MARKET UPDATE Retail
Week Commencing: 4th May 2015
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Captain Morgan Free tankard
Nutella & GO FSDU
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Spirits could be breakthrough convenience market, research suggests
Convenience retailers could generate an extra £5,700 a year by
converting 10 shoppers a week into spirits buyers, according to Maxxium UK.
The drinks company is launching Know Your Store, a guide to
maximising spirits profits in the impulse channel. The 20-page booklet outlines methods retailers can use to maximise sales
through effective ranging and merchandising.
According to data from him!, spirits shoppers in the convenience channel spend an average of £17 per trip, against
just £6.04 for all convenience shoppers. Ten shoppers spending this amount each week for a year makes a difference
of £5,699, pointed out Maxxium.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/stores/consumer-trends/spirits-could-be-breakthrough-convenience-market-research-suggests/518015.article
FDF says new government must ‘work with us’ to unlock national potential
The FDF has urged whoever wins Thursday’s general election to do more to unlock the potential of the £21.5bn food and
drink industry.
The federation has called for dedicated, industry government-led food and drink manufacturing council, to work in
partnership with companies to boost exports and employment in the UK.
Giving his first official address since taking over as director
general, Ian Wright told the organisation’s annual dinner last week that greater cooperation with government was vital.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/home/topics/general-election-2015/fdf-says-new-government-must-work-with-us-to-unlock-national-
potential/518011.article
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Parrot Bay FSDU
Celebrate Monopole Free champagne flute
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PG Tips In line plinth display
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Sainsbury’s posts first loss in a decade
Sainsbury’s has reported its first pre-tax loss in a decade after one-off property costs dragged down the supermarket chain.
The retailer fell to a pre-tax loss of £72m in the year to 14 March
2015, versus profit of £898m the year before. This was due to impairment and onerous charges of £628 associated with its
decision to not build some planned sites, and a devaluation of some existing sites.
Total sales fell 0.7% to £23.7bn during the year, while like-for-like
sales, excluding fuel, declined 1.9%.
Sainsbury’s said it had continued to lower prices and improve its own-label ranges during the year as part of its strategic review announced in November last year. It invested £50m in lowering the price of more than 1,100 products in the second half of the year and said it expected to invest a further £150m in 2015/16. However, it said lowering prices had increased volumes, leading
to a new cost to the business of £340m in 2014/15 and an expected £110m in 2015/16.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/channels/supermarkets/sainsburys-posts-first-
loss-in-a-decade/518067.article
Waitrose and the discounters are only winners in new market share data
Waitrose is the only one of the mainstream supermarket
groups to have enjoyed an uptick in sales in the 12 weeks to 26 April, the latest Kantar Worldpanel data
reveals.
Sales at the John Lewis stablemate climbed 1.5% while Aldi and Lidl sales outshone the grocery pack up 15.1%
and 10.1% respectively.
But a slowdown from the rest of the trade saw sales growth in the overall grocery retail sector slow to just
0.2% compared with the same period last year.
Sainsbury’s was the strongest performer of the Big Four with a 0.2% fall in sales, compared with Tesco off 1%,
Asda, off 2.2% and Morrisons down 1.1%. Iceland’s growth was flat while sales at symbols and independents
fell 1%.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/channels/supermarkets/waitrose-and-the-discounters-are-only-winners-in-new-market-share-
data/518074.article
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Corona Free Corona ice bucket with every purchase of 12pack
Head Office Agreed FSDU’s Walkers Sensations McVitie’s Deli choc
Lucozade
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Sainsbury’s Celebration of Tea! Try a new cuppa
Sampling Robinsons – New flavours
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Online grocery prices down 8% in one year, report claims
Analysis from mySupermarket’s Groceries Tracker suggests that grocery prices are continuing to plummet and that the online offerings of the major supermarkets are no different,
with a 1% drop in the space of a month completing an 8% fall compared to prices from the same period last year.
The website, which compares baskets of goods from across retailer’s online offerings, suggests that chicken, onions and
broccoli are the big fallers, with the price of broccoli in freefall at a 29% decline.
“With the weekly grocery shop falling a massive 8% in the last 12 months, shoppers are saving almost £400 over the
course of a year,” says Gilad Simhony, mySupermarket CEO.
The data monitors online prices for the 35 most commonly purchased grocery items. Bucking the trend slightly, yoghurts
and tomatoes have increased in price.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/buying-and-supplying/fmcg-prices-and-promotions/online-grocery-prices-down-8-in-one-year-report-
claims/518007.article
Discounting culture threatens to undermine industry, report suggests
Shoppers need to be weaned off discounting to avoid
undermining brands and eroding consumer trust, a high-level panel of retail experts has warned.
The KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT), which met last month to discuss whether discounting was now a current necessity or a race to the bottom, concluded that retailers should shift the
battleground and compete on value rather than price.
The RTT noted that a whole shopping generation had become hooked on a diet of discounts.
Retailers needed to consider whether, by reducing prices, the
value of their brand would diminish in shoppers’ minds. Overall, the RTT agreed that while discounting was a fact of the
retail industry, it could not be a permanent strategy. Margins could only be squeezed so far, and there must come a point
when consumers started to question whether they were truly getting value for money.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/stores/consumer-trends/discounting-culture-
threatens-to-undermine-industry-report-suggests/518020.article
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Peroni Shipper
Burton’s Biscuit FOS Display
Petits Filous Floor Stocker
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Pimm’s Display
Tennent’s Win VIP T in the park camping tickets
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The female Kenyan brewer taking on a global drinks giant
It was a thirst for success that saw Tabitha Karanja put herself in the role of a David taking on a Goliath.
The 50 year old is the founder and boss of the only large-scale brewery in Kenya actually
owned by a Kenyan.
Its lager brand Summit is now so popular in the country that earlier this year Keroche opened a £19m expansion at its brewery in the town of Naivasha, 56 miles northwest of
the capital Nairobi.
It will enable Keroche to increase its production ten-fold, from 10 million litres of beer per year to 110 million litres.
The success has come despite the presence of a Goliath that has towered over the Kenyan
beer market for more than 90 years – East African Breweries (EAB), part of UK-headquartered, multinational drinks giant Diageo.
EAB continues to brew eight out of every 10 beers sold in Kenya, led by its Tusker brand.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/finance/economy/retail-spend-falls-slightly-despite-yearly-rise/517689.article
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Coca-Cola launches new TV commercial
Coca-Cola Britain (CCGB) launched What Are You Waiting For, a new TV commercial encouraging consumers to “choose happiness, featuring a diverse range of celebratory moments”. The TVC marks the launch phase of Coca-Cola’s first campaign under the new
“one brand” strategy announced in March.
The TVC is centered on the concept that “young people are the directors of their own happiness and they represent a new generation who instinctively choose to be happier.”
The song What Are You Waiting For? was specifically written for the campaign and is performed by Amsterdam-based rapper and
producer HT, who has previously worked with DJ Grandmaster Flash, Rakim and Jungle Brothers.
The TVC airs for four weeks and will be online throughout the summer. A longer 60 version of the TBV will be shown in cinemas throughout May.
The new ad comes ahead of a major push from CCGB next month.
http://www.wholesalenews.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/7009/Coca-Cola_launches_new_TV_commercial.html
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Watch the new advert here…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cjht_DGsNc
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