All articles by Rob Brown – Page 10
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Analysis & Features
Personal care: Over the Counter: Top Products 2019
These are the top brands in the Over the Counter category this year
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Analysis & Features
Jams & Spreads: Top Products 2019
These are the top brands in the Jams & Spreads category
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Analysis & Features
Hot Beverages: Top Products 2019
These are the top brands in the Hot Beverages category this year
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Analysis & Features
Bakery & bread: Top Products 2019
These are the top brands in the Bread category this year
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Analysis & Features
Batteries: Top Products 2019
These are the top brands in the Batteries category this year
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Analysis & Features
Baby and Infant Products: Top Products 2019
These are the top brands in the Babycare category this year
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Category Report
A superior serve: adult soft drinks category report 2019
Inspired by craft beer’s transformation, adult soft drinks and mixers are becoming more bespoke, adventurous – and pricey
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Category Report
The cheese limbo: cheese category report 2019
How low can you go? That’s the burning question for cheese players as they fight ever-growing pressures on their margins
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Category Report
Remaking the classics: savoury pastries & meat snacks category report 2019
Revamping old favourites doesn’t always go down well – but in savoury pastries, the spirit of reinvention is sending sales soaring
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Analysis & Features
Algae: can pond slime feed a growing global population?
Easy-to-produce vegan protein made from algae could feed a soaring population – but will consumers go for it?
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Category Report
Not fit for an Italian: pasta & pasta sauces category report 2019
Celeb chef Gino D’Acampo wouldn’t touch the budget pasta on UK shelves: it uses soft wheat, which is against Italian law
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Category Report
No needle required: toiletries & personal care category report 2019
Skincare is taking its lead from plastic surgery with clinical-looking packaging and claims - giving sales a facelift
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Analysis & Features
How environmentally friendly is vegan milk?
Western shoppers are turning to new milks. But are the new players any better for the planet?
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Category Report
Making a meal of it: sports nutrition category report 2019
Consumers of sports nutrition products are no longer just athletes. And shoppers want more than meal replacements
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Category Report
What’s on the cards for cheddar brands? The Dairymen cheddar report 2019
Aldi is now cheddar’s fourth biggest retailer and brands face the axe as own label rises. So how can they avoid a grim future?
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Category Report
Race for power: batteries category report 2019
Duracell is in pole position, but Energizer is hot on its heels. So who can win as batteries face a change in consumer habits?
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Category Report
The cost of convenience: rice & noodles category report 2019
Rice and noodles appeal to shoppers seeking speed and ease, but this desire for convenience is coming at an environmental cost
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Category Report
High-end Halloween: Halloween category report 2019
These days, Halloween is about far more than sugary sweets and screaming kids. Sophisticated grown-up parties are all the rage
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Category Report
Full of, not free from: free-from category report 2019
Today’s free-from products are shouting as much about what they do contain as what they don’t
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Category Report
Scottish spirit: Scotland category report 2019
Distillers are ripping up the rulebook and moving towards gin and rum