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Spreads: Marmite will hate losing to Rowse Honey
Britain’s going sweet on honey. Rowse, the country’s biggest honey brand, has ousted Marmite from the top…
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Yoghurts: Müller steals top spot back from Danone
Müller’s is back. With Corner making a triumphant return as category leader…
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Confectionery has a sweet and sour year
It’s been a sweet and sour year for sugar…
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Canned Food: Has Beanz? Heinz hit by £16m sales slump
Britain’s off the beans. We’ve forked out £20.8m less on them in the past year than in 2012…
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Biscuits: It's a Rocky road, but Belvita is flying
Britain has well and truly woken up to the concept of biscuits for breakfast…
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Cereals: Brits go potty for porridge with Quaker
Porridges, mueslis and granola ruled the roost in cereals in 2013…
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Tobacco: Tailormades lose share to rolling tobacco
In the world of non-electric cigarettes, hand rolling tobacco (HRT) has once again been the success story of the year….
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Ice cream: lolly sales soar in summer heat, but tubs stand still
Ice cream has been a game of two halves – the hot summer fuelled a boom in handheld, while tubs were left on the (freezer)…
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OTC: Sniffles and coughs help sales flourish
That long, cold winter followed by a blistering summer has given over the counter a much-needed shot in the arm…
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Paper products: Brands lose out in nappy sales stinker
We may have seen a 23% hike in births over the past decade but that hasn’t stopped the nappy market from having a stinker…
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Cheese category experienced 'a bloody difficult year' in 2013
What a difference a year makes. This time last year, the UK’s major cheese brands were celebrating a return to form…
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Oils: Lack of rain in Spain falls mainly on oil
The lack of rainfall last year on the olive groves of Spain decimated the year’s harvest…
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Laundry: Conditioners bring comfort to detergent category
As value and volume sales of detergents drained away, fabric conditioners enjoyed a renaissance…
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Cooking sauces slump as more cook from scratch
Inspired by celeb chefs, more and more of us are cooking from scratch. And it’s hitting cooking sauces hard…
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Table sauces: Value is the new sauce of inspiration
It’s hard to maintain growth in a high-penetration category like table sauces and condiments, but both top brands have man…
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Petfood sales increase sets tails wagging
The dogs had their dinner and the cats got their cream – as sales in the category returned to value and volume growth…
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Savoury pastry sector has pasty look as sales slip 7%
It would be easy to blame the woes of the savoury pastries market on horsegate, but the reality is somewhat more complex…
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Personal care sales cause a bit of a stink
What a whiffy lot we are. Bar soap sales have fallen 4.2% on volumes down 6.9% in the past year…
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Soup brands left out in the cold as own label mops up
There’s been toil and trouble for soup brands in the past year…
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Sports nutrition performance slows as VAT is slapped on
For a category hit by VAT last October, sales of sports nutrition products look surprisingly healthy at first glance…