All The Grocer articles in 28 July 2012
Previous issues.
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NewsThe Grocer Cup
The Grocer Cup is awarded to an individual who has inspired their team to achieve exceptional results in the preceding year.
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Category ReportNo plans to stop at soup for Crosse & Blackwell
After changing hands last July, one of Britain’s oldest and most recognisable canned foods brands is to receive a long overdue makeover.
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Category ReportThe exotic canned food trend
Fancy some Giant Bug Chilli Paste on your sandwich? How about a healthy serving of Pork Brains in Milk Gravy?
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Category ReportCanned food suppliers look to build health cred
Consumers are attracted to canned goods for a number of reasons - but it’s fair to say that health has not, traditionally, been one.
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Category ReportCanned goods: Kantar Worldpanel data
Canned goods growth has accelerated in the past year to 4.2% compared with 1.7% in the previous year
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Category ReportCanned goods: Steeled for battle
Canned goods suppliers used to relish a recession in the same way confectionery suppliers delight in Christmas. Not any more.
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Profiles and QandAsOn a roll with Accrol Papers
Times are tough in toilet paper. Volume sales of Britain’s 10 biggest loo roll brands (including own label) are down 5.4%…
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Category ReportHome baking: Kantar Worldpanel figures
The UK home baking market is currently worth £644.8m, and has grown by 18.2% year-on-year on the back of price…
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Category ReportSymphonyIRI data: Own-label butters show growth
In block butters, own label is winning share at the expense of brands - indeed, five of the top brands have…
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Category ReportSuppliers hoping the Jubilee spirit catches on
In the US, almost any occasion is an excuse to bake, with major sales uplifts at Thanksgiving, Independence Day…
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Category ReportCould men help to grow the baking market?
Home baking might not sound particularly macho. Men mow the lawn, or clean the car, but they don’t bake, do they?
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Category ReportAnyone for pies or cakes... on a stick?
Who fancies chicken layer cake, shot with a hubba bubba heart and a dollop of hamburger cream on a stick?
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Category ReportBaking sugars and Moshi Monster cake kits
This new range is the first in the sector to explicitly target home bakers, specifically those lacking experience and confidence.
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Category ReportHome baking: Selling like hot cakes
Home baking is hot. In the past five years, the market has almost doubled in size from £376m to £645m…
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NewsWas it the sun or Sunday's longer opening times?
Sunday trading laws were relaxed for the first time last weekend, ready for the Olympics, but long-awaited sunshine looks to have…
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NewsPlayers blast Health Lottery move to cut prizes
The Health Lottery has defended the reduction of its prize payouts for players who match three or four balls.
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Analysis and FeaturesWould it be Dotty to drop Every Little Helps?
With a hot new ad agency, what can Tesco do to turn its fortunes around? Could it drop its famous strapline?
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Category ReportOnes to watch: canned goods
Pie brand Fray Bentos is set to break out of pastry - into ambient soups
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NewsSales of low-abv wine drinks up 135% at Asda
Sales of low-alcohol wine at Asda have rocketed over the past year - thanks to a massive range extension.
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Comment and Opinion
Tales of Titania: Sunshine, Stacey Solomon and pizza love
I’m blissed out on sunshine. Not, alas, in a strappy-sundress-lying-down-in-the-park sort of way.