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71: PG Tips
Unilever’s tea brand (Britain’s biggest) has lost £11.2m, thanks to the decline in sales of black tea
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74: Chicago Town
Chicago Town slipped by £2.3m despite a new TV ad trumpeting the ‘Ultimate Pizza Hit’
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76: Anchor
Cheddar sales dropped like an, er, anchor in 2016 after the brand lost all of its supermarket listings bar Asda
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78: Pizza Express
Pizza Express’ sales increased by almost £200k after its debut in frozen with 11 Artisana products in Iceland
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85: Dettol
Dettol cleaned up with growth of more than £2m after Reckitt Benckiser expanded its fragranced disinfection sprays
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89: Kettle
Covering all bases is a winning strategy for sharing brand Kettle, outperforming the singles market with sales up 11.8%
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1. Why canned food must lift the lid on modern NPD - video
In this video summary, we take a look at the performance of the multi-billion pound canned goods category. Sales are down 3.1%, so what’s going on?
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1: Coca-Cola
Britain’s biggest brand has suffered the year’s third biggest loss, losing a painful £37.2m…
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2. New formats dominate our ambient global NPD picks - gallery
Pouches, cartons and even tubs encroach on canned & ambient aisles across the globe, as our top 10 global NPD picks demonstrate. Check out what made the list here…
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2: Warburtons
The age of cheap bread is ending as British bakers are forced to fork out more for their wheat
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3. Creative challenge: will self-heating cans ever be red hot?
Self-heating cans haven’t really taken off in the UK. We’ve tasked creative agency PSONA with changing that. Here’s what they came up with…
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4. Can brands convince young Brits canned is cool?
Exclusive consumer research for The Grocer shows younger generations’ views of canned foods are worsening. So, what can brands do to entice them?
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5. Scratch cooking whips up £5m growth for tinned toms
Tomatoes defy the downward turn of the overall canned goods market as Brits seek healthier, homemade alternatives to jarred sauces
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5: Birds Eye
The battle for the freezers is hotting up as the supers try to stem losses to discount channels
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6. Infographic: who eats the most canned food?
We quizzed the nation, with the help of Harris Interactive, to find out what their favourite canned food is and who eats the most. Find out here…
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7. Down the can: £142m wiped off sales since 2013
Value sales of canned goods have fallen by 6.1% over the past four years but how does this compare with grocery’s other ambient categories? Kantar crunches the numbers…
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7: Pepsi
Pepsi continues to confound bearish predictions for the future of the carbonates category
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8. Canned plays to its health credentials
With consumers’ opinions of canned goods waning, the market’s biggest players are keen to show off their health credentials. Here’s how they’re doing it
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9. Analyst: Aldi and Lidl add £13m to canned sector
Own label is storming ahead in canned goods. We quiz Kantar analyst Will Sohler to find out what part the discounters have to play in this and what, if anything, brands can do to fight back
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10. Price crunch: canned prices get squeezed 2.4%
Average prices in canned goods have fallen with fish, soup and tomatoes feeling the squeeze. But, with inflation reported elsewhere in grocery, are price rises on the horizon?