Dairy retail markets
Updated 18 August 2020
This dashboard is designed to provide a dynamic overview of the latest GB retail market data for the dairy sector. It breaks down spend, volume sales as well as average prices by dairy product and allows you to see these changes over time.
The dairy retail dashboards is updated twice annually, in February and July. For any queries about the data, please contact strategic.insight@ahdb.org.uk. Next update: February 2021.
Following an extraordinary few months for the industry, join the AHDB Retail & Consumer Insight team as they review how the market and consumers have changed with coronavirus, and what opportunities and threats this now presents for industry sectors.
5 November 2020
Consumers had 100 million BBQs this summer. What does this mean for meat, dairy and potatoes?
28 September 2020
Consumers are using many tactics in store and at home to save money.
28 September 2020
During lockdown we saw an increase in the number of shoppers using milkmen.
16 September 2020
Estimated out-of-home volumes are yet to return to growth for most sectors
26 August 2020
Volume promos will be banned for products high in fat, salt or sugar
20 May 2020
MI Director Phil Bicknell says the UK's recent challenges could hint at the long-term impact of future policies, such as the Agriculture Bill and trade discussions.
7 August 2020
After initial declines at the start of lockdown the takeaway market has returned to its pre-COVID high
29 July 2020
For some ‘Super Saturday’ was the day they had been waiting for, the appeal of beer on tap and restaurant food enticing them back out-of-home, but for some it will take more time to feel confident venturing out.
20 July 2020
Lockdown has led to a surge in interest in consumers buying direct from suppliers, including food boxes and meal kits.
17 July 2020
We are eating more meals for health but health is losing share to enjoyment
6 July 2020
Looking at challenges UK agriculture is facing and how the industry may respond in the coming months and years
3 July 2020
In an ever increasingly competitive environment dairy products are having to constantly innovate to maintain their place on the supermarket shelf.
4 May 2020
Home baking and sunshine boost grocery but lamb suffers a subdued Easter
24 June 2020
The takeaway market declined by 41% in the month up to mid-April, but things are starting to improve
5 June 2020
Changes in shopping behaviour, the rise of in-home eating and the media focus on coronavirus have all influenced consumer behaviour
13 November 2019
Unsettled weather hampered grocery growth this summer
4 May 2020
Will lockdown reset shoppers' attitudes to food, asks MI Director Phil Bicknell