All The Grocer articles in 18 March 2017 – Page 4
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Analysis & Features7. Down the can: £142m wiped off sales since 2013
Value sales of canned goods have fallen by 6.1% over the past four years but how does this compare with grocery’s other ambient categories? Kantar crunches the numbers…
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Analysis & Features6. Infographic: who eats the most canned food?
We quizzed the nation, with the help of Harris Interactive, to find out what their favourite canned food is and who eats the most. Find out here…
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Analysis & Features8. Canned plays to its health credentials
With consumers’ opinions of canned goods waning, the market’s biggest players are keen to show off their health credentials. Here’s how they’re doing it
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Analysis & Features9. Analyst: Aldi and Lidl add £13m to canned sector
Own label is storming ahead in canned goods. We quiz Kantar analyst Will Sohler to find out what part the discounters have to play in this and what, if anything, brands can do to fight back
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Analysis & Features10. Price crunch: canned prices get squeezed 2.4%
Average prices in canned goods have fallen with fish, soup and tomatoes feeling the squeeze. But, with inflation reported elsewhere in grocery, are price rises on the horizon?
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Comment & OpinionPushing Britain’s buttons: online grocery goes patriotic
A ‘buy British’ button would be fantastic news for British producers. It’s not that far-fetched, either
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Analysis & Features5. Scratch cooking whips up £5m growth for tinned toms
Tomatoes defy the downward turn of the overall canned goods market as Brits seek healthier, homemade alternatives to jarred sauces
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NewsEfficiencies and weak pound boost earnings at Moy Park
Northern Irish poultry producer Moy Park has reported a four-fold increase in pre-tax profit despite the “economic turbulence” and “uncertainty” resulting from Brexit.
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Analysis & Features4. Can brands convince young Brits canned is cool?
Exclusive consumer research for The Grocer shows younger generations’ views of canned foods are worsening. So, what can brands do to entice them?
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Analysis & Features3. Creative challenge: will self-heating cans ever be red hot?
Self-heating cans haven’t really taken off in the UK. We’ve tasked creative agency PSONA with changing that. Here’s what they came up with…
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Analysis & Features1. Why canned food must lift the lid on modern NPD - video
In this video summary, we take a look at the performance of the multi-billion pound canned goods category. Sales are down 3.1%, so what’s going on?
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Analysis & Features2. New formats dominate our ambient global NPD picks - gallery
Pouches, cartons and even tubs encroach on canned & ambient aisles across the globe, as our top 10 global NPD picks demonstrate. Check out what made the list here…
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NewsNairn’s reformulates snacks as gluten-free
The revamped Astro Bites and Snackers follow the opening of Nairn’s £6.5m facility
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury's warns of competitive pressures as like-for-like sales decline
Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe has warned this morning of “very competitive” market conditions as like-for-like sales fell 0.5% at the supermarket in its fourth quarter, including a 4% slump in the general merchandise division. Plus, logistics firm Wincanton secures five-year contract with discount retail chain Wilko.
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NewsSacla’ brings vegan Bionaturae meat alternative to UK
The range is made with high-protein wheat by-product Mopur
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NewsMedia Bites 16 March: National insurance U-turn, Brexit, inflation, Unilever
The embarrassing climb down by Chancellor Philip Hammond over national insurance hikes for the self-employed dominates coverage this morning, with the papers calling it a Tory U-turn.
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NewsAldi and Lidl defend using lorry drivers to unload trucks
Lorry driver David Janczak-Hogarth claimed the discounters were letting “any Tom, Dick or Harry in the warehouse”
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Analysis & Features30: Heinz Sauces
Heinz took the battle to Hellmann’s in 2016 with the launch of [Seriously] Good Mayonnaise
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Comment & OpinionBreathe new life into bricks & mortar stores
Bricks & mortar retailing is dead. Or that’s what we read. But in the food sector, that’s far from the truth.
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Analysis & Features29: Pringles
Brits lived up to the slogan ‘Once you pop you can’t stop’, scoffing an extra six million tubes over the past year