Long reads – Page 151
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Analysis & FeaturesMeat, fish & poultry: meat gets the chop as sales fall by £71m
Fresh meat has suffered grocery’s biggest loss for the second consecutive year
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Analysis & FeaturesRice, noodles & pasta: rice & noodle players defy low-carb fad
Ask any health blogger, and they’ll tell you carbs should be shunned
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Analysis & FeaturesConfectionery: chocolate in a jam as war on sugar hits
Shrinkflation has a lot to answer for. First thing it does: lowers volumes (they’re down 3.5%)
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Analysis & FeaturesSex care: super sexual revolution as sales rise £5m
There’s a sexual revolution going on in the supers. Combined sales of condoms, lubes and sex devices are up £5m (6.7% )
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Analysis & FeaturesE-cigarettes: sales up in smoke with an £8m tumble
Just a couple of years ago e-cigarettes looked like it could be the Holy Grail for grocers, particularly indies
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Analysis & FeaturesBiscuits: Brexit takes the biscuit as packs shrink
As the pound’s value continues to fall following the Brexit vote, packets of biscuits are shrinking
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Analysis & FeaturesPaper products: nappy sales bottom out as loo roll rises
Paper products are defying inflation as the supers slash prices and put greater emphasis on own label
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Analysis & FeaturesPersonal care: Haircare goes au naturel to recover value
Health has had a powerful influence not only on Brits’ choice of food but also on their selection of haircare products…
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Analysis & FeaturesSugar confectionery: rising prices take edge off candy's crush
Haribo became the first sweet giant to go in for a little shrinkflation
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Analysis & FeaturesJuices & smoothies: Innocent hits the top spot
Britain’s health kick has been both a curse and a blessing for juices & smoothies
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Analysis & FeaturesSoup: Heinz grows share as soup sales go cold
Soup is going cold. Volumes are sinking in both fresh and ambient
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Analysis & FeaturesBaby & infant: babycare hit by big Brexit price spikes
It’s going to take more than the 0.2% dip in the birth rate [OFT] to explain this one away
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Analysis & FeaturesYoghurts & potted desserts: SKU count up as top seven fall
Given that yoghurt & potted dessert sales have dipped, it might be a surprise that SKUs stocked are multiplying
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Analysis & FeaturesDairy: milk back in growth after four-year dip
The soaring price of everything from butter to babyfood and chocolate to cheese leaves little room for doubt
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Analysis & FeaturesSavoury pastries & meat snacks: veggie in vogue
Don’t listen to everything the anti-meat lobby tells you about the rise of veganism and vegetarianism
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Analysis & FeaturesGrooming: soap slips as female skin care soars
Personal grooming is somewhat more fragrant than it was this time last year
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Analysis & FeaturesAlcohol: beer & cider: ABI soars in lager boom
Get stuffed, hipsters! As their thirst for craft ale grows, the rest of the UK is splashing out on lager
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Analysis & FeaturesJams & spreads: spreads in a jam as input costs spiral
Spreads, jams and marmalades came unstuck in 2017 thanks to a combination of increasingly sugar-shy shoppers and Brexit
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Analysis & FeaturesDairy: butter booms in spite of big price spikes
Spreads brands were presented with an open goal this year when a Europe-wide milk fat shortage sent butter prices soaring
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Analysis & FeaturesTobacco: Player's sails past £1bn as smokers quit
Tobacco has struggled to come to terms with the upheaval of the biggest legislative changes ever