Category reports – Page 49
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Category Report
The Top 50 Independents
A record 14 indie forecourts featured in this year’s ranking, with their combined sales rising 19% to £2.9bn
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Category Report
Focus on Ready Meals
Ready meals have bounced back from Horsegate – and they’ve come back posher. So where does that leave the telly dinner?…
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IFE category report 2015
Hard on the heels of last summer’s Brazilian World Cups, brands from Brazil and its Latin American neighbours will have their strongest ever presence at IFE this year
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Focus on Toys
Licensed and pocket money lines are driving growth as supermarkets prove they aren’t toying around…
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Toys category report 2015
Everything is awesome in toyland, as the upbeat song from The Lego Movie chimes. Things are pretty good in the supermarkets as well.
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Focus on Ice Cream
Growth in ice cream has struggled after last summer failed to live up to the scorcher of 2013…
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Ice Cream category report 2015
A cold wind is blowing across the ice cream category. Although value sales have risen, volumes have barely squeaked up.
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Focus on: Juices & Smoothies
With the government under pressure to regulate juices & smoothies, can the brands cut sugar content by dangling a carrot?…
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Juices & Smoothies category report 2015
As suppliers try to cut sugar intake by dangling a carrot in front of our noses, calls are growing for the government to strike with its regulatory stick
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Ready meals category report 2015
Value growing ahead of volume reflects the success of pricier, premium and predominantly chilled products
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Pizza category report 2015
The force is strong with pizza. In 2014, sales grew 4.2% to £899.1m on volumes up 2.6%
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Focus on Pizza 2015
Pizza has grown strongly this year, taking on takeaways despite a lack of advertising and licensing
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Category Report
The Big 30 wholesalers
The sector has been buoyed by both the continued growth of the convenience sector
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E-cigarettes category report 2015
Now should be the perfect time for electronic cigarettes to start making serious inroads
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Focus on e-cigarettes
With storm clouds gathering for the tobacco sector, and the display ban coming fully into effect in April…
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Tobacco category report 2015
The age of cigarette endorsements from doctors and the glitterati couldn’t seem more distant
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Focus on tobacco 2015
The age of cigarette endorsements from doctors and the glitterati couldn’t seem more distant
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Cooking sauces category report 2015
Households are getting smaller. More of us are cooking from scratch. The discounters are moving in.
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Focus on cooking sauces
With discounters marching on cooking sauces, brands are under fire. Now Fred and friends have come out fighting…
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