Mike Watkins news, comment and analysis – Page 17
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NewsBig 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…
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Comment & Opinion
Fuel for thought
The Olympics put a smile on the nation’s face and even the rain held off for the most part. Those factors came together in whatever the opposite is of a perfect storm (a sunny day, presumably) to help UK grocers notch up their best month in a long time…
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda price helps retailer win the nation's heart
After snaring the title of Britain’s favourite supermarket for six years on the trot, Tesco was usurped by Asda last year for the first time since 2004.
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NewsJubilee cheers retailers in rainy May
The Diamond Jubilee has given retailers a much-needed shot in the arm, with sales soaring by more than 12% compared to the equivalent period last year.
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NewsBest of British? Just 44 of top 150 brands now UK-owned
Of Britain’s 150 Biggest Grocery Brands, just 44 are now UK-owned, exclusive data from The Grocer can reveal.
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RankingsTop Products Survey 2011: Heroes and Hurdles
What will be the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games? A bucketload of medals would clearly lift the spirits
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NewsPromotions hit record 40% of all supermarket sales
The supermarkets’ reliance on promotions to shift volume has reached a new high. Data from Neilsen shows 40% of all sales came from items on promotion – a record for the sector.
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Comment & Opinion
Nice weather for ducks
After last week’s gloomy news from the high street and a Budget that gave little cause for optimism to voters in our current weekly poll, today brought a raft of further statistical evidence proving what we already knew.
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Comment & OpinionRunning to stand still
Two sets of data arrived in The Grocer’s inbox this afternoon.
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Class wars: the battle for own-label
Cheap is nasty. The new battle in own label is all about quality, and supermarkets are upping their game with new ranges and reformulations. Beth Phillips reports
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NewsGrowth at mults picking up, finds Nielsen
Sales growth at the UK’s largest supermarkets has hit its highest rate yet in 2010, new figures suggest.
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NewsMults’ growth at slowest since 2007
Falling food inflation meant growth across the major multiples has slowed to its lowest level since 2007, according to new data from Nielsen.
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‘Discounter boom isn’t over – it’s just begun’
The discounter boom is far from over, delegates at The Grocer's first Discounters Conference were told this week. Although the discounters' growth had slowed dramatically over the past year, they were still growing at a faster rate than...
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Aldi’s sales confirm ‘end of age of rapid discounter growth’
Aldi has experienced phenomenal growth in the recession, but exclusive Nielsen figures reveal its growth has slowed to as little as 3.3%.Year-on-year the numbers still look good with sales growing at 35% in the 12 months to 5 September....
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NewsGrowth of budget own-label slowing after recession boom
While organic and premium sales have foundered of late, the big four supermarkets’ budget own-label lines have been flying off the shelves, sales growing at more than 35% year-on-year at their peak.
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Promotions by brands keep own label at bay
Consumers are sticking to brands in the recession despite the best efforts of own-label, which is actually losing market share, Nielsen data shown exclusively to The Grocer reveals.At the start of the year, own label food accounted for 48.2%...
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NewsEssentials success drives new shoppers to Waitrose
The launch of its new Essentials budget range has helped Waitrose capture an extra quarter of a million new shoppers in the past month, new research has found.
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Morrisons ahead of its multiple rivals with sales growth of 7.9%
Morrisons is growing faster than any of its supermarket rivals, new figures from Nielsen showed this week. Sales at the UK’s number four are up 7.9% year-on-year by value, compared with Asda’s 7.4% and Sainsbury's 7.3%. Its market share has...
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Promotional offers hit record with 32% of consumer spend
Promotions accounted for a bigger share of supermarket sales in April than ever before, according to exclusive data from Nielsen.Almost a third (32%) of sales at the big four came from promotional offers in the four weeks to 18 April,...
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Shoppers increase c-store visits and push sales 2.2%
Embattled c-store owners were offered a welcome glimmer of hope this week as Nielsen data seen by The Grocer revealed value sales for the convenience sector were on the up.According to figures for the four weeks to 21 March, value sales rose...