Retail and consumer insight
Understanding the consumer
We want the UK food supply chain, from farm to fork, to understand the needs of modern food consumers and that their attitudes toward cooking, buying and eating are important considerations for the whole supply chain.
This means we want you as farmers, growers, retailers and processors to be as well informed about consumer behaviours and retail trends as possible, so we can create a world-class domestic and export food industry.
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30 March 2020
How closures will affect meat, dairy and potatoes
20 March 2020
What we know so far in a rapidly changing picture
12 March 2020
Offal contributed just over £27m to GB grocery this past year
10 February 2020
Technology is expanding consumer choice in the food delivery market.
4 February 2020
Belt-tightening behaviours meant Christmas 2019 saw the slowest rate of growth over the festive period in four years.
3 February 2020
Food costs an average of £41.70 per person per week
30 January 2020
Spend on frozen food overall is steady, but frozen red meat is being left in the cold.
13 January 2020
In store purchase drivers differ across dairy categories, therefore what are the opportunities for the dairy sectors?
13 January 2020
The way consumers view health is changing and one size does not fit all.
7 January 2020
More people are embracing low alcohol lifestyles
18 December 2019
In the last year mince has seen spend and volume increases but steaks and roasting were in steady decline
12 December 2019
Snacking is back and health is driving fewer meal choices
12 December 2019
Red meat saw seasonal uplifts at Halloween but can we push the category further?
25 November 2019
Total beef volumes have declined by 1.4% in the last year. This is not across all categories, however, with mince seeing spend and volume increases but steaks and roasting seeing steady declines.
22 November 2019
Sales have gone into decline as health concerns begin to bite
13 November 2019
Unsettled weather hampered grocery growth this summer
14 October 2019
Flexitarians are on the rise but has veganism been over-stated? How has market saturation affected meat and dairy sales?
7 October 2019
Chilled potatoes have gone into decline for the first time in 5 years
Coronavirus Updates
Our analysis on the impacts of the coronavirus on retail and foodservice will be published above.
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Retail and consumer insight reports
Vietnamese consumers have growing incomes and there is an increasing appetite for high-value imported foods. Food safety and health and wellness are priorities when choosing food.
Canadian consumers are ethnically diverse which has a profound influence on the foods purchased and eaten. We discover what the opportunities are for British meat, dairy and potatoes.
As Brexit draws closer, we hear much about the opportunities new export markets present for British food and farming products.
Chinese consumers are becoming increasingly wealthy and their dietary patterns are changing. We take a look at how these changes are affecting demand for imported food and where the opportunities lie for exporters to China.
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