Long reads – Page 141
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat will 2018 bring for the world of grocery?
We asked 18 industry movers and shakers to look back on an often turbulent 2017 – and to gaze into their crystal balls
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Analysis & FeaturesSeismic deals, almighty spats and triumphant change: review of the year 2017
Whether it’s the ongoing fallout over Brexit, or shock brand culls in the mults – it’s been a year packed with events of epic proportions…
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Analysis & FeaturesWinner announced for Christmas #instorespot competition
This verdict follows a steady stream of submissions on Twitter and via email over the last few weeks
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Analysis & Features10 products that tell the story of what we ate & drank in 2017
From free-range milk to pink gin and on-the-go breakfast pouches, here is our pick of 10 new product launches that sum up the key trends that shaped UK food & grocery in 2017
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Analysis & FeaturesSoft drinks: Carbonated & energy drinks: Coke back in growth as tax looms
The drought has ended for Britain’s (and the world’s) biggest soft drinks brand
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Analysis & FeaturesSoft drinks: bottled water booms while squash dives
Bottled water has been one of grocery’s star performers in recent years
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Analysis & FeaturesChristmas 33 basket reveals soaring cost of traditional fare
Our Christmas basket cost 1.14% more this year at £127.63 compared with £126.19 in 2016
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Analysis & FeaturesPersonal care: Oral care: Brits splash out on pricier lines
If toothpaste and toothbrush makers are smiling about an extra £11.4m in sales, P&G will have the widest grins
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Analysis & FeaturesOils: own-label oil beats brands as prices soar
Oils have seen another year of rampant price rises in the face of exchange rate fluctuations and supply shortages
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Analysis & FeaturesIce cream: up £45m despite wet summer
A good summer has always translated into strong ice cream sales
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Analysis & FeaturesFrozen food: attitudes thaw as prices rise
At last, some good news! Much needed value is being driven into supermarket freezers
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Analysis & FeaturesLaundry: Persil hit by £35m loss as laundry slips
Laundry has been taken to the cleaners this past year, with the supers losing sales to online and discount channels
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Analysis & FeaturesReady meals: sales soar on gourmet NPD
Convenience was king in 2017. Just look at the frozen, chilled and ambient ready meals sector’s combined growth of £117m
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Analysis & FeaturesCheese: cheese gets squeezed as Cheddar falls
Life doesn’t get any easier for cheese brands. The whole category has experienced a contraction of space
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Analysis & FeaturesHousehold: discounters clean up
Own label is wiping the floor with brands in the household sector
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Analysis & FeaturesCakes: brands turn to snacks as cake crumbles
Brits have munched their way through 10.6 million fewer packs of shop-bought cake in the past year
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Analysis & FeaturesBread: brands go posh to see off inflation
At last, some of Britain’s bakers look poised to start making some decent dough again
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Analysis & FeaturesCereals: brand prices rise as cereal slide slows
Britain is “hurtling towards a chaotic breakfast” declared shadow chancellor John McDonnell in October 2016
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Analysis & FeaturesCosmetics: up £20m thanks to pricey NPD
L’Oréal has overtaken Max Factor as the third bestselling cosmetics brand
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Analysis & FeaturesMale grooming: Bulldog bites more off male moisturisers
Male grooming products are looking decidedly unkempt. The market’s major sectors have lost £7.8m