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🥐🍜🍒 Foodie Tuesdays: The Grocer Awards Edition The ECJ team is excited to share our favourite brands that received a Grocer Awards this year: 🚀 MOTH Drinks - B Corp™: Making waves in the RTD market MOTH's tinned cocktails are revolutionising the RTD scene. Crafted with award-winning spirits, MOTH now dominates 70% of the ‘super-premium’ RTD market and 73% of UK grocery margarita sales. In 2023, sales soared to nearly £9M, with availability in 3,500 outlets including Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Morrisons. A can is sold every 10 seconds in the UK. 🥒 VADASZ DELI LTD: Creating a new superfood category, Vadasz's kimchi, fresh pickles, and ferments have come a long way from humble beginnings. Inspired by family tradition, Nick Vadasz launched Vadasz Deli in 2009. The homemade pickles quickly became a standout, evolving into a leading superfood brand. 🌽 LOVE CORN: Snack Disruptor Love Corn impressed the judges with its crunchy corn. This year, their lunchbox-friendly multipack tripled Tesco distribution and added Sainsbury’s, Co-op, WH Smith, and Ocado. Their clever branding and partnerships have led to skyrocketing sales and expansion into the US market with 12,000+ points of sale. 🛍️ Tesco: Supermarket of the year, Tesco celebrates a decade as Britain’s top supermarket, excelling in convenience, promotions, technology, assortment, availability, and overall shopping experience. With 19% naming Tesco their favourite and 65% showing definite interest in shopping there, Tesco also led as the favourite online supermarket with 25% of the vote. Who were your favourite Grocer Award-winning brands this year? Let us know in the comments. 🍽️ #FoodieTuesday #FoodNews #FoodandDrink #FoodTrends #TheGrocer #GrocerAwards24 #GrocerAwards

🌟 Exciting Opportunities Ahead for Our Valued Clients at Drink Fresh! 🌟 As we gear up for our launch on the Tesco Marketplace, we want to share how recent trends in the retail sector are creating fantastic opportunities for your brands. The British Retail Consortium's latest Shop Price Index reports a welcome stability in shop price inflation, with significant decreases in food prices and non-food deflation (British Retail Consortium) (British Retail Consortium). What This Means for You: Increased Consumer Spending Power: With general shop prices holding steady and essential items becoming more affordable, consumers have more discretionary income. This means potential increased spending on luxury and premium items, including beverages like those you offer through Drink Fresh. Optimal Timing for Promotions: The current market dynamics make it an ideal time to engage customers with special promotions and discounts. Drink Fresh is perfectly positioned to support you in maximizing these opportunities through our strategic placement on Tesco's innovative platform. Enhanced Visibility and Sales: By leveraging the low-price environment on essentials, we can spotlight premium products, helping your brand stand out and attract more discerning customers looking to indulge in quality beverages. Let’s make the most of these trends and boost your brand’s visibility and sales together! Join us on Tesco Marketplace and watch your business grow. For more details on how we can support your brand's journey in this promising retail environment, reach out to us today! #distillery #brewery #gin #vodka #whisky #rum

🌟 Did you know that a full counter leads to more purchases, even in the afternoon? 🌟 A full counter works because: • Increased visibility: More products attract more eyes and stimulate appetite. • Perception of freshness and quality: Customers associate a well-stocked counter with regular restocking and freshly baked products. • Social proof: Seeing a full counter gives the impression of a popular bakery where people definitely want to buy. At Carrefour Express Esch-Sur-Alzette, this strategy has led to an impressive increase of +29.60% in volume. Our sweet treats have increased from 3,500 to no less than 6,200 pieces! 🍰🎉 We also see success at Carrefour Market Oupeye. Our cookies have gone from occasionally selling a box to selling a box every 2 days! 🍪✨ The conclusion is clear: mass leads to higher sales! 🚀 #Croustico #webakethedifferencetogether #SalesBoost #FullCounter #MassMarketing #SweetTreats #Cookies

No need to wait! Delighted to say that Captain Morgan (GB's number 1 rum brand) (1) and Pepsi MAX (most popular zero-sugar cola) (2) are live with our new GB partnership and premixed drink which is available to retailers from today and will be on shelves for consumers in the coming weeks. The new premixed drink perfectly balances the deliciously smooth flavours of Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold rum-based spirit drink with the bold flavour of Pepsi MAX to deliver one epic taste.  Two great brands joining forces to create a new RTD with epic taste credentials that’s available now! Huge thanks to all the teams involved in this partnership for their hard work and dedication over the last six months. It's not everyday you get to bring together two iconic brands in one innovation - but we did it, and it's finally here! It has been an absolutely wonderful experience to be part of such a dedicated and talented team at Diageo on this innovation Lauren Bailie, María Fernanda Garcia, Eleanor Morgan, Siobhán Hamilton, Samori Gambrah, Chantelle Hunt, Andrew Davis, Hannah Rogers, Elisa Bracco, Violeta Andreeva, Emma Hopkins, And I am thankful for the opportunity to collaborate with our innovative colleagues at Pepsi Naseeb Puri, Michael Castellon, Katherine Wilkins, Neil Ronson, Bulletproof Watch this space. It’s going to be epic! Drink responsibly. DRINKiQ.com #TwoGreatsforOneEpicTaste 1 CGA & NIELSEN (Total trade) data 29.01.23-27.01.24 2 Nielsen Scantrack, Total Coverage GB Retail, Value YTD August 2024

Recent insights from Kantar indicate continuous growth in Premium Own Labels—it seems they're more than a trend and are reshaping the market. This is clearly reflected in the growth of PL requests on Kwayga 🚀🚀 Is your supermarket looking for new suppliers of private-label food & drink products? Use Kwayga to discover and connect with the best ones in the industry. Book a demo today! #MarketTrends #BusinessInsights #PrivateLabel #Retail

Heineken, you missed the sales goal! Did you know Heineken’s share of total lager sales in Convenience stores is lower than last year? Our Pinpoint data can tell us how much they missed the mark and highlight key performance insights on competitors. How did your brand perform? We can tell you… Book a chat with us to discuss: https://hubs.la/Q02FPXjL0 Thumbprint Retail Spotlight #eposdata #euro24 #beer

🚨 NEW: Allocation limits put in place by Diageo to avoid Christmas shortages of its Guinness stout also apply to off-trade retailers including grocery multiples 🚨 These limits, which have been communicated to retailers, are designed to prevent panic buying and ensure Guinness Draught remains widely available over the festive period. There are no shortages of the tipple across the traditional 'big four' at present. There are also no limits on supply of other Guinness products, including Guinness 0.0%. Driven by the rise of so-called “Guinnfluencers” on social media and endorsements from everyone from Kim Kardashian to Keir Starmer, Guinness has enjoyed a remarkable resurgence in popularity in recent years. The Dublin-brewed stout saw sales climb by 30% in the Great Britain over the past year, Diageo revealed in its full-year results in August. In order to meet rising demand, Diageo is currently building a new €200m (£160m) carbon neutral brewery in Kildare. It has also pumped €30m into its St James’s Gate brewery to increase output of Guinness 0.0. Via The Grocer.

Interesting news in the #food and #drink industry this week: 1. Waitrose & Partners has opened the doors to a new store in Hampton Hill for the first time in six years. This store is the first Little Waitrose to feature a hatch to allow delivery riders from Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat Takeaway.com to complete collections. 2. Dutch Barn Vodka, the British spirits brand backed by comedian Ricky Gervais, has added a trio of flavoured vodkas. Black Cherry, Mediterranean Citrus and Balinese Vanilla have launched via DTC. They carry an RSP of £32 per 70cl bottle and can be purchased as a trio for £86. 3. Unilever’s largest UK food factory has seen a five-year transformation, following a £40m investment bringing its UK condiments production into one specialist hub. The investment follows growth for Unilever’s UK food business division and aims to support the uptick in demand. 4. Aldi UK is rewarding loyalty in the run-up to Christmas in a ‘Big Advent Giveaway’. Every day from Sunday 1 December until 24 December, customers will have the chance to win back the cost of their shopping. To take part, customers must email Aldi a copy of a receipt for a shop in one of its stores earlier the same day. Each day, Aldi will pick one winner at random to receive a full refund for their shop in the form of vouchers, up to a maximum of £100. 5. PRIME Drink Group Corp has announced its intention to acquire Beach Day Every Day, a player in Québec's ready-to-drink beverage category. Beach Day Every Day has established itself the ready-to-drink segment, reporting unaudited annual sales exceeding $30 million for the fiscal year ending 2023. #christmasgiveaways #grocery #readytodrink

OK – I know what you’re thinking, what more posts and sometimes I talk too much! (although who can blame me for wanting to share all the fascinating facts our data holds).   To balance things out, I have decided to give you brief snippets each week, as well as some longer posts (you don’t escape completely – and there is so much to share!)   The snippets will all be in a similar format each time and compare facts for the brands in 1st, 10th and 20th place (based on value of sales across the whole estate of c13,000 stores) within a specific category over a 13 week period.   Today we are looking at Soft Drinks, where xxxxmillion units were sold over 862 brands in the 13 weeks between 29th July to 27th October! As usual, if you’d like some specific data, let me know and DM me! #data #insights #convenience #softdrinks Britvic plc The Coca-Cola Company Boost Drinks Ltd Pepsi Max UK Lucozade Ribena Suntory

你喜欢超市里的生鲜档口嘛？后厨忙碌的身影，现做现食的香气，有没有吸引你驻足逗留，进而消费买单🥐 🧀 🍕 🍣 🍩 来看零售专家Glynn Davis和Matthew Valentine对生鲜档，未来何去何从的精彩辩论💻 #超市 #生鲜 #零售 Do you like food counters in supermarkets？ When you see busy staff in the kitchen, surrounded by the aroma of freshly made food, are they attracting you to stop and pick some of them, and then fully willing to pay the bill🥐 🧀 🍕 🍣 🍩 Join the exciting conversation between retail experts Glynn Davis and Matthew Valentine, and read the full article about the future trend of food counters, to see their contrasting perspectives💻 #Supermarkets #FoodCounters #Retail