All articles by Rob Brown – Page 12
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Category Report
Plant powered: sports nutrition category report 2018
The market is awash with vegan NPD, extolling the health and environmental virtues of a plant-based diet
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Category Report
The great dairy space race: The Dairymen drinks report 2018
The race is on to claim valuable space in the chillers at the front of Britain’s c-stores and supermarkets
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The importance of being earnest: The Dairymen yoghurt report 2018
Sales of own-label yoghurt have passed the £1bn mark in the past year. That represents growth of more than £100m since 2016
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Mashing spuds: rice & noodles category report 2018
As Brits fall out of love with potatoes, sales of rice & noodles are booming
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Creepy chic: Halloween category report 2018
Hip young things are spending growing amounts on dressing to kill at ghoulish gatherings every October - and fmcg wants in on the action.
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A new lease of life: ambient & canned goods report 2018
Early signs of recovery are starting to show. Over the past year, sales have shot up 2.7% to £2,303.5m
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Craft revolution? Bread & baked goods category report 2018
It seems shoppers are eschewing mass-produced sliced bread in favour of something more artisanal
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Up in the air: crisps, nuts & snacks category report 2018
The sector’s NPD pipeline resembles a conveyor belt dialled up to 11, rattling out weird and wonderful new products at a blistering rate
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Category Report
Playing the game: Soft Drinks Category Report 2018
You’d expect the taxman to have lost a few friends last week when he began levying as much as 24p for every litre of sugar
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Analysis & Features
16 innovative new soft drinks coming to supermarkets
This isn’t just a new flavour variant, says Vita Coco. It’s a whole new category for the brand
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News
How Brexit is shaking up the grocery price landscape
The clearest picture yet of how Brexit is changing the way Britain eats, drinks and shops is revealed in our Top Products 2017 survey
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News
Price disputes see booze brands suffer year's biggest losses
Hardys Wine suffered the greatest loss of any food or drink product in The Grocer’s 2017 Top Products report
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News
UK winning war on sugar as industry responds on health
The war on sugar is working, exclusive analysis by The Grocer reveals
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News
Mayonnaise passes ketchup to become top sauce in the UK
Mayonnaise has stolen ketchup’s crown as Britain’s bestselling sauce
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Comment & Opinion
Why ketchup needs craft more than it needs Kraft
Ketchup’s biggest brand is to thank for most of mayo’s £10m growth
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Analysis & Features
A lost generation: How to bring the young back to breakfast
The hunt is on for breakfast’s lost generation: millennials. And we’ve unearthed new evidence that might help bring them back to the breakfast table.
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Category Report
Will an ageing nation recharge sales? Batteries report 2017
Could the boom in at-home medical devices such as blood pressure and glucose monitors boost flattening battery sales?
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Analysis & Features
Revealed: How free-from sales surged by a whopping £230m
Brits have forked out an extra £230m on free-from food & drink in the past year. That’s a rise of more than 40%. Here we reveal the retailers and brands driving growth and how they’re doing it. Cut yourself a slice here!
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Comment & Opinion
Ambient grocery needs a fresh approach to in-store marketing
Rice & noodles brands are the latest to be engaged in a vicious cat & mouse game with own label. Here’s how they can fight back and reclaim the aisles …
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Comment & Opinion
Bread is a barometer for Brexit Britain. And it is getting more expensive
So much for cheap food prices post Brexit … be prepared for less bread for your dough is the message coming out across the grocery industry