Long reads – Page 172
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Analysis and FeaturesThe hard cell: battery price rises on NPD
Sure, the numbers are flat, but they belie big changes in the batteries market
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Analysis and FeaturesA blinder for beer as cider brands sour
Don’t let the fact that food & drink’s fastest falling brand is a lager (Carlsberg, down £73.6m) fool you
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Analysis and FeaturesBiscuits take a bashing as sales crumble
Brits have reined in spend when it comes to biscuits, with £25.5m wiped off category value
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Analysis and FeaturesCould Brexit end the era of cheap bread?
Prices could be about to change direction, says Warburtons innovation director Darren Littler
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Analysis and FeaturesAs BSM slides is 'Sprexit' on the cards?
It’s time for Sprexit. So said City analysts SocGen in July as they urged Unilever to sell off its struggling spreads
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Analysis and FeaturesHealthy lines steal a bigger slice of cakes
Cake sales have gone soggy. The £30.4m rise we reported a year ago is a distant memory
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Analysis and FeaturesRange resets crush canned branded sales
As canned food’s losses accelerated this year, the sector’s biggest brands piled high and sold cheap
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Analysis and FeaturesCereals miss out on breakfast's rebirth
Breakfast is back! Fewer people are giving their morning meal a miss, we revealed earlier this year
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Analysis and FeaturesAnchor sinks in big cheese spring clean
Retailers have been swinging the axe at their cheese ranges this past year, creating big winners and even bigger losers
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Analysis and FeaturesBrexit and the big fat choccy challenge
There are some big bust-ups bubbling away in confectionery
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Analysis and FeaturesSupers drive £68m surge in makeup
If any sector appears out of the reach of Aldi and Lidl, this is it
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Analysis and FeaturesCan ethics & health claims rescue milk?
The price of milk serves as a barometer for the health of the grocery market, the dairy sector and the wider economy
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Analysis and FeaturesE-cigs surge £30m as new rules looms
The e-cigarette market might not quite be enjoying the stellar growth of a few years ago but it’s up 20%
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Analysis and FeaturesFree-from up as 'lifestylers' clean up diets
A shopper’s decision to dodge dairy, gluten and other potential allergens often has nothing to do with medical need
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Analysis and FeaturesMeat smoked by low prices & cancer link
Bacon was dealt a heavy blow by last year’s WHO report linking processed meats to cancer
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Analysis and FeaturesFrozen goes posh in push to add value
Looking for a sector that has defied the deflation seen in grocery over the past year?
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Analysis and FeaturesPricier fruit drives £175m fresh growth
Supermarkets are still piling it high and selling it cheap
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Analysis and FeaturesBad hair year as haircare slumps £23m
You’d think British locks are losing their lustre. Sales of shampoo, conditioners and styling products have fallen £23.3m
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Analysis and FeaturesCould Brexit end the age of cheap tea?
Brexit is brewing trouble for tea brands. While some predict price hikes, others can only see uncertainty in the tea leaves
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Analysis and FeaturesAircare the only winner in household
Perhaps nowhere has the rise of the discounter stunted value growth more than in the household goods sector