Long reads – Page 74
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Analysis & FeaturesPersonal care: male grooming: Top Products 2020
As men stayed at home this year, their attitude to being clean shaven got even more lax
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Analysis & FeaturesPersonal care: oral care: Top Products 2020
Source: Unsplash Lockdown has played havoc with the nation’s teeth. With less socialising to do, Brits aren’t caring for their chompers like they used to. “New routines were always likely to emerge, and some shoppers did take a more relaxed approach to their standards of personal hygiene,” ...
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Analysis & FeaturesPersonal care: grooming: Top Products 2020
In terms of brands, the biggest winners this year were those with eco credentials
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Analysis & FeaturesPetcare: Top Products 2020
Investment has been rich in petcare despite the continued decline in volume sales
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Analysis & FeaturesReady meals: Top Products 2020
The increase in scratch cooking during lockdown has pushed ready meals into decline
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Analysis & FeaturesRice, noodles and pasta: Top Products 2020
The shift from spuds to other options marks the culmination of the trend towards convenient and exotic food
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Analysis & FeaturesPersonal care: sex care: Top Products 2020
Going out on the pull is a thing of the past, and condom sales have taken a hit
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Analysis & FeaturesSoft drinks: juices & smoothies: Top Products 2020
The category has suffered 2020’s fourth-biggest decline by absolute value: £50.2m
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Analysis & FeaturesSoup: Top Products 2020
Having been in the doldrums last year, the category is in value growth again
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Analysis & FeaturesE-cigarettes: Top Products 2020
Lockdown rules deemed vape stores non-essential, and they were obliged to close for large swathes of 2020
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Analysis & FeaturesDairy: butters & spreads: Can butter keep its gloss next year?
Can butters, spreads and margarine expect another golden year in 2021? Or are hopes for further growth likely to melt away?
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Analysis & FeaturesTobacco: Top Products 2020
As it turned out, the ban on menthol and other flavoured tobacco barely made a dent in the market
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Analysis & FeaturesCanned goods: Top Products 2020
Panicked shoppers swept up so much canned food pre-lockdown that availability stood at just 19% by 15 March
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Analysis & FeaturesDairy: Cheese: Top Products 2020
Brits might be divided over Brexit and coronavirus rules, but they are united in their love of cheese
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Analysis & FeaturesCakes: Top Products report 2020
In a year of home baking and little to celebrate, value went flat
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Analysis & FeaturesDairy: yoghurts & desserts: Top Products 2020
While cheese, milk and butter have all enjoyed laudable gains this year, sales of yoghurt and potted desserts have been disappointing
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Analysis & FeaturesFree-from: Top Products report 2020
Oat milk has grown ahead of soya, lactose-free and nut milks
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Analysis & FeaturesFrozen food: Top Products report 2020
Shoppers have sought to recreate their favourite pub and restaurant grub at home this year, and frozen has benefited
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Analysis & FeaturesHot beverages: Top Products report 2020
Shoppers have splashed out on tea, coffee and hot chocolate this year but it doesn’t touch the heavy losses endured by foodservice
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Analysis & FeaturesHousehold: paper products: Top Products report 2020
It’s the image that defined pre-lockdown panic-buying: a shopper pushing a supermarket trolley brimming with toilet rolls