Own-label reports, insight and analysis – Page 9
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Analysis and Features
Master chefs: behind the scenes in the supermarkets' kitchens
Why are more chefs swapping reductions at recherché restaurants to bubble up béchamel in factories instead?
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Analysis and Features
Five of the biggest trends in own label right now
From honey infused, well, everything, to slow-cooked joints and snack packs
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Comment and Opinion
The Grocer Own Label Awards: how a winner is born
There are quips, sighs, giggles, and a fair amount of bickering
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Analysis and Features
Rich Ale & Thyme cook-in sauce: acid test
Cooking sauces plummeted last year. Value sales fell 4.8% (£30.3m) to £600m, on volumes down 4.7%
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Analysis and Features
The Grocer Own Label Food & Drink Awards 2017 winners revealed
A riot of colour. Meat and cheese glazes. Lashings of beetroot. And clean eating. Just some of the themes of the 134 winning entries
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Comment and Opinion
Lessons from The Grocer's Own Label Food & Drink Awards 2017
There’s much to learn from, admire and enjoy among the winners of The Grocer’s Own Label Food & Drink Awards
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Comment and Opinion
The ‘houmousgate’ affair: how secrecy gave the story unwanted mileage
By refusing to explain exactly what’s happened, retailers and suppliers have opened the door to hysteria
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Analysis and Features
Does Farms spell the end for good, better, best tiering?
Could the trend for fluffy Farms branding spell the end for words like Value, Basics and Price?
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Category Report
Centre stage: Own-label category report 2017
Own label has stolen the limelight as retailers put revamped ranges front and centre. Will brands be able to fight back?
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Comment and Opinion
Farm brand pros and cons: they may annoy origin purists, but they do deliver
An actual old lady called Aunt Bessie didn’t make that packet of frozen Yorkshire puddings. Don’t be so naïve – it’s just marketing.
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Analysis and Features
Tips for winning business from The Grocer’s Own Label Conference
Expert speakers spill the beans on how to turn own labels into winning brands
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Comment and Opinion
Own-label supplier consolidation is on the way
It would be shocking if the next six months didn’t reveal increased costs for food manufacturers
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Comment and Opinion
#Sandwichgate serves up food for thought for Sainsbury's
Some meal deal fans are are upset at how JS has revamped its £3 lunchtime offer, so will rivals take advantage?
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Comment and Opinion
Amazon enters the own-label fray
Amazon’s announcement last month that it will launch new own-label brands comes with own label under increasing pressure
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Comment and Opinion
The Co-op's own label strategy is clever on a number of levels
Ever since own label was invented, it’s created a tension between supermarkets and their branded suppliers
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Comment and Opinion
Amazon own label must be authentic
Amazon is relentlessly expanding its business into every conceivable corner of consumers’ lives
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Comment and Opinion
What the Own Label Awards 2016 tell us about the market
Own Label Awards 2016 shows greater innovation among retailers and greater confidence among consumers…
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Comment and Opinion
The Grocer Own Label Awards: mid-tier products shine
I know first hand just how much the quality of own-label ranges is improving
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Category Report
Own-label Report 2016
The latest round of the price war has hit own label hard. It’s lost nearly £630m in the battle with brands
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco faux farm names verges on being a dumb move
Tesco launching faux brand names for fresh food with a very British bucolic ring has caused such a kerfuffle