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The OC&C/Grocer Global 50 report is the definitive report on the fortunes of world’s largest fmcg companies. See below for in-depth analysis on the performance globe’s biggest consumer goods suppliers, the challenges they are facing and how they are attempting to overcome flatlining global growth
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Comment and OpinionFood and drink supplier profit margins below 4%? Now that’s unsustainable
The Grocer OC&C 150 charts an alarming decline in food and drink profit margins
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Analysis and FeaturesHow Britain’s 150 biggest food and drink suppliers are faring
Big or small, own-label or branded, the UK’s food and drink suppliers are struggling to balance cost inflation recovery with volume and share, finds the OC&C 150 report
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Analysis and FeaturesFmcg’s global giants see record growth in OC&C Global 50 report
The world’s largest consumer goods companies surged to their highest growth in a decade last year, driven by soaring prices and solid sales volumes
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Analysis and FeaturesHow the Global 50 largest fmcg companies are turning defence into attack
The world’s fmcg giants have soaked up plenty of pressure, and are looking to go back on the attack. Can they prosper in the post-Covid environment?
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ReportsOC&C 150 supplier rankings 2022: How to get M&A deals flowing again
The post-Covid recovery in dealflows in 2021 saw Top 150 M&A volumes jump to 24 from just 13 in the previous year
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ReportsOC&C 150 supplier rankings 2022: Opportunities remain in exports
Despite the strong growth in post-Covid domestic sales, the Top 150’s international sales outstripped UK growth
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ReportsFive top performers in the OC&C 150 supplier rankings
The world’s largest food group grew its UK business last year
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Long readsThe Big Squeeze: OC&C 150 supplier rankings 2022
Britain’s biggest suppliers are already squeezed by soaring inflation. Now with tax rises and a recession on the way, it’s unlikely to get any easier
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Analysis and FeaturesChina’s role in the global post-Covid market
Post-Covid, China’s growth has slowed significantly, with only 0.4% GDP growth in the second quarter of 2022
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Analysis and FeaturesFood and drink’s top financial performers of 2022
PepsiCo benefited from a return to out-of-home consumption of its snacks and drinks
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Analysis and FeaturesOC&C Global 50 food and beverage rankings: how fmcg giants are tackling inflation
The world’s fmcg giants survived the pandemic. Now they’re facing into rampant inflation. Are they agile enough to handle rising costs, changing shopper habits and geopolitical volatility?
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Analysis and FeaturesOC&C 150 rankings: how the UK’s Top 150 food & drink suppliers fared in the pandemic
Some thrived, some lagged behind, but there’s more hurdles to come for the UK’s Top 150 food & drink suppliers
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Analysis and FeaturesThe true cost of upheaval: the OC&C Top 150 Supplier Index 2020 report
Suppliers are counting their costs as coronavirus, recession and Brexit are offset against one another
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NewsTop 150 UK suppliers see sales top £70bn
The OC&C Top 150 report of the UK’s biggest food and drink producers found total aggregate revenues rose by 1.9% in 2019 to a collective £70.3bn
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Analysis and FeaturesOC&C Global 50: the five top performing fmcg companies of 2019
The OC&C Global 50 enjoyed their best overall performance in five years – within this group the report has picked out four ‘performance champions’ that drove particularly stellar growth last year
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Analysis and FeaturesOC&C Global 50 report 2020: ready for the storm
The biggest fmcg players were in great shape heading into the coronavirus. And many are ideally positioned to thrive in the ‘new normal’
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NewsOC&C Top 150 reveals fall in food and drink growth and profits
Sales growth and profit margins declined across the UK’s largest 150 food and drink suppliers as the industry readies itself for a no-deal Brexit.
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NewsOC&C Top 150 reveals fall in food and drink growth and profits
Profit margins have declined across the UK as the industry prepares for Brexit
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Analysis and FeaturesOC&C: How the UK’s Top 150 Food & Drink Suppliers are faring in the fog of Brexit
We analyse OC&C’s Top 150 Index of Food and Drink Suppliers in a special report
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Analysis and FeaturesOC&C Global 50 report 2019: how fmcg giants reinvented the wheel
The latest top 50 report shows organic growth is returning. How have the global giants managed it?