All articles by Rob Brown – Page 14
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Category ReportThe new face of beauty & suncare? Suncare category report 2017
As own-label beauty & suncare wins share, brand NPD is aiming for those ‘of a certain age’
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Comment & OpinionJack Daniel’s entry to cider is a landmark move. As a long as it hasn’t done a Magners
Jack is back. And this time he’s dressed up as a cider.
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Analysis & FeaturesBritain's Biggest Brands 2017: The Brexit issue - video
A special video preview of The Grocer’s mammoth in-depth report on Britain’s Biggest brands 2017
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat do Britain’s Biggest Brands stand for in 2017?
I’m not sure who would be most offended, Johnny Rotten or Nigel Farage
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NewsRed Bull flies high as full-sugar sales surge
Despite a health backlash against the white stuff, sugary pop is still powering huge growth for some of Britain’s top soft
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NewsFairtrade appeal broadens as Mars bars drive growth
Fairtrade food & drink is no longer the sole preserve of the well-heeled, The Grocer can reveal
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NewsDolmio sales slump after brand's sugar and salt warning
Britain’s biggest cooking sauce brand’s sales fell 7.7% to £113.9m last year
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Comment & OpinionRevealed: What trainers and peanut butter have in common
Ethical peanut butter maker ups the ante with a sporty tie-up
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NewsAldi's booming babycare sales ignite nappy & wipes price war
Nearly £30m, or 4.6%, has been wiped off the nappies and baby wipes market
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Comment & OpinionTake five: how changes in society are impacting on grocery sales
In the last 10 years we have had the smoking ban in pubs, the rise of remote working, free-from food and abstinence in the young and they are all having an impact on our spending habits …
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NewsIs there life in Coke Life yet?
Reformulation hasn’t boosted sales, and listings and variants have been cut
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NewsAdult soft drinks fizz past £100m as Brits ditch booze
Adult fruit carbonates have surged 12.3% to £101.2m
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Analysis & Features10. Infographic: Which retailers have the biggest slice of free-from?
We’ve teamed up with Kantar to show which retailers are making the most of free from. So who’s growing fastest?
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Analysis & Features7. Who drinks the least - men or women?
We’ve polled 2,000 Brits to settle the argument once and for all. So who is most likely to be teetotal?
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Analysis & Features10. Craft and class: Who shuns mass-produced beer?
Mass production is the antithesis of craft, claim many craft beer brands. But who really cares?
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Analysis & FeaturesHip hops: why UK brewers are flocking to the US West Coast
I’m in Washington State with a bag of pungent green herbs. It stinks to high heaven
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Category ReportSports Nutrition Category Report 2016
Fashion is cyclical. So are concepts of beauty. If one look can be said to have defined the 1990s, it is ‘heroin chic’
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Category ReportSports nutrition category report 2016; the rise of heroine chic
They call them ‘girls with guns’ and through social media they’re creating a new ideal of female beauty
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NewsGin renaissance helps boost spirits sales by nearly £110m
Gin sales have surged 16.1% to £338.3m on volumes up 16.2%, delivering growth worth £47m
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Analysis & FeaturesMaking a killing: what we can learn from Dave’s Killer Bread
Dave’s Killer Bread is causing a stir in the US market. So what can the UK learn from this unashamedly different brand?