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It has launched two ‘Straight Up’ sourdoughs and one ‘Twisted Sourdough’ into Ocado Geary’s Bakery has launched a mass of new SKUs into Asda and Ocado for its Jason’s Sourdough brand. The supplier – whose first branded range of loaves was named The Grocer’s Top Launch in the bakery category last year – has debuted three ‘Breads of the World’ into the Asda’s in-store bakeries. They are: New York Inspired, a classic white & rye sourdough with caraway seeds, Baltics Inspired, a white sourdough potato loaf with rosemary, and Italian Inspired Tear & Share, a flatbread com...

By Ellis Hawthorne2020-12-18T00:01:00+00:00 Source: Unsplash Like high heels and sparkly outfits, make-up was tossed aside this year. The impact on the category wasn’t pretty. Locked-down Brits’ decision to go au naturel cost the cosmetics market £182.8m in the mults. Its three biggest names – Rimmel, Maybelline and L’Oréal – dropped a combined £74.3m alone. That’s bad news for a market that was struggling in traditional retail before Covid-19, as star brands lost share to cheaper challengers. The losses of the big names only intensified as the pandemic saw swathes of shopper...

By Ronan Hegarty2020-12-18T00:01:00+00:00 Source: Unsplash Pre-Covid, specialist vape shops were one of the fastest-growing areas of bricks and mortar retail. Then came the pandemic. Lockdown rules deemed the stores non-essential, and they were obliged to close for large swathes of 2020. The restrictions on opening that arrived in March, and formed part of subsequent local and regional measures, clearly forced a major shift in the shopping habits of vapers. As with many fmcg sectors, online operators were the biggest winners – but high street grocers capitalised on the shift, too. Relieve...

Source: Unsplash Can butters, spreads and margarine expect another golden year in 2021? Or are hopes for further growth likely to melt away? As is stands, the category is in a position of strength. Its value has leapt by £128.1m (9.9%) this year, and it’s sold an extra 27.2 million kg thanks to the many millions of extra at-home eating occasions. Those figures mark something of a turnaround for BSM, which stayed in value growth in 2019 only because of price hikes. Arla, for one, seems optimistic that more growth is ahead. The dairy giant has seen its Lurpak brand add more value than the re...