All analysis & features articles – Page 261
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Analysis & FeaturesInsolvencies are falling, but for how long?
The number of food and drink companies having to call in the administrators is on the decrease, data from Grant Thornton shows.
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Analysis & Features10 things you need to know about... confectionery
In the first of a major new series of digital features on The Grocer, we lift the lid on the confectionery market. Here are 10 things you absolutely need to know…
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Grocer makes a Marvellous Creation with Cadbury: Video
Mondelez International invited The Grocer along to its R&D kitchens in Bournville to make our own Marvellous Ceation.
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Analysis & FeaturesOnline confectionery sales smash the £100m barrier
Online confectionery sales have passed the £100m mark for the first time, The Grocer can reveal.
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Analysis & FeaturesConfectionery brands on social media: size isn’t everything
Size is important when it comes to a social media following. But it’s not everything.
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Analysis & FeaturesWonka will be missed: our consumer panel speaks out
We’ve put together our very own digital consumer panel, with the help of Watch Me Think, to test four high-profile confectionery launches from the past year…
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Analysis & FeaturesRevealed: one in four binge on chocolate sharing bags
Sharing bags? Pah. More than half of us eat confectionery from packs intended for sharing, according to an exclusive poll for The Grocer
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Analysis & FeaturesGrowth isn’t cheap: confectionery ad spend surges 12.5%
All but two of confectionery’s biggest advertisers have increased spend on traditional ad space in the past year.
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Analysis & FeaturesTop 10 global innovations in confectionery 2014: pictures
From super premium, Reishi mushroom chocolate to boiled sweets containing spinach… here’s our pick of the most interesting recent confectionery launches from around the world.
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Analysis & FeaturesEaster is cracked: eggs sales serve up £44m in growth
Confectioners have cracked the Easter egg market, with growth equivalent to approximately 55 million extra medium-sized shell Easter eggs.
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Analysis & FeaturesSelling confectionery: how to stand out from the crowd
Merchandising matters. We might be buying more chocolate and sweets online, but the impulse channel still accounted for £3.3bn in confectionery sales in the past year.
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Analysis & FeaturesConfectionery's must-know buyers
Any brand looking to win share of this competitive market needs to know their buyers. Here’s a handful of some of the most influential buyers in the industry.
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco: did slow progress on store refresh plan cost Clarke his job?
As a report claims Tesco CEO “had to go” because his store turnaround under-delivered, The Grocer looks at how the wheels came off.
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Analysis & FeaturesDave Lewis at Tesco: how experts see the challenges ahead
The Grocer dubbed him ‘Drastic Dave’ when he axed 300 jobs in 2007 as UK & Ireland chair, and halved the number of SKUs…
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco may find lessons in Carrefour's recovery
French giant sold off international operations and simplified offer…
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Analysis & FeaturesAlmond and walnut prices driven up by drought in US
Some of the most common nuts used in baking have risen sharply in price because of bad weather…
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Analysis & FeaturesThe race to bring the best NPD to market
With brands facing competition from own label, the innovation race is hard fought. So why does so much NPD fail?…
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Analysis & FeaturesUnilever feels the effects of local growth
Unilever pointed to macro-economic pressures in emerging markets, but data suggests local players are eating into the multinationals’ market share
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco shares rise on Clarke departure despite profit warning
Dishearteningly for Philip Clarke, Tesco shares rose on Monday after his departure was announced…
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Analysis & FeaturesFSA delays decision on widensing raw milk availability
A decision on whether to permit the widening of raw drinking milk sales has been delayed by the Food Standards Agency pending further research.