Tag: Kantar

Salmon

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.
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Slowdown as summer stalls

It might still technically be in growth, but the UK grocery sector is continuing to suffer from a slowdown .
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Lunch more lucrative

Food to go retailers take note: lunch is now officially the most popular meal that is bought out of the home .
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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 .
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Smaller brings gains for mults

Shoppers are increasingly favouring supermarkets with smaller store formats, according to the latest data from Nielsen .
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Supermarket deal quashed

CMA rules against Sainsbury's-Asda merger
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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.
Last year Nestlé launched 30% less sugar versions of Pastilles and Randoms. The recipe took two years to develop and resulted in a 7% calorie reduction per pack.

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...
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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...
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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...
Mackie’s

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...
Symbol stores account for a small amount of the Kantar Worldpanel grocery totals but they are showing good rates of growth that, in the most recent period, were well ahead of the supermarket giants’ performances.

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...