All articles by Rob Brown – Page 21
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Analysis & FeaturesEaster is cracked: eggs sales serve up £44m in growth
Confectioners have cracked the Easter egg market, with growth equivalent to approximately 55 million extra medium-sized shell Easter eggs.
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Analysis & FeaturesSelling confectionery: how to stand out from the crowd
Merchandising matters. We might be buying more chocolate and sweets online, but the impulse channel still accounted for £3.3bn in confectionery sales in the past year.
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RankingsBritain's 100 Biggest Alcohol Brands 2014
Our 2014 survey of Britain’s Biggest Alcohol Brands shows we are drinking more and paying more for the pleasure. But is the value and volume turnaround sustainable, or was it just generated by 2013’s heatwave?
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RankingsBritain's 100 Biggest Alcohol Brands 2014
Britain is hitting the bottle. We’ve spent £400m (5%) more on the UK’s 100 biggest alcohol brands in the off trade…
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NewsBrits pack 76m fewer lunches as economy recovers
More of us are leaving our lunchboxes at home and opting to eat out as the economy recovers…
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NewsBrits turn to poultry as sales of frozen burgers slump
Britain has got through the equivalent of 43.4 million fewer frozen quarter pounders in the past year…
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Category ReportMeat Free category report 2014
It should have been a golden year for meat-free, but things haven’t quite gone to plan.
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Category ReportFocus on Meat Free
In the wake of Horsegate, one might have expected meat-free to flourish, but instead sales are flat. What’s gone wrong?…
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Comment & OpinionHeston Blumenthal, history and histrionic personality disorder
I like Heston Blumenthal. I really do. He’s to thank for one of the best meals I’ve ever had…
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NewsPringles sales soar 15% as years of decline come to an end
Pringles has enjoyed the greatest absolute value gain of any brand in crisps, nuts and snacks over the past year…
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NewsSprite sales suffer slump following reduction in sugar
Sales of Sprite have nosedived since its sugar content was cut by a third, exclusive analysis by The Grocer has revealed…
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Comment & OpinionMasterChef's Gregg Wallace and John Torode must watch weight
WeightWatchers will be pleased. Poster boy Gregg ‘no one eats more cake than me’ Wallace is looking much less wobbly…
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NewsShare a Coke helps No1 brand recover from Olympic misery
Britain’s Biggest Brand looks to World Cup to consolidate its gains after tricky start to 2014…
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RankingsBritain's Biggest Grocery Brands 2014: The list
It’s a cut-throat time for the UK’s leading brands, with own label fighting hard and volumes over a barrel. So which brands are ship shape? And who’s leaking water?
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RankingsBritain's Biggest Brands 2014: The search for growth
You’ll notice a difference between Britain’s Biggest Brands this year and last: a lot of the brands are appreciably bigger…
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NewsTesco meals frozen out more than most in wake of Horsegate
Tesco has been worst hit by the slump in sales of frozen ready meals, the sector at the centre of the horsemeat scandal…
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NewsConsumers remain in dark over Sustainable Palm Oil logo
Consumers are as ignorant of a key sustainable palm oil logo as they were 15 months ago, an exclusive YouGov survey for The Grocer has revealed.
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NewsMarmite toppled in a Top Products year of shake-ups
Marmite has been usurped as Britain’s bestselling spread by Rowse Honey, as The Grocer presents its Top Products Survey.
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Analysis & FeaturesTop Products Survey 2013: Executive Summary report
It’s been a year of polarised priorities, as shoppers seek out both value for money and a little comfort. So who has benef…
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Analysis & FeaturesBiggest value winners in 2013
As part of The Grocer’s Top Products Survey 2013, we round up the biggest brand winners in 2013…