Archive of all feature synopis – Page 22

  • roast dinner
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    Focus On Roast Dinners: 18th August

    2018-07-25T09:31:00Z

    Families with young children – the core demographic – are turning their backs on the roast. So how can brands tempt them back?

  • dessert
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    Focus on Desserts: 18th August

    2018-07-18T12:18:00Z

    Why are the young deserting desserts? Desserts may be increasing in value marginally thanks to price rises, but increasingly health-conscious millennial shoppers are fuelling a decline in volume.

  • Rice
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus On Rice and Noodles: 11th August

    2018-07-11T12:52:00Z

    Focus On: Rice & Noodles by Rob Brown and Natalie Brown Download feature synopsis PDF here Publishing: 11th August Online Listicle: 10th August Submissions deadline: 26 July Advertising deadline 26 July The Story Rice pouches are this year’s champions, tempting more shoppers away from dried rice and ...

  • roast chicken
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus on poultry: 4 August

    2018-07-05T12:30:00Z

    So much for consumers eating less but better. Cheaper poultry is winning big as consumer appetite shows no sign of waning

  • breakfast
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus on Breakfast: 4th August

    2018-07-02T15:59:00Z

    Cooked breakfasts are back. But forget the greasy fry-up. Today’s consumers are cooking up concoctions such as scrambled eggs and spinach as health messages hit home. 

  • Halloween
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus on Halloween: 28 July

    2018-06-29T10:08:00Z

    Spooky sells. That was the message from last year’s Halloween, when marketers put big bucks behind limited edition products, above-the-line campaigns and even immersive experiences.

  • Milkman
    Feature Synopsis

    The Dairymen 2018: 15 September

    2018-06-26T15:46:00Z

    The British dairy landscape is undergoing some massive shifts - with everything from the rise of plant-based to the resurgence of doorstep delivery, ongoing consolidation and Brexit creating new challenges but also new opportunities for UK processors and farmers.

  • male grooming
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus on Male Grooming: 28 July

    2018-06-22T10:22:00Z

    After almost stabilising last year, male grooming sales have dipped back into the negative, driven by shoppers who want to spend less and buy less often.

  • cake
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus on Homebaking: 21 July

    2018-06-18T10:59:00Z

    The Instagram generation is falling in love with baking. Over the past year, glossies including Red and Teen Vogue have published lists of the best bakers on Instagram, and the younger consumer is taking note.

  • Fray Bentos Deep Fill
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus on Ambient and Canned: 21 July

    2018-06-11T10:45:00Z

    After years of decline, canned foods have wrestled their way back into tentative growth. However, as one brand redesigned its trademark pie tins because ‘young people can’t open them’, the next generation of shoppers quite literally may not be as open to canned stuff. 

  • functional food
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus on Functional Food and Drink: 7 July

    2018-05-31T10:26:00Z

    It seems like we’re a nation of morning people. In the first half of the day, Brits are tucking into plenty of healthy, functional food and drink such as multi-seed porridge oats, cholesterol-lowering spreads and soya yoghurt. But it seems resolve weakens as the day goes on. 

  • doe health gluten free
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    Focus on Free From: 7 July

    2018-05-17T14:59:00Z

    All aboard the free from bandwagon! The category has enjoyed yet another bumper year, but the category is also being helped along by an increasing number of products making ‘free from’ claims when they are in fact naturally gluten- or dairy-free

  • sandwich
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus on lunchbox: 30 June

    2018-05-17T14:32:00Z

    Are we facing the end of the sandwich? Once a lunchbox staple, the humble sarnie is in continuing decline

  • Bearded hipster drinking from a beer bottle
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    Focus on beer and cider: 23 June

    2018-05-15T10:25:00Z

    As the World Cup approaches, will craft continue to win big?

  • Energy drink choice
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus on Energy Drinks: 16 June

    2018-05-09T14:10:00Z

    A clampdown on sugar, under-16 bans and an increasing wellness agenda. You would expect times to be tough for energy drinks. Yet the sector is still in a buoyant mood. 

  • Butter
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus on Butters and Spreads: 9 June

    2018-05-08T11:38:00Z

    Butter has become the reluctant posterboy for price rises, and budget-conscious consumers are voting with their feet

  • Highland cow Scotland
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    Focus on Scotland: 9 June

    2018-05-02T09:26:00Z

    Scottish food and drink is booming but, amid Brexit and controversy over salmon, can it thrive for another year?

  • olive oil web
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    Focus on oils: 2 June

    2018-05-01T09:38:00Z

    Sunflower oil has returned to growth for the first time in four years. And it’s back with a bang.

  • ice
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus on Frozen Food: 26 May

    2018-04-19T16:00:00Z

    Everyone loves to hear about an underdog coming up trumps. The frozen category has made a Rocky-style turnaround this year, coming out of nowhere to become the new champion of food and drink, with value sales totalling over £6.1bn.

  • supplement
    Feature Synopsis

    Focus On Healthcare and Supplements: 19 May

    2018-04-18T11:37:00Z

    The ageing population is doing wonders for Britain’s healthcare and supplements market, it would seem. As older consumers take an increasing interest in their health, 50 plus multivitamins are steaming ahead to become as the nation’s fastest growing vitamin, worth £15m in their own right.