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Poultry and game meat

September 3, 2010

The poultry sector has seen volume sales decline for a number of years under pressure from bird flu and rapidly rising inflation. However, the poultry... Read More

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Pies & pastries

September 3, 2010

As a good value and filling meal option, the pies & pasties category has performed well suring the recession with value sales climbing by 5.2% between... Read More

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Cordials and squashes

September 3, 2010

Despite the soft drinks market as a whole performing very well in the past ten years, the squash and cordials market had been struggling. Key market drivers... Read More

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Eggs

August 6, 2010

Eggs have experienced a revival in sales, between 2007 and 2009 alone, value sales of eggs went up by some 28%, while volume sales rose 5%. Sales of eggs... Read More

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Cakes & cake bars

August 6, 2010

The cake & cake bars market grew strongly over the last five years to reach £1.6billion in 2009, with value sales driven by rising ingredient costs... Read More

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Men’s grooming

August 6, 2010

Valued at £484 million, the male grooming market in the UK has grown only marginally - by just 3% - over the last three years.  Recession and unemployment... Read More

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Britain’s young adults refuse to fly the nest for holiday travel

August 6, 2010

Holidays for the young aren’t what they used to be. Once Britain’s youth couldn’t wait to escape their parents to see the big wide world,... Read More

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Milk and cream

July 14, 2010

A sense of optimism has returned to the British dairy industry in 2010, with farmers and processors investing in expansion and forming producer group alliances... Read More

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Analgesics

July 14, 2010

Worth £627 million in 2010, the market for analgesics has grown by 11% in value over the past 5 years.  But in the last two years, growth in consumer... Read More

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Ales & Stouts

July 14, 2010

The steady decline of the ales/stout market has worsened over the past decade. In 1998, these darker beers accounted for 40% of all beer volume sales in... Read More