All Top Products articles – Page 31
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NewsMarmite toppled in a Top Products year of shake-ups
Marmite has been usurped as Britain’s bestselling spread by Rowse Honey, as The Grocer presents its Top Products Survey.
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Comment & OpinionFunny Feet, big steps
In 2013 The Grocer played a pivotal role in bringing about the return of ice cream brand Funny Feet. But it wasn’t the only development in the colourful world of ice cream.
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Analysis & FeaturesTop Products Survey 2013: Executive Summary report
It’s been a year of polarised priorities, as shoppers seek out both value for money and a little comfort. So who has benef…
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Analysis & FeaturesBiggest value winners in 2013
As part of The Grocer’s Top Products Survey 2013, we round up the biggest brand winners in 2013…
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Analysis & FeaturesBiggest value losers in 2013
The Grocer’s Top Products Survey continues with a look at the biggest brand fallers of the year…
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Analysis & FeaturesSqueezing the pips: how to get the most out of your ad budget
Ten per cent of British ad spend comes from food retailers and suppliers, yet the effectiveness of such ads is falling…
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Analysis & FeaturesCheese category experienced 'a bloody difficult year' in 2013
What a difference a year makes. This time last year, the UK’s major cheese brands were celebrating a return to form…
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Analysis & FeaturesSavoury pastry sector has pasty look as sales slip 7%
It would be easy to blame the woes of the savoury pastries market on horsegate, but the reality is somewhat more complex…
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Analysis & FeaturesBaby products: China causes a riot in baby formula aisle
Baby formula usually has enough to cope with from the breast is best brigade, but 2013 has been even more controversial…
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Analysis & FeaturesHousehold: Dettol on the attack (and not just on germs)
With innovative brand extensions and hefty ad spend, the likes of Dettol and Domestos are thriving…
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Analysis & FeaturesYoghurts: Müller steals top spot back from Danone
Müller’s is back. With Corner making a triumphant return as category leader…
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Analysis & FeaturesBagged snacks: Sharing bags take a bigger bite of the market
The disastrous 2012 potato crop flattered the fiercely competitive bagged snacks market but sharing has huge currency…
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Analysis & FeaturesHome baking craze fails to stop slump in BSM sales
The Great British Bake Off looked like a huge opportunity for the BSM category…
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Analysis & FeaturesCosmetics: Nail cosmetics now a better barometer than lipstick
It’s time to rethink the phrase ‘lipstick economy’…
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Analysis & FeaturesBatteries look for spark
An 8.2% hike in the average price of a battery to 77p depressed volumes a whopping 8.8%…
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Analysis & FeaturesBiscuits: It's a Rocky road, but Belvita is flying
Britain has well and truly woken up to the concept of biscuits for breakfast…
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Analysis & FeaturesSoft drinks: Bottled water sales return with a splash
In 2009, after campaigning from green lobbyists, annual bottled water sales fell 9%. Now, it seems, all is forgotten…
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Analysis & FeaturesPaper products: Brands lose out in nappy sales stinker
We may have seen a 23% hike in births over the past decade but that hasn’t stopped the nappy market from having a stinker…
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Analysis & FeaturesSoup brands left out in the cold as own label mops up
There’s been toil and trouble for soup brands in the past year…
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Analysis & FeaturesBread: Kingsmill closing in on Hovis
Kingsmill has carved itself a thicker slice of the bread market – at the expense of arch-rival Hovis…