All Trends articles – Page 45
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Analysis and Features
Why fibre is the latest nutritional trend to hit shelves
The average Brit consumes only 18g of it a day – half the recommended intake. But could that be set to change?
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Comment and Opinion
Using the power of POS to convert non-loyalty customers
supermarkets are using all tools at their disposal to attract and retain more shoppers
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Analysis and Features
Confectionery: the quest for lighter chocolate
The reduced sugar Cadbury’s Dairy Milk is the latest in the long line of NPD targeting the health-conscious consumer. So does this innovation have what it takes to reinvigorate the nation’s love of chocolate?
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News
Lidl reports highest ever footfall levels during World Cup
Saturday 30 June was Lidl’s second busiest day ever
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Analysis and Features
Five Japanese foods targeting the UK market
The Grocer visited last weekend’s Hyper Japan expo in Kensington to pick out the Japanese delicacies looking to hit supermarket shelves
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Rankings
Captain Morgan overhauls Bacardi as Britain's biggest rum brand
Sales across Captain Morgan’s portfolio of rums surged by £7.8m to £123.2m over the past 12 months
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Analysis and Features
Five celebrity-spun functional ingredient trends
A celebrity stamp of approval hasn’t lost its shine in 2018
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Comment and Opinion
Will Instagram’s rise change the way we see food?
No longer confined to image-obsessed millennials, Instagram has now racked up over a billion monthly users
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Analysis and Features
Rum: Can pirates' plonk become the next craft spirit?
Premium dark, aged and golden lines are making consumers see rum in a new light
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Comment and Opinion
The 'Ultra Urban' convenience concept is changing retail
Innovative new retail concepts like Ancoats General Store and Clayton Park Deli are using food to go to appeal to a young, ultra urban crowd, says Steve Parfett
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Analysis and Features
Taking the battle to brands: the new trends in own label
Buoyed by a decline in brand loyalty, the rise of the discounters and a value-focused younger generation, own label share
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Analysis and Features
Who's driving food & drink trends - and how?
The trendsetters leading the way on everything from Yorkshire pudding wraps to the plant-based boom
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Analysis and Features
Convenience stores: A desert for healthy options?
No longer content to be an oasis of fags and booze, c-stores are upping their game in the health stakes. But there is plenty of work left to do
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Comment and Opinion
Collagen coffee and lazy bread: our picks from the PLMA
This year’s PLMA show in Amsterdam was packed full of innovation. Here’s our pick of the most exciting and unusual products
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News
Sales of lower-sugar soft drinks surge in wake of levy
Volume sales of low and no-sugar variants rose 15% to 12 million litres in the two weeks after 6 April
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Analysis and Features
Five categories driving the frozen food revival
From posh processed poultry to innovative veggie burgers, we list the top products making frozen hot again
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Comment and Opinion
The plant-based food trend is much more than a fad
Now Nestlé wants a piece of the action. Its Garden Gourmet brand launches in Sainsbury’s and Ocado next week
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News
AHDB set to launch £1m Cheeky Beef campaign
Marketing push will launch later this month and target time-short households with a range of 30-minute or less recipes
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Comment and Opinion
Fundamentals of category management, 6: Get some perspective
Insight Traction’s Jeremy Garlick explains the importance of seeking different perspectives on your launches and category ideas, including from industry experts, shoppers - and even “idiots”
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Analysis and Features
Noodles: Can instant pots get a magic makeover?
On-the-go noodles have long been associated with the lower end of the market. Now brands are looking to shake up their bargain-basement image