Long reads – Page 143
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Analysis and FeaturesPetcare: prices rise as owners seek posh petfood
A new phrase was coined in 2017: ‘pet parents’ – those who treat their ‘fur babies’ as if they were human
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Analysis and FeaturesSauces: Table: Seriously good sales for Heinz in mayo boom
In the year sales of mayo overtook ketchup for the first time, there have been big changes at the edge of dinner plates
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Analysis and FeaturesBatteries: sales surge as kit goes hi-tech
Grocery battery sales have been electrified this past year thanks to the growth in specialist hi-tech electronics
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Analysis and FeaturesAlcohol: Spirits & RTDs: spirits surge by £150m as prices grow
Spirits surge by £150m as prices grow
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Analysis and FeaturesBagged snacks: Pringles miss out on £66m snacks surge
It’s good to share. The bagged snacks category has added an extra £66.6m
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Analysis and FeaturesAlcohol: Wine: plummeting pound hurts cheap plonk
Wine brands sour as own label surges
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Analysis and FeaturesOver the counter: branded OTC over a barrel as sales slip
There are chill winds blowing through OTC remedies right now
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Analysis and FeaturesSauces: Cooking: scratch cooks can standard jarred sauces
Pass the passata. Brits are ditching jars and returning to scratch cooking
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Analysis and FeaturesCanned goods: canned price spikes drive own label up
Once lost in deflation, canned food has had some much needed value pumped back into it
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Analysis and FeaturesHot beverages: higher prices put tea back in the black
Tea has returned to value growth for the first time in this report since 2011
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Analysis and FeaturesFree-from: sales of free-from close in on £1bn mark
Six years since Gwyneth Paltrow declared she was going gluten-free and dairy-free, the free-from trend has snowballed
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Analysis and FeaturesFruit & veg: fresh fruit in the limelight as sales surge
Brits are going bananas for fresh fruit. Sales are up by £176.4m (3.8%), the greatest gain in this report
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Analysis and FeaturesMeat, fish & poultry: meat gets the chop as sales fall by £71m
Fresh meat has suffered grocery’s biggest loss for the second consecutive year
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Analysis and FeaturesRice, noodles & pasta: rice & noodle players defy low-carb fad
Ask any health blogger, and they’ll tell you carbs should be shunned
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Analysis and FeaturesConfectionery: chocolate in a jam as war on sugar hits
Shrinkflation has a lot to answer for. First thing it does: lowers volumes (they’re down 3.5%)
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Analysis and FeaturesSex care: super sexual revolution as sales rise £5m
There’s a sexual revolution going on in the supers. Combined sales of condoms, lubes and sex devices are up £5m (6.7% )
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Analysis and FeaturesE-cigarettes: sales up in smoke with an £8m tumble
Just a couple of years ago e-cigarettes looked like it could be the Holy Grail for grocers, particularly indies
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Analysis and FeaturesBiscuits: Brexit takes the biscuit as packs shrink
As the pound’s value continues to fall following the Brexit vote, packets of biscuits are shrinking
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Analysis and FeaturesPaper products: nappy sales bottom out as loo roll rises
Paper products are defying inflation as the supers slash prices and put greater emphasis on own label
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Analysis and FeaturesPersonal care: Haircare goes au naturel to recover value
Health has had a powerful influence not only on Brits’ choice of food but also on their selection of haircare products…