Category reports – Page 5
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Category ReportMeet the fast and furious gum challengers
Tyson Fury’s Furocity is one of a wave of fast-growing brands looking to challenge the gum heavyweights. Can they succeed?
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Category ReportConfectionery trends 2024: The sourer the better
What’s behind the latest sour craze in sugar confectionery – and can it buoy a category struggling due to HFSS and cost pressures?
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Category ReportOwn label trends 2024: Time for a spring clean?
Own label innovation is looking dusty, experts argue, as lower prices take priority over excitement. Is it time to take risks again?
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Category ReportBread trends 2024: White bread becomes UPF villain
Sliced white bread has become the symbol of the growing ultra-processed foods debate. What impact has that had on sales? And how are brands fighting back?
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Category ReportSnacking trends 2024: Brands fighting UPF allegations
As concerns about ultra-processed food change shopper habits, snacking brands are underlining their better-for-you credentials
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Category ReportHealthier snacking trends 2024: What nuts and seeds needs
Whitworths is lobbying the government to add dried fruit, nuts & seeds to 5 a day guidance but consumer education is also needed
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Category ReportSoft drinks trends 2024: Soda’s new stars
Soft drinks aisles are increasingly crowded, as a host of smaller brands jostle for space. Who are the challengers?
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Category ReportSoft drinks trends 2024: Does big soda need another makeover?
As volumes sales fall, brands are turning to new looks, limited edition flavours and healthier reformulations to recover momentum
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Category ReportCrisps, nuts & bagged snacks trends 2024: How spicy flavours are dominating
Spicy flavours are taking off in bagged snacks. So, how big can this fiery trend get? And is there still room for traditional tastes?
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Category ReportYoghurt trends 2024: Can adult pouches revive the category?
Yoghurt brands are banking on pouches to drive sales. But can the new format revive the category?
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Category ReportAmbient and canned trends 2024: Hanging in the balance
Brands are weighing up their future as the scales tip in favour of cheaper own-label cans. How can they win back thrifty shoppers?
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Category ReportHealthcare & beauty trends 2024: The new masculine beauty ideal
A generation of men are embracing personal care trends once thought feminine. How are brands catering to them?
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Category ReportPersonal care & beauty trends 2024: Brands fight the ‘dupe’ boom
Beauty brands are losing out to lower priced ‘dupes’ and own label. How can they salvage sales?
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Category ReportLow & No trends 2024: Is alcohol-free the new cool?
Alcohol-free is continuing its upward climb with marketing aimed at trendy, young consumers
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Category ReportBeer & cider trends 2024: The great drinkflation
Duty changes are shaking up beer and cider, leading to a stream of lower-abv innovation. But are shoppers being short-changed?
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Category ReportBBQ trends 2024: Can world food put the bang back in BBQ?
Ahead of summer’s big sporting events, spiced-up, world-inspired BBQ ranges are hitting the aisles to tempt adventure-seeking Brits
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Category ReportSnack bars trends 2024: Will fibre become the ‘new protein’?
Amid growing public attention on gut health and its link to brain function, will fibre be the ‘new protein’ in the snacking world?
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Category ReportDairy drinks trends 2024: All aboard the kefir train
As volumes of flavoured milks lose steam, drinkable yoghurt is chugging ahead – and brands expect to pick up even more speed
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Category ReportDairy drinks trends 2024: Cornering the café crowd
As inflation continues to weigh on shopper wallets, savvy RTD coffee brands are nicking customers from baristas
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Category ReportJuices & smoothies trends 2024: Facing the squeeze
Juices are facing pressure from inflation and sugar concerns. But fresh opportunities lie in health, meal deals and the discounters