Not just for trust
PMPs can reassure shoppers but juice company argues it’s a mistake to overuse them.
SHOPPING around, checking prices and looking for good deals, once habits...
Adding price to breakfast choice
KELLOGG’S says Kantar Worldpanel research has revealed that breakfast accounts for 28% of all ‘meal occasions’ in the UK. The cereals firm has launched...
Fire packs set to spread
FIRELIGHTER manufacturer Standard Brands has introduced a range of Zip PMPs.
Zip High Energy Performance Block 20s are now available in a £1.79 PMP and...
Getting the price right for sweet sales
INNOVATIVE new products and marketing helped sugar confectionery grow sales by 0.7% last year according to Wrigley and it says it will follow the...
Adding the price of the soft option
SOFT drinks shoppers are more likely to make a purchase when PMPs are available, so says Britvic, quoting research by Omni-Channel Barometer.
Single-serve sizes in...
Marked increases
SPIRITS shoppers pay close attention to the price of the bottles they are buying, says Maxxium UK, and that means PMPs can encourage potential...
Chocolate PMP push set to continue
CONFECTIONERY suppliers have been keen advocates of PMPs on a wide variety of countlines, sharing-sized products and other lines.
Towards the end of last year ...
Dealing in the year
Price-marked packs have become hugely important to many c-stores. But brands, wholesalers and retailers have been adding tools and techniques to the basic PMP...
Special and everyday
EVERYDAY gifting and special occasions both present opportunities to sell boxed confectionery, says Cadbury brand owner Mondelez International. It suggests retailers should display boxes...
Eggs added as gift size grows brand
POPPETS has introduced a new product in time for Easter. The 140g gift box of Poppets Mini Eggs has an RRP of £1.
Brand owner...
Spring into boxed sales boosts
WE’RE now smack bang in the middle of one the most important periods of the year for boxed chocolate sales, says chocolate confectionery producer...
Start small and talk to beer fans
IT’S an exciting time for ale and premium beer sales in the UK, and Scotland is playing a major role in the ale revival...
Scottish beer brand set to party
2016 sees one of Scotland’s biggest-selling beer brands McEwan’s celebrate its 160th birthday.
The brand team reckons original brewer William McEwan would be delighted to...
Christmas lager up but ales dominate growth
TAKE-HOME sales of beer in the British off-trade at Christmas 2015 were 2% up on the previous year according to the first batch of ...
Pop-up for popcorn builds buzz
MACKIE’S at Taypack officially launched its new range of popcorn with an event in Glasgow’s city centre last month.
Shoppers on Buchanan Street were invited...
Giving up on the gantry
Once a rare sight, vending machines and other tobacco-dispensing technologies are beginning to appear all across Scotland.
IN the months prior to and following the...