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Top products 2025

The Grocer’s Top Products Survey 2025 in association with NIQ ranks the value and volume sales performance of the UK’s top-selling supermarket fmcg brands, covering the biggest food, drink and household categories across the major multiples as well as online retailers, co-ops, off-licenses and independents.

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How the psychology of price hikes has played out on shelves

2025-12-12T13:21:00+00:00By Megan Tatum

The unwelcome return of inflation has prompted a wide range of tactics. How have shoppers responded and what should brands do next?

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