All The Grocer articles in 16 December 2017 – Page 3
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Analysis and Features
Cereals: brand prices rise as cereal slide slows
Britain is “hurtling towards a chaotic breakfast” declared shadow chancellor John McDonnell in October 2016
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Cosmetics: up £20m thanks to pricey NPD
L’Oréal has overtaken Max Factor as the third bestselling cosmetics brand
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Petcare: prices rise as owners seek posh petfood
A new phrase was coined in 2017: ‘pet parents’ – those who treat their ‘fur babies’ as if they were human
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Male grooming: Bulldog bites more off male moisturisers
Male grooming products are looking decidedly unkempt. The market’s major sectors have lost £7.8m
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Sauces: Table: Seriously good sales for Heinz in mayo boom
In the year sales of mayo overtook ketchup for the first time, there have been big changes at the edge of dinner plates
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Batteries: sales surge as kit goes hi-tech
Grocery battery sales have been electrified this past year thanks to the growth in specialist hi-tech electronics
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Alcohol: Spirits & RTDs: spirits surge by £150m as prices grow
Spirits surge by £150m as prices grow
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Bagged snacks: Pringles miss out on £66m snacks surge
It’s good to share. The bagged snacks category has added an extra £66.6m
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Alcohol: Wine: plummeting pound hurts cheap plonk
Wine brands sour as own label surges
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Over the counter: branded OTC over a barrel as sales slip
There are chill winds blowing through OTC remedies right now
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Sauces: Cooking: scratch cooks can standard jarred sauces
Pass the passata. Brits are ditching jars and returning to scratch cooking
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Canned goods: canned price spikes drive own label up
Once lost in deflation, canned food has had some much needed value pumped back into it
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Hot beverages: higher prices put tea back in the black
Tea has returned to value growth for the first time in this report since 2011
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Free-from: sales of free-from close in on £1bn mark
Six years since Gwyneth Paltrow declared she was going gluten-free and dairy-free, the free-from trend has snowballed
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Fruit & veg: fresh fruit in the limelight as sales surge
Brits are going bananas for fresh fruit. Sales are up by £176.4m (3.8%), the greatest gain in this report
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Meat, fish & poultry: meat gets the chop as sales fall by £71m
Fresh meat has suffered grocery’s biggest loss for the second consecutive year
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Rice, noodles & pasta: rice & noodle players defy low-carb fad
Ask any health blogger, and they’ll tell you carbs should be shunned
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Confectionery: chocolate in a jam as war on sugar hits
Shrinkflation has a lot to answer for. First thing it does: lowers volumes (they’re down 3.5%)
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Sex care: super sexual revolution as sales rise £5m
There’s a sexual revolution going on in the supers. Combined sales of condoms, lubes and sex devices are up £5m (6.7% )
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E-cigarettes: sales up in smoke with an £8m tumble
Just a couple of years ago e-cigarettes looked like it could be the Holy Grail for grocers, particularly indies