The latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks ending 22 January 2012, show Tesco dropping in market share while Iceland puts in its strongest performance in 10 years. read more..
The UK's retailers have announced their Christmas trading statements. An overview of the market as a whole and each retailers performance can be found in the NFU Briefing. read more..
The latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 30 October 2011, show the grocery market growing at 4.6% per year. However, this remains below the inflation rate of 6.1%, as households try to manage down their spending - a dominant trend for most of 2011. read more..
Tesco has announced its latest annual results - the year to 26 February 2011. read more..
The retail market growth has slowed as consumers hold back, says Kantar Worldpanel. The latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks ending 20 February 2011 show that the market is subdued as shoppers watch their pennies. read more..
NFU criticises 'poor communication' as chain announces it will reduce suppliers from 500 to 300. read more..
Group reports a 21% rise in annual profits after opening 45 new stores. read more..
IGD in partnership with Kent Business School and the NFU has been providing free consumer research to a number of famers and small food businesses. In 2009 IGD went back to some of those businesses to see how they are getting on and asked them how the research had made a difference to them. read more..
IGD report on the changing marketplace - shoppers go online despite downturn. read more..
Sales of Eggs have fallen 1%, by value and volume, in the last 12 months read more..
Reports of 'bully-boy tactics' from buyers in the run-up to new groceries code. read more..
There are opportunities for British sheep producers to respond to consumer trends to get better returns for their lambs. This brief report outlines some consumer trends specific to cuts of lamb read more..
Marks & Spencer have said that it overcame the severe weather over Christmas after recording its biggest ever day in food sales. The retailer said big-impact promotions helped food sales achieve a record of more than £50m on 23 December, while UK store like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to 1 January grew at a better-than-expected 2.8%. read more..