Own-label reports, insight and analysis – Page 10
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Comment and Opinion
Waitrose 1 highlights gap in big four ranges
The launch of the premium Waitrose 1 range suggests the notion of own-label lines as budget options is now long gone, argues Kantar Worldpanel’s Kirstin Knight
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco’s new own label lines will give the discounters food for thought
Tesco has not just realised the importance of price, but of quality, and perceptions of freshness and provenance too
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Analysis and Features
How a strong own-label offer got non-negotiable
Customers now expect own label at the local c-store as well as the supermarket. So how have symbol groups delivered?
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Comment and Opinion
Own-label new product development is vital
Sir: Your Top Products survey showed how retailers have innovated in ranges such as own label
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Analysis and Features
The OC&C Top 150 index 2015
Sales and profit growth has slumped, the latest OC&C Index for The Grocer reveals, but own label is finding its way
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Comment and Opinion
Retailers must start caring about food again, not just price
Companies like Pret, Wagamama and Itsu are championing food in a way retailers are not
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Analysis and Features
The Grocer's Own Label Food & Drink Awards winners announced
1,103 entries were whittled down to a shortlist of 372 through consumer testing
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Analysis and Features
Brands growing faster than own-label for first time since 2011
Sales of branded products are growing faster than own label for the first time in four years…
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Analysis and Features
Own-label prices falling twice as fast as brands
“Although brands have been reducing prices for longer, own-label prices are now falling more quickly,” says IRI strategic insight director Tim Eales
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Comment and Opinion
Own-label gap between healthy options consumers want and what they get is still weighty
Research suggests that work needs to be done by own-label to satiate the appetite for products low in fat, sugar and calories
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Category Report
Focus on Confectionery: Own label
An army of own-label confectionery characters and posh sweet treats are stealing a march on brands…
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Analysis and Features
What is the legacy of the economic downturn for food and drink?
The UK economy has at last outgrown the crisis. How did the recession change what shoppers buy?
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Analysis and Features
Morrisons presents traditional classics for Christmas: Pictures
Morrisons has ditched some of the more outlandish, left-field lines in favour of a more focussed offer, based around traditional classics at affordable prices.
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Analysis and Features
Ocado pushes non-food websites in build-up to Christmas: Pictures
Ocado used its Christmas preview to show off its new destination websites - Fetch.co.uk and Sizzle.co.uk
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Analysis and Features
Sainsbury's balances old favourites and npd for Christmas: Pictures
Sainsbury’s is looking for the right balance between old favourites and new ideas.
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Analysis and Features
Waitrose cooks up another Heston special for Christmas: Pictures
As ever, it’s all eyes on the Heston from Waitrose range at Christmas and although the hidden orange Christmas pudding is back, this year the chef is bringing bling to frozen puddings
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Analysis and Features
Asda aims for 'trusted comfort' this Christmas: Pictures
Asda says its Christmas collection is all about “trusted comfort” and convenience that can “create a little theatre at the table” - all underlined with a heavy dose of nostalgia. One innovation it has launched this year is an easy-carve six-bird roast, which it claims is an industry first. The ...
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Analysis and Features
Asda Classic Chicken, Leek & Bacon Pie
Horsegate dented the ready meals market last year, but it remains a £1.4bn category…
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Analysis and Features
Waitrose Mini Belgian Chocolate Ice Creams
Minis have been big news in the ice cream category in recent years
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Comment and Opinion
McBride suffers from furious promoting on household goods
Is it a price war or just a skirmish? In personal care and household there is little doubt about the answer to that question.