All Top Products articles – Page 23
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NewsNew year fightback plan as war on sugar hits fruit juice sales
Fruit juice companies are set to launch a major fightback against attacks from the health lobby…
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NewsCoca-Cola Life hits the spot with Pepsi Max drinkers
New data has revealed the biggest source of customers for Coca-Cola Life have been Pepsi Max drinkers…
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NewsGrocery staples battered in savage supermarket wars
Fruit and veg sales down £450m as supermarket price war rages…
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Analysis & FeaturesJams & spreads: Nutella wins in a slow year
What sugar debate? Spreads seem unscathed by the controversy over Britain’s expanding waistlines…
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Analysis & FeaturesFresh fruit & veg: Lettuce takes greatest hit in veggie war
Fresh produce is a major weapon in the war between the discounters and the major mults, and the damage is plain to see…
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Analysis & FeaturesPetcare: treats fail to halt slide in sales
Not as bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as last year, petcare sales have slipped 0.8% in value on volumes down 3.1%…
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Analysis & FeaturesTobacco: rising duty pushes smokers to economy-brand and RYO
With the spectre of plain packaging looming ever larger and the final piece of the display ban puzzle…
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Analysis & FeaturesPaper products: loo roll goes down the pan in price war
The discounters and online giant Amazon are wiping the floor with the supermarkets when it comes to paper products…
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Analysis & FeaturesE-cigarettes: vaping craze transforms e-cig market
The e-cigarette category is not only one of the most controversial and talked-about categories in grocery right now…
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Analysis & FeaturesLaundry: Comfort flies as sector goes soft on scents
Brits bought 12 million fewer kilos of detergent from the supermarkets in 2014, a fall of 3.6%…
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Analysis & FeaturesSoup: warm weather puts soup out in the cold
Soup is in hot water. A mild winter and hot summer have dragged both value (–7.9%) and volumes (–9%) down…
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Analysis & FeaturesCereals: perfect storm proves a real cereal killer
It’s crunch time for cereals. A perfect storm of deflation, changing consumer habits, the ongoing sugar debate and a lack …
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Analysis & FeaturesIce cream: Champagne celebrations for Magnum
Although temperatures have soared on occasion this year, it’s often been at the wrong time for ice cream consumption…
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Analysis & FeaturesConfectionery: Kinder Magic trumps even CDM's strong growth in confectionery as chocolate sales divide
Mars and Nestlé execs could be excused for feeling a little bitter at the success of their rivals in 2014…
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Analysis & FeaturesReady meals: Horsegate still haunts the category
Almost two years on from the first discovery, and ready meals are still haunted by Horsegate…
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Analysis & FeaturesOTC: flu remedies catch a cold in mild winter
It’s not just the kids who will be praying for a white Christmas this year…
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Analysis & FeaturesGrooming: discounters are groomed for personal care success
Supermarket sales of grooming products are on a slippery slope, with volumes sliding…
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Analysis & FeaturesSex care: sales of condoms and lubes grow, but toy sales fall
Size matters in sexcare… pack sizes, that is. Supermarket condom sales have surged…
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Analysis & FeaturesCanned goods: NPD winning for John West and Princes
Shoppers gave canned goods the cold shoulder in 2014…
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Analysis & FeaturesConfectionery: sweets dodge bullets in the war on sugar
For a category directly in the firing line of the war against sugar, confectionery is looking surprisingly unscathed…