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Non-Food Report - The byword for progress
Two launches in quick succession is finally giving Sainsbury’s non-food offer a competitive feel. Rod Addy reports on the latest – the chain’s designer range of wares under the By label
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Non Food Report - Supply the Demand
A mystery shop done exclusively for The Grocer reveals why availability must be the supermarkets’ mantra when it comes to non-food. Liz Hamson reports on our latest analysis of the non-food market
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Non-Food Report - Star Performers
Steve Hemsley turns the spotlight on the fastest growing categories, plus those with bags of potential, in the final monthly report in our series on the non-food grocery market
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Non Food Report: Global Sourcing
The multiples are stepping up global sourcing with teams on the ground. But countries with the lowest costs top the agenda, particularly China, as Helen Gregory reports
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Non Food Report: Toys
Supermarkets are getting in on the potentially lucrative toy market. To persuade shoppers to choose them over toy specialists is their biggest challenge, says Steve Hemsley
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The Grocer Salary Survey
Performance-linked bonuses take a hefty slice of grocery’s payrolls as emphasis is put on reward rather than pay. Liz Hamson reports
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Own Label Supplier Survey
It could never be said that own label suppliers have an easy life. Relentlessly squeezed on price, they face the constant threat of being ousted by even cheaper suppliers in the annual gauntlet of internet auctions. Yet as soon as they do pull out all the stops to produce the ...
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The Grocer Top 50 2004
Admired frozen food discounter Farmfoods now heads The Grocer Top 50 Sean McAllister reports on the updated ranking for 2004
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Food Service Report
By 2010 retail food stores and foodservice operators will be one and the same.The era of women as shopping and cooking mules is over.” While some may disagree with the timescale stated by David Hughes,professor of agribusiness and food marketing at Imperial College London,few doubt the boundaries between food retail ...
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Tobacco Supplement
No product category is bogged down in politics quite as much as tobacco. Marketing teams in other sectors can play about with advertising and packaging designs to their hearts’ content,but tobacco firms find that Brussels or Westminster frequently have as big a part to play in how their product reaches ...
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The Dairymen
The dairy industry ought to be the very picture of stability, based as it is on staples of the diet. But the past year has been one of the most difficult for more than a decade. Why? Michael Bessey gives some answers, and outlines the general outlook for British players
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Ethnic Foods
Hot and spicy flavours from India, the Far East and the Americas are now such a popular and integral part of the diet, the ethnic food market is on track to reach the £1bn mark. TNS Superpanel’s latest figures put it at £908,295m - and that’s excluding frozen - with ...
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Brandwatch Mintel category report: Hot beverages get a cold
The market for hot beverages suffered a significant decline over the last decade. Household consumption of tea and other hot beverages fell by 30% in the case of tea and 17% for coffee, while consumption of hot chocolate and branded food drinks has...
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Brandwatch Mintel category report: Cat food: room for specia
Over the last 15 years, cat ownership in the UK has risen, and dog ownership fallen. While it appears that this trend has now slowed, these changes do indicate a move towards cats as a pet choice, and in 1997, for the first time, the number of...
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Mintel category report: Snacking: positive image is vital
The rise and rise of snacking in tandem with the decline in formal mealtime occasions is well documented. But snacking between meals perhaps has some negative connotations despite its prevalence, and manufacturers need to address this if they wish...
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Brandwatch: Mintel category report: Cakes: snacking opens ne
Total sales of ambient cakes, excluding cake bars, reached £1.37bn in 2000. Despite its maturity and fierce competition from other markets, such as cereal bars and cake bars, the cake market has performed relatively well over the past five years. ...
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Mintel category report: Yogurt: it's not just a dessert...
The yogurt market, although mature, continues to show growth. It increased by 18% between 1995 and 1999 to a value of £623m. In recent years, manufacturer interest has focused upon the luxury/added value end of the sector. This has blurred the...