Long reads – Page 12
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The UK’s five fastest growing products of 2023
Logan Paul and KSI’s Prime brand shoots into the charts, while Brits made Lost Mary their vaping brand of choice
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The UK’s 10 fastest falling shopping categories
According to NIQ, these are the 10 fastest falling categories by volume sales
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What are the big opportunities and challenges for farm shops in 2024?
Leading industry figures give their views on what the coming year may hold for the farm shop and deli market
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The UK’s 10 shopping categories growing fastest in popularity
Vaping continues its meteoric rises, while the cost of living crisis is reflected in more purchases of ingredients to make home cooking more special
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Five shopping basket staples Brits are falling out of love with
The Grocer’s Top Products survey found these five brands struggling on shelves
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The best launches in every fmcg category for 2023
Each of the categories covered in our Top Products report features a Top Launch – the product most significant to its respective category in 2023
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Household - cleaning 2023: Consumers rein in spend on homecare
As consumers trade down, own label is performing better in all sectors
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Petfood 2023: Pricier pets drive gains for own label
Pet owners trade down as prices soar
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Personal care - beauty 2023: Bargains on beauty lines drive growth
The lipstick effect took on a literal meaning in 2023
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Haircare 2023: Brits commit to treating their hair
Brits splurge on home hair treatments
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Soup 2023: chilled sales back on the boil
Chilled soup brands are hot again. They’re back in volume growth and they’re outperformed own label
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Household - paper products 2023: Rising prices fuel value paper lines
Kitchen roll is up 17.7% and loo roll is up 13.6% in average price
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Bakery & Bread 2023: White sliced benefits from cost-cutting
The death of white sliced bread has been greatly exaggerated. So suggests this year’s performance
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Ice cream 2023: Mackie’s bucking the trend in tubs
Mackie’s has earned the biggest - and almost the only - gain in the sector’s top 15
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Spreads & jams 2023: Pip & Nut is star spreads & jams brand
Nut butter brands have shed volume but Pip & Nut is bucking the trend
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Alcohol - wine 2023: Sparkling wine crashes out of favour
The party’s well and truly over for fizz
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Alcohol - spirits 2023: Premium tipples keep spirits afloat
Cash-conscious drinkers seeking “moments of affordable indulgence – drinking less, but spending more when they do”
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Vaping & tobacco 2023: Controversy can’t prevent ElfBar boom
The continued growth of ElfBar and Lost Mary has come despite their devices being found to contain 50% more than the legal limit of liquid nicotine in independent testing
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Personal care 2023 - health: Sickly Brits drive huge value gains
Sickly Brits boost cold & flu remedies
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Cooking sauces 2023: Sauces and spices heat up for cooks
As home cooking enjoys a resurgence, retailers are vying for a seat at the nation’s dinner tables