Tesco and Morrisons top the ‘big four’ in buoyant market

Tesco and Morrisons top the ‘big four’ in buoyant market

Mar 6, 2018 | News

Grocery sales have increased in value by 3.2% compared to the same time last year, marking the 12th consecutive period in a row that total market sales have exceeded 3% and that each of the big four retailers has seen positive growth. According to the latest grocery...
Lobby group calls for 20% sugar tax on confectionery

Lobby group calls for 20% sugar tax on confectionery

Jan 26, 2018 | Confectionery, News

Action on Sugar, based at Queen Mary University of London, has urged for a complete ban on all confectionery price promotions, along with a sugar tax on all confectionery of at least 20%. The call follows its product survey, which reveals the amount of sugar in...
Tesco and Morrisons top the ‘big four’ in buoyant market

Christmas spending reaches £1 billion more than last year

Jan 9, 2018 | News

The average household shrugged off economic worries to spend a record £1,054 on groceries over the three months including the Christmas period. According to the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to 31st December 2017, a record...
Supermarket sales on the rise, Kantar reveals

Supermarket sales on the rise, Kantar reveals

Nov 15, 2017 | News

Kantar Worldpanel’s latest grocery market share figures for the 12 weeks to 5th November show that supermarket sales have increased in value by 3.2% year on year in the run up to Christmas. Fraser Mckevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar Worldpanel,...