Laura Evans
Laura is acting special reports editor, handling weekly Focus On reports and annual rankings including Britain's 100 Biggest Brands and the 2012 Top Products Survey.
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Category ReportSoup: Own label on top as soup war heats up
The big story in soup this year has been the battle of the brands versus own label…
- Category Report
Table sauces - Some like it hot, but sales run a tad cold
Britain, it seems, is well and truly off the sauce…
- Category Report
Rice, pasta & noodles - Pot snacks give brands instant win
On most people’s lists of cheap, filling foodstuffs, rice, pasta and noodles would probably feature…
- Category Report
Oils: Oils struggle to kick deal dependency
It’s hard to think of a more commoditised market than oils – and for yet another year the category has suffered…
- Category Report
Laundry: New formats winning out once again
After a blip last year, when consumers’ long-term migration to gels and liquids was suspended…
- Category Report
James & spreads: Jams stuck in reverse as spreads shine
Fewer and fewer consumers, it seems, want jam today…
- Category Report
Cereals: Pot of gold? It's all about the deskfast
With more and more breakfasts eaten at work or even in transit…
- Category Report
Cakes: Cake brands fail to rise to the occasion
Another year, another slightly stale performance in the cakes sector…
- Category Report
Bread: Sliced sales suffer as new formats fly
Daily bread? Not so much. As the long-term fall in consumption continues, there’s no relief for sliced loaves…
- Analysis & Features
A great year for sport. A washout for grocery...
Exhilarating highs. Crashing lows. With the Jubilee and Olympics on the cards, everyone expected 2012 to be a year of extremes…
- News
Big brands feel the pinch as shoppers buy fewer staples
Shoppers are cutting back on staple products, including bread, tea, fruit juice, cheese, pasta and breakfast cereals…
- News
Ye Olde Oak to rival Peperami with peperoni snack line
Ye Olde Oak will go head-to-head with Peperami next year when it rolls out a snacking peperoni….
- News
Tesco axes New Covent Garden soups
New Covent Garden Soup Co has been delisted by Tesco – a year after the retailer launched its own chilled soup brand.
- Analysis & Features
What's new in the global food marketplace? The sights at Sial
Sial 2012 took place in Paris this week. Here’s our pick of the most interesting products and stands.
- Comment & Opinion
Turning up the Turbo Tango
You couldn’t ask for a better demonstration of Turbo Tango’s USP.
- News
Hungarian Selfish Trout scoops Sial d'Or innovation prize
A Hungarian seafood product has scooped the prestigious international Sial d’Or award for commercially successful…
- Comment & Opinion
Belvita urging Brits to resist the cookie jar?
The advent of so-called breakfast biscuits has been one of the outstanding successes of recent years.
- News
Breakfast biscuits higher in satfat than a Hobnob
Breakfast biscuits contain more saturated fat - and less fibre - than McVitie’s Hobnobs, research by The Grocer has revealed.
- News
UK biscuit brands feel full force of economic crunch
Sales of 14 of the UK’s top 20 biscuit brands - including Hobnobs, Jaffa Cakes and Kit Kat - have dipped as shoppers trade down to own label and retailers pull back on multibuys.
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Mad Men-inspired whisky boom falters
The ‘Mad Men Effect’ that boosted whisky sales last year may be on the rocks…
