All Top Products articles – Page 4
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Long reads
Top campaigns 2022: the most influential adverts in food and drink
We've found 50 ads in 50 categories to enjoy
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News
Top Products: vape brand ElfBar is this year’s biggest grower
The Chinese-owned brand – launched in 2018 – increased its sales by £318.4m versus last year
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Long reads
The Grocer Top Products Survey 2022: How can brands stay in focus?
Commodity price hikes, the war in Ukraine and inflation have changed the way Brits shop in the past year, while also piling pressure on suppliers and retailers. Which brands and categories have negotiated the system shock best?
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Analysis and Features
Savoury pastries & meat snacks: NPD keeps pastries & pies fresh
Canny innovation has helped savoury pastries hold their own in the wake of the pandemic
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Analysis and Features
Bakery & bread 2022: Hectic year for bread as value returns
It’s been one heck of a year for bakery. And not just because bread loaves are back in the black
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Analysis and Features
Table sauces and seasonings 2022: Mayo bucks trend of fall in sauce sales
Brits have spent an extra £11.5m on mayo across Hellmann’s and Heinz lines – all of which either kept volume losses to a minimum or shifted more packs
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Analysis and Features
Personal care – oral 2022: Sales to smile about as Brits brush up
Brits have spent an extra £24.8m on toothpaste and toothbrushes in the past year
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Analysis and Features
Dairy – butters & spreads 2022: Spreads slip as lockdowns come to end
If there’s one category that sums up the toll of inflation in grocery, it’s butters and spreads
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Analysis and Features
Dairy – yoghurts & desserts 2022: Protein helps Arla buck fall in volumes
In a category where meaningful growth has been hard to come by, Arla has landed a 26% rise in value
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Analysis and Features
Canned goods 2022: Baked beans fall victim to price spikes
Heinz Beanz became a poster child for inflation’s effects this year
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Analysis and Features
Free-from 2022: Specialist diet brands hit by price squeeze
The success for private label comes as big-name brands register wildly divergent fortunes
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Analysis and Features
Household cleaning 2022: Pandemic cleaning boom ends
While the other six sectors in this report have registered little or no value gains, fabric cleaning products have raked in the cash
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Analysis and Features
Personal care – health and sex 2022: Sniffles drive boom for cold cures
As with facial tissues, a sniffles renaissance has done wonders for sales of cold & flu remedies
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Analysis and Features
Ready meals 2022: Charlie Bigham’s snatches top spot
For the first time, Charlie Bigham’s has outsold Rustlers – and by a considerable margin
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Analysis and Features
Confectionery – chocolate 2022: Easter saves choc in difficult year
Chocolate’s on the skids. Grocers have sold 91.2 million fewer bars, bags and boxes of the stuff in the past year
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Analysis and Features
Frozen food 2022: long-term behavioural shift paying dividends
Under normal circumstances, a £119.8m decline on volumes down 10.7% would spark panic in supplier HQs. But things haven’t been normal for quite some time
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Analysis and Features
Rice, noodles & pasta 2022: Pasta stays firm despite price hikes
Dry pasta has seen the greatest average price jump of any food in Top Products 2022
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Analysis and Features
Petcare 2022: Premium pet products still lead the pack
The UK is a nation of pet lovers, but the cost of living crisis is putting that love to the test
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Analysis and Features
Soup 2022: Brits’ taste for canned soup wanes
Many established names, including Baxters and Campbell’s, have recorded double-digit volume losses
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Analysis and Features
Cooking sauces 2022: sauces find growth ‘hard to come by’
Category volumes have dived 9.9%, with all top 10 brands in decline