooking oils individually continue to chalk up strong growth…
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Category ReportMeat & Fish Supplement 2012
The big players in meat snacks are in doldrums, but smaller players are growing strongly. Plus the EU’s…
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Category ReportTop 50 Independents 2012
As the Top 50 independents mark a solid year, MBOs are increasingly in vogue, with Iceland’s Malcolm Walker setting the pace as he looks to take control.
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Category ReportEau what an opportunity for bottled water!
Could 2012 be the year bottled water stops being a nice to have and becomes a need to have?
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Category ReportBritain's Biggest Grocery Brands
Does it really matter that so many of Britain’s 150 Biggest Grocery Brands are no longer British owned?
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Category ReportCooking sauces let rip
Cooking sauces - by their very nature convenient - got more convenient yet in 2011.
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Category ReportBig 30 Wholesalers
With fuel and commodity costs still going up, wholsalers are feeling the heat. Can diversification keep heads off the block?
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Category ReportTop Products Survey 2011
As the UK prepares to host the Olympics, sports and energy drinks are powering ahead. But the market as a whole faces significant hurdles.
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ICE CREAM: A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an Enigma
The ice cream category has been a bit of an enigma this year. Or should that be an Enigma?
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Category ReportBREAD: Sliced white left behind as variety & health win out
While it’s unlikely anyone will take Warburtons’ top spot in the bread brands chart in the foreseeable future
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Category ReportTOBACCO: NPD fails to stub out drift to cut-price cigarettes
A 1.5 billion fall in the number of cigarettes smoked in the UK seems to point to the government having success
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Category ReportALCOHOLIC DRINKS: As duty ups value sales, cider steals volume victory
Stella Cidre exploded on to the market this year - in more ways than one, thanks to a yeast contamination that caused a small number of bottles to burst.
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Category ReportSOUP: Soup's up thanks to classic cans and fresh arrivals
Some inspired launches this year resulted in shoppers stocking up on more soup, more often, helping…