Symbol group operators, such as Budgens and Costcutter, now account for 40% of UK convenience store sales, according to the latest research published today (Thursday) by IGD at its Convenience Retailing 2012 conference. This share is up from 22% in 2002. Symbol group stores currently generate £13.6bn in sales, nearly three times the value they delivered ten years ago. IGD predicts they wi...

Our industry groups are set up to bring companies and people together to tackle the challenges faced by consumers and shoppers and to deliver benefits to the public at large. We share their work as widely as possible to make a big difference in the areas that people most care about. These include nutrition, sustainability, skills and employment. Groups are largely drawn from IGD’s membership ...

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Through ECR (Efficient Consumer Response) UK’s initiatives, businesses are being encouraged to eliminate waste by making better product and packaging design, range and forecasting decisions, with colleagues and trading partners. Prevention is the best outcome from both a commercial and environmental perspective. Where that is not possible, companies should divert waste away from landfill or se...

  Booker wanted to reduce waste within their supply chain so identified their top 20 Retail Ambient products in branch. KitKat 4 Finger & KitKat Chunky were highlighted as two of these. By using WastePreventConnect , Booker were able to raise the issue with Nestlé’s Supply Chain and collaboratively work on resolving the issue.  Both parties met at branch to see the issue first hand...

The online food and grocery market is set to be worth £11.1bn by 2017, almost double its current value of £5.6bn, according to the latest research published today (Wednesday) by IGD at its Trading in a digital world conference. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.6% between 2012 and 2017. UK online grocery retail market Source: IGD Research. All market da...

This article looks at the online and digital advances the company has already made and what this could mean for suppliers of this and other retailers. Walmart is the world’s largest retailer, a position it developed by adopting a multi-format strategy which stretches to over 10,000 outlets. Despite its size and bricks and mortar origins, it is now also considered a pi...

About this case study: To help food businesses to understand some of the technologies which could impact food, we are building a series of case studies. These examples are at varying stages of development and their inclusion as case studies is not intended as an indication of the likelihood of their introduction to market. They serve simply to illustrate how technologies might be applied to f...

Since the recession began, the food and grocery industry has increased the number of promotions This has delivered good value but 44% of shoppers find it difficult to compare prices as a result Although promotions will always be important, there needs to be a balance If the number of food and grocery promotions continues to rise, shoppers will be increasingly confused, accordin...

A free report telling the story of Feeding Britain’s Future – Skills for Work Week 2012 Includes: Feedback and results of the project The Youth Voice Forum where we got the views of young people Food industry comes to Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister   Employing 3.6 million people across the total supply chain, Britain’s food and consumer goods industry feels...