All articles by Rob Brown – Page 14
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RankingsAs BrewDog goes mainstream, the big boys are 'going craft'
There’s more choice than ever before in our booze aisles
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RankingsBritain's Biggest Alcohol Brands 2017
1 (1) Stella Artois SALES: £527.0m GROWTH: -2.1% Britain’s biggest booze brand is doing its best to bury the ‘wifebeater’ sobriquet it picked up in the 1990s. It’s no longer for chugging from a tankard to slake a hard-earned thirst, as it so often was ...
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Category ReportBeauty food: Functional food and drink report 2017
To think food & drink was once for filling you up or slaking a thirst
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Comment & OpinionDove has gone cuckoo in its latest baby ads
Dove is supposed to know ‘real’ women. But its latest babycare campaign shows a brand out of touch
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Analysis & FeaturesVegetarianism in vogue: Does meat & fish need a makeover?
Poultry is flying high as red meat feels the heat, driving solid growth in the overall meat, fish & poultry market. But with the number of Brits cutting back on meat soaring, is it time the sector had a makeover for the modern age? Why are so many Brits considering ...
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NewsRed meat sales overtaken by 'versatile' poultry
Brits ate 529 million kg of shop-bought unprocessed fresh poultry in the past year
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Analysis & FeaturesBoozy Britain: Why are sales up as more try to drink less?
British drinking culture is changing, fast. The number of Brits trying to curb their booze has surged, our research reveals
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Comment & OpinionMichael Gove: The Grocer’s journalists on the new Defra helmsman
The new secretary of state for environment, food & rural affairs has raised eyebrows and divided opinions …
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NewsVitamin D supplement sales boosted by medical reports
As well as bone and muscle health, new research suggests vitamin D also prevents common cold
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Comment & OpinionCan the Bake Off boost live on after Mary? The industry needs it to
The Great British Bake Off became an institution, even the Royals were rumoured to watch it. But now she’s gone the show badly needs another secret ingredient when it relaunches on C4
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Analysis & FeaturesFood 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 & FeaturesWhat 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 ReportPDF: 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 ReportCan 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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NewsCoca-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 & FeaturesAs 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 ReportPDF: 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 ReportThe 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 & OpinionJack 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 & FeaturesBritain'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