Sep 3, 2018 | Dairy, Fruit Processing, News, Retailing, Vegetable Processing
The Soil Association announces new sales figures as the organic market continues its seventh consecutive year of growth, according to consumer research. Consumer research undertaken by the Soil Association found several key factors have supported continued growth in...
Aug 31, 2018 | News, Retailing
The UK’s food-to-go sector is set to grow at twice the rate of overall grocery retail, with research organisation IGD predicting the channel to grow to £22.8bn by 2023. The predicted growth of £22.8bn by 2023 is up from a £17.8bn growth in 2018. Food-to-go research...
Aug 31, 2018 | News, Retailing
Whitbread plc has announced that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of Costa Limited (Costa), to The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola), for an enterprise value of £3.9 billion. Whitbread acquired Costa in 1995 for £19 million when it had only 39 shops. In more...
Aug 29, 2018 | Food Equipment & Services, News, Retailing
The growth of the discount and convenience store sector is not only eroding major retailers’ market share, it could now come at a cost to suppliers, according to new research. A study by supply chain and logistics consultancy, SCALA, has found that traditional major...
Aug 28, 2018 | Dairy, Ingredients, News, Poultry Processing, Retailing, Vegetable Processing
Following a summer that has been one of the warmest on records, the price of multiple food items across the country is set to rise. Reports from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (cebr), say dry spells lasted more than 50 days in parts of the country in a...
Aug 22, 2018 | News, Retailing
With the growth of branded products and the summer sunshine helping sales, Co-op is experiencing its fastest rate of growth in nearly seven years, according to the latest grocery market share figures. Published for the 12 weeks to 12th August 2018, Kantar Worldpanel...