All articles by Rob Brown – Page 14
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Analysis & Features
Food for thought: How Britain went bonkers for home baking
Brits have baked at home on more than a billion occasions since 2015, so why are home baking category sales in decline?
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Analysis & Features
What shoppers really think about… frozen food
Frozen food is being left out in the cold. Why? We’ve quizzed more than 2,000 shoppers to find out
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Category Report
PDF: Soft drinks category report 2017
The countdown to the sugar tax is on, and Spreadsheet Phil must be rubbing his hands with glee
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Category Report
Can pop outrun the taxman? Soft drinks category report 2017
Spreadsheet Phil is gunning for fizzy pop as he lines up the sugar levy. So who’ll pay the most and how can brands cut their tax bill?
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News
Coca-Cola could face £200m sugar tax from Classic alone
Sugar levy will hit Coca-Cola hardest due to its size but also the relative importance of full-sugar variants
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Analysis & Features
As Life is canned, what's the next move for brand Coke?
The trade is unanimous: forget Life and push Pepsi Max rival Coke Zero Sugar
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Category Report
PDF: Suncare category report 2017
Mel and Madge Harvey might not seem likely pinups for an article discussing the beauty & suncare category, but we’d beg to differ
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Category Report
The new face of beauty & suncare? Suncare category report 2017
As own-label beauty & suncare wins share, brand NPD is aiming for those ‘of a certain age’
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Comment & Opinion
Jack Daniel’s entry to cider is a landmark move. As a long as it hasn’t done a Magners
Jack is back. And this time he’s dressed up as a cider.
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Analysis & Features
Britain's Biggest Brands 2017: The Brexit issue - video
A special video preview of The Grocer’s mammoth in-depth report on Britain’s Biggest brands 2017
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Analysis & Features
What do Britain’s Biggest Brands stand for in 2017?
I’m not sure who would be most offended, Johnny Rotten or Nigel Farage
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News
Red Bull flies high as full-sugar sales surge
Despite a health backlash against the white stuff, sugary pop is still powering huge growth for some of Britain’s top soft
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News
Fairtrade appeal broadens as Mars bars drive growth
Fairtrade food & drink is no longer the sole preserve of the well-heeled, The Grocer can reveal
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News
Dolmio sales slump after brand's sugar and salt warning
Britain’s biggest cooking sauce brand’s sales fell 7.7% to £113.9m last year
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Comment & Opinion
Revealed: What trainers and peanut butter have in common
Ethical peanut butter maker ups the ante with a sporty tie-up
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News
Aldi's booming babycare sales ignite nappy & wipes price war
Nearly £30m, or 4.6%, has been wiped off the nappies and baby wipes market
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Comment & Opinion
Take five: how changes in society are impacting on grocery sales
In the last 10 years we have had the smoking ban in pubs, the rise of remote working, free-from food and abstinence in the young and they are all having an impact on our spending habits …
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News
Is there life in Coke Life yet?
Reformulation hasn’t boosted sales, and listings and variants have been cut
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News
Adult soft drinks fizz past £100m as Brits ditch booze
Adult fruit carbonates have surged 12.3% to £101.2m
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Analysis & Features
10. Infographic: Which retailers have the biggest slice of free-from?
We’ve teamed up with Kantar to show which retailers are making the most of free from. So who’s growing fastest?