All Top Products articles – Page 3
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Analysis and Features
Dairy - cheese 2023: Cheese snack lines secure brand loyalty
Strings & Things is the only top 10 name to have grown volumes as well as value
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Analysis and Features
Canned goods 2023: On-trend fish cans still face falling sales
Meals centred on canned fish took off in earnest in early 2023
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Confectionery - sugar 2023: HFSS rules keep candy on its toes
Not only have confectioners faced the same supply chain challenges and cost pressures as everyone else, they’ve also had to get to grips with the ban on HFSS lines in impulse fixtures
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Analysis and Features
Dairy - butters & spreads 2023: BSM suffers volume blow as prices rise
Inflation-driven volume declines in butters, spreads & margarine have slowed in the past year
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Dairy drinks 2023: Plant-based decline hits milk market
Price has not necessarily hindered the performance of dairy brands
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Analysis and Features
Fresh - meat, fish & poultry 2023: Cost-effective chicken sees huge gains
Chicken is the food and drink star of Top Products 2023. On paper at least
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Analysis and Features
Biscuits & cakes 2023: Brands lose out as biscuit NPD slows
Convincing people to buy brands in a cost of living crisis is the very definition of a tough sell. That’s proven in sales of branded biscuits
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Analysis and Features
Fresh - fruit & veg 2023: Perfect storm of challenges hits UK fruit
For an indicator of the crisis in fresh produce, just look at apples
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Analysis and Features
Confectionery - chocolate 2023: Choc treats are out, but gifting is in
Chocolate has had a bitter pill to swallow: HFSS regulation, which has banned treats from prominent display areas in store
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Analysis and Features
Face off: Top Products Survey 2023 pits brands vs own-label
It’s no longer a battle of the brands. The bigger battle, after two years of inflation, is between brands and own label. Who’s winning?
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Analysis and Features
Personal care - beauty 2023: Bargains on beauty lines drive growth
The lipstick effect took on a literal meaning in 2023
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Analysis and Features
Haircare 2023: Brits commit to treating their hair
Brits splurge on home hair treatments
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Analysis and Features
Baby & infant products 2023: Babyfood’s leading five brands falter
The category has mustered value growth of just 2% on volumes down 6.1%
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Analysis and Features
Savoury pastries 2023: Shoppers ditch pastries as prices soar
Cash-strapped shoppers have put down pasties and shunned sausage rolls
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Analysis and Features
How advertisers got serious about humour: Top Campaigns 2023
i The days of earnest, purpose-driven marketing may be behind us. This year brands have turned to laughter to entice and entertain shoppers
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Promotional Video
How the alcoholic ready-to-drink category is growing
What’s the story of alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages in 2023? Find out how the category has evolved and why major brand players are tapping into this $39bn global business as it moves into 2024.
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News
Sainsbury’s confirms it is listing Prime Hydration drink this week
The listing includes a new limited edition Orange and Mango flavour
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Analysis and Features
The Top Launches in each food and drink category 2022
Each of the categories covered in our Top Products report features a Top Launch – the product most significant to its respective category in 2022
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Comment and Opinion
How the ElfBar captured the hearts, minds and lungs of the Zoomer generation
The garishly colourful little sticks, available in myriad sweet shop flavours, have gained an outlandish £314m in extra sales
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Long reads
Top campaigns 2022: the most influential adverts in food and drink
We've found 50 ads in 50 categories to enjoy