MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release: 14 August 2019   IGD: UK CONVENIENCE CHANNEL TO BE WORTH £48.2BN BY 2024   New forecasts from IGD reveal that the UK convenience market is set to grow by £6.9bn in the next five years, to reach £48.2bn by 2024. The channel will benefit from lots of new store openings over the period, helping to fuel a compound annual growth rate of 3.1%...

IGD’s latest shopper research shows 55% of shoppers are trying to reduce their personal sugar consumption 1 . With sugar reduction so high on shoppers’ priorities, has the sugar tax changed behaviour?   All age groups in the UK consume too much sugar* and on average, we’re consuming more than twice the government recommendation 2 .   In 2014, National Diet and Nutrit...

Nutritionist Hannah Skeggs explores the impacts of advertising high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) products to children.   Food advertising is a supersized market. In 2018, food producers and retailers spent £534 million on television advertising alone 1 . Back in 2007, media regulator Ofcom introduced broadcasting restrictions to reduce significantly the exposure of children...

Providing clearer food labelling was a priority of the Childhood Obesity Strategy. The government recognised that to make healthier choices, shoppers need to be empowered by the nutrition information available on pack.   IGD has undertaken a large amount of consumer research on front of pack (FOP) nutrition information, involving over 7,000 consumers, to understand the barriers and ...

In-home unattended delivery appeals to one in five UK online shoppers, says our ShopperVista* research. Younger shoppers show greater interest (37%) as do AB shoppers (28%) and those based in London (29%).  For retailers considering or starting to use this delivery method, here’s what you need to think about. 1. Do your shoppers trust you? Shoppers will already need to trust you si...

Stay on top of your industry. Join over 10,000 food and consumer goods professionals who receive the latest research and training from IGD. The Update is our monthly newsletter that highlights some of our recent work. In August we focused on: Five-year food-to-go forecasts How to drive shopper engagement using technology No deal Brexit impact: what the OBR thinks A checklist...

Leendert Den Hollander, Vice President & General Manager at Coca-Cola European Partners, Great Britain, has been confirmed as the latest keynote speaker who will take to the main stage at IGD Live in November. The session will take place on day one of IGD Live on the main stage, Wednesday 6th November, and will address why inclusion and diversity is mission critical, with Leendert sharing in...

- Channel set to experience double the growth of wider UK food and grocery market -  The UK food-to-go market is forecast to be worth £23.4bn by 2024, up from £18.5bn in 2019, growing by 26.4%. According to new research from IGD, the channel is set to experience double the growth of the wider UK food and grocery retail market – 12.5% – over the next five years.  FT...

Tropicana Whole Fruit, a new product created by PepsiCo, was created to address consumers not having their recommended daily intake of fruit and vegetables and fibre.   THE CHALLENGE Recognising that as many as two in three British adults aren’t managing to achieve the minimum recommended daily intake of fruit and veg - lack of convenience being one reason why - and only 10% ac...

Our insight team visits stores around the world, exploring the latest trends in consumer goods retail. We choose the most innovative, newest concept stores to help you stay up to date.  Some of the best we’ve seen this year are in Denmark and Belgium. We visited 7-Eleven’s latest concept store in Copenhagen, and top outlets in Brussels, Antwerp and beyond.  What the stores are doing well ...