All Trends articles – Page 86
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Analysis & Features
Protein-enriched dairy drinks: what growth potential?
Protein drinks are muscling in on the dairy drinks fixture. But what does their rise mean for more traditional competitors?
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Analysis & Features
Milk price war blasts £150m hole in retail revenues
It’s great news for consumers but what’s the impact of the latest price war on the overall health of the milk category?
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Analysis & Features
Dairy cooking NPD driven by Lurpak, Philadelphia, Arla, First Milk
Dairy players are boosting their role in cooking by making it more convenient and promoting more unusual ingredients
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Analysis & Features
Cheesemongers embrace the opportunities of online
Who are the people buying cheese online? And how can retailers connect with them?
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News
Guinness to go beyond stout with craft beer-inspired porters
Diageo is launching a range of craft beers under its Guinness brand…
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Analysis & Features
Fifth of young people eat a tub of ice cream in one sitting
One in five young people regularly eat 500ml tubs of ice cream – five times the recommended serving size – to themselves in one sitting, an exclusive poll for The Grocer has revealed.
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Analysis & Features
Men vs women: the ice cream gender divide - revealed
Men have tucked into ice cream on 52% more occasions in the past year than they did in 2010 - but women still eat more of it.
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Category Report
Focus on Batteries: the buzz is back
After years of value decline, battery sales are up, with Energizer and Panasonic in particular thriving. What’s brought the change?
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Analysis & Features
Are markets making a comeback?
Although supermarkets will forever be the dominant force in grocery retail, markets are enjoying something of a comeback…
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Analysis & Features
How promotional strategies can deliver improved economics
Many fmcg manufacturers are stuck between rising input costs and pressure from retailers for discount pricing…
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Comment & Opinion
Discounters can be rivalled with information and innovation
The modern savvy shopper is concerned about far more than just low prices, especially in the wake of food crises…
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News
Major suppliers line up to back new MyShop indie retailer app
Some of the UK’s biggest fmcg suppliers are backing a new reward scheme aimed at building brand loyalty among indies…
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News
Artificial sweeteners: consumer suspicion on the rise
Consumer attitudes towards artificial sweeteners are hardening – despite the current anti-sugar campaign…
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Analysis & Features
Brands told: don't get caught out with your deal strategy
As the weather has turned colder, has brands’ appetite for featured space cooled off too?
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Analysis & Features
Will railway stations prove a platform for store success?
Waitrose and Morrisons are the latest to add new stores at stations…
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Comment & Opinion
Quality will be the next big trend in food and drink
There’s been so much talk about value-driving. Now I think we will start to see a serious counter-move back to quality…
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Analysis & Features
Food to go doesn't have to mean soggy pastry
There’s plenty of competition, but convenience stores are still managing to turn heads with fancy food-to-go offers…
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Analysis & Features
Craft beer shops: the new-wave offie?
Can the booming interest in craft beer generate enough business to create a new off-licence sector?…
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Comment & Opinion
Aldi and Lidl are far from the plucky underdogs of UK grocery
How big can the discounters get in the UK? That is the £175bn question we are tackling this week…
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News
Tablet take-up soars as Brits embrace new tech
The number of UK households with a tablet device has almost doubled in a year – to 44%, a new study from Ofcom has revealed.