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6. Infographic: who eats the most canned food?
We quizzed the nation, with the help of Harris Interactive, to find out what their favourite canned food is and who eats the most. Find out here…
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7. Down the can: £142m wiped off sales since 2013
Value sales of canned goods have fallen by 6.1% over the past four years but how does this compare with grocery’s other ambient categories? Kantar crunches the numbers…
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7: Pepsi
Pepsi continues to confound bearish predictions for the future of the carbonates category
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8. Canned plays to its health credentials
With consumers’ opinions of canned goods waning, the market’s biggest players are keen to show off their health credentials. Here’s how they’re doing it
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9. Analyst: Aldi and Lidl add £13m to canned sector
Own label is storming ahead in canned goods. We quiz Kantar analyst Will Sohler to find out what part the discounters have to play in this and what, if anything, brands can do to fight back
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10. Price crunch: canned prices get squeezed 2.4%
Average prices in canned goods have fallen with fish, soup and tomatoes feeling the squeeze. But, with inflation reported elsewhere in grocery, are price rises on the horizon?
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10: Andrex
With value being stripped out of the loo roll sector by own label’s ascent, Andrex’s £11.2m growth is to be celebrated
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12: Fairy
P&G has been using its market-leading Fairy brand to drive consumers towards more premium products
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17: Red Bull
Every rule has an exception. The idea that consumers are turning their back on all sugary soft drinks is no different
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18: Cathedral City
Britain’s biggest cheese brand has slumped despite a full relaunch and £4m investment in summer 2016
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21: Arla
Arla’s decision in 2015 to create a masterbrand for many of its dairy products continues to be vindicated
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24: Innocent
Innocent is poised to take the title of top juice & smoothies brand
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27: Heinz Beanz
Consumer desire to spend less money in uncertain times has squeezed the branded baked beans category
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28: Pedigree
The decline in dry food is still dogging Pedigree, down £7.2m in a year in which it shifted 4.1 million (3.7%) fewer units
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Tips for winning business from The Grocer’s Own Label Conference
Expert speakers spill the beans on how to turn own labels into winning brands
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How deep were the supermarket price cuts?
The latest Grocer Price Index signalled an end to the era of supermarket deflation as prices in February rose again on an annual basis after two and a half years of price cuts. But how deep were the cuts?
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A letter to Tesco’s ‘endangered white male’ chairman John Allan
John Allan’s recent comments were intended to be humorous, but as the Tesco chair found to his cost, no one was really laughing and some even called for a boycott of the supermarket
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The Top 50 independents 2017
A new number one. New entry criteria. But still the definitive ranking of the Top 50 independent food & drink retailers
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Imported sugar cane doesn't come cheap
A global sugar deficit has elevated world prices for the commodity “significantly”