Michelle’s Mars move
MICHELLE Oliver has been promoted to the post of vice president of marketing at Mars Chocolate UK.
Her appointment follows former UK marketing VP Michael...
Food falls but is best sector
DESPITE being down 1.4% on the same month a year earlier, food sales in Scotland during January 2015 recorded their best performance since June...
Growth back but not for indies
AFTER months of decline the grocery market grew by its fastest rate since June 2014 in the 12 weeks to 1 February.
But the 1.1%...
Barr buys into cocktail mix
IRN-Bru maker AG Barr has purchased cocktail mix pouch producers Funkin.
Funkin will operate as a stand-alone business unit of AG Barr. Funkin founder Alex...
Work and win chance delayed
THE Retail Trust has delayed the launch of its new lottery.
Retail Winners, which was due to begin in February, will be open...
Slim title beefs up as mags fall
WANT to sell more magazines? Then look for customers keen on slimming or sewing. Those are among the mags that are doing best while...
Wholesaler warns over rising PMPs
PRICE-MARKED packs have become hugely important to convenience stores but at least one major wholesaler reckons that new trends in manufacturers’ PMP pricing could...
Soft drinks lead cans charge
Carbonates units soar to almost 5.3bn as hot summer weather sees Britain reach for the fizz
SUNSHINE and warm weather contributed to a year of...
Bagged and tagged
IT looks like there could be a Battle of the Bags brewing – and it will be fought in the nation’s convenience stores.
Stores under...
Fit for life
JUST as people are becoming more conscious of how the food they eat affects their own health, so cat and dog owners are beginning to...
Profit path to the cleaners
ACCORDING to Unilever’s Partners for Growth team, the household cleaning market is worth £647.1m with convenience stores accounting for £69.8m worth of those sales.
Advising...
Bright white forecasts
DAIRY products obviously have one thing in common, they’re derived from milk. But the dairy category has become increasingly diverse in recent times. That...
Let the good times roll?
Things getting better but give us cheap food say Brits
UK consumer confidence grew five times faster than the global average last year according to...
Ice cream and pizza appeal
FROZEN foods have done well since the recession arrived. A number of frozen food sub-categories, especially burgers, were negatively affected by the horse meat...
Take it to the limit
Limited editions, new flavours, pack sizes, promotions and PMPs are all part of the plan to generate excitement for the UK’s biggest chocolate brands...
Trust comes to the crunch
MANY of the food industry’s product categories may be suffering from falling sales values as discounters, fierce competition and consumer price sensitivity all contribute...
