Tag: Kantar
Caledonia in convenience
Most nations like to boast about the quality of their produce, but there are few that can compete with Scotland when it comes to quality.
Slowdown as summer stalls
It might still technically be in growth, but the UK grocery sector is continuing to suffer from a slowdown .
Lunch more lucrative
Food to go retailers take note: lunch is now officially the most popular meal that is bought out of the home .
Soggy start to summer sales
Grocery sales have proved disappointing, with Nielsen finding a “significant drop” in spending for the four weeks to 19 May .
Smaller brings gains for mults
Shoppers are increasingly favouring supermarkets with smaller store formats, according to the latest data from Nielsen .
Supermarket deal quashed
CMA rules against Sainsbury's-Asda merger
Domination of the discounters
Nervous consumers appear to be shunning the big four, leading to huge gains for the discounters
Spreading to another aisle
REACHING for fixtures it has never reached before, Muller has launched its first spreadable product into the UK butter market.
The best of both worlds
Nestlé heaps praise on low sugar
Thin times for crisps
SAVOURY snacks are outselling crisps and growing by 2%, says Mondelez International trade communications manager Susan Nash.
Quoting Kantar figures, Nash says savoury snacks are...
Singles market is growing
SINGLE-serve cat food sales grew by 5.5% in the year to the end of April this year to a value of ÂŁ79m according to...
Crumbs: Scots in the lead
GB take-home biscuit sales were worth ÂŁ2.6bn and grew by 1.4% in the year to 14 September, Mark Thomson of Kantar Worldpanel told Scottish...
Lunch munch chance
CHEESE presents a huge lunchtime snacking opportunity for convenience retailers, argues Bel UK, which produces Mini Babybel, The Laughing Cow and Leerdammer.
The company...
Buttery future
THE backlash against artificial foods has been great news for butter in all its formats. Dairy giant, Arla Foods, reckons that butter’s natural credentials...
Going for the cold stuff
SCOTLAND has a higher frequency of purchase for branded ice cream than is the case in Great Britain overall and total ice cream sales...
Growing symbols beat grocer giants
BRITAIN’S symbol stores and independent food and drink retailer grew at a faster rate than all of the big four supermarkets and beat the...