In the Media

• 02/07/2020 - Financial Times

  UK supermarkets not in line to deliver super profits

  
  

  Kantar estimates that sales of food and drink on the go, worth £347m to supermarkets in June 2019, were down by a third in early June this year.

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• 29/06/2020 - The Irish Times

  Irish shoppers continued to stockpile as lockdown came to a close

  
  

  Data from Kantar shows consumers spent extra €628m on grocery items The habit of stockpiling groceries doesn't appear to have fallen away with Irish shoppers spending almost 25 per cent more in the 12 weeks to June 14th than they did last year. Shoppers spent an additional €628.7 million on groceries than in the same period last year as people made "fewer, larger trips to the supermarket", Kantar retail analyst Emer Healy said.

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• 28/06/2020 - BBC

  The foods we are all eating during lockdown

  
  

  Sausages have been eaten in six million more weekly meals, says research firm Kantar, partly due to a surge in barbecues and also a return to comfort food favourites toad-in-the-hole and bangers and mash.

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• 26/06/2020 - Retail Times

  Online beauty sales soar during lockdown, Kantar reports

  
  

  New Kantar findings show that online beauty sales jumped 100% during the 12 weeks to 31 May 2020 while stores were closed due to stay-at-home advice from Government. The uplift saw more people than ever before, 8.7% of the population, shop for beauty products online in May, overtaking the high street for the first time. Matthew Maxwell, strategic insight director at Kantar, comments: "In normal times, around 4.7% of the population typically shopped for beauty on the web."

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• 24/06/2020 - WARC

  How FMCG brands can respond to change after COVID-19

  
  

  Jess Smith says: 'Pronouncing dramatic change has become a cliché for our times. But there is little doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on consumer behaviour, especially when it comes to FMCG shopping. Will I ever pop into a Tesco Express on my lunch hour again? It's still hard to imagine. Thus it is unsurprising that UK grocery sales through digital channels have grown by 75% according to Kantar data.'

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• 22/06/2020 - BBC Radio 4

  Why The Corner Shop Has Come Into Its Own

  
  

  Sales in corner shops and independent grocers were up by 63 per cent in the three months to May according to industry analysts Kantar. For many small grocery shops, business has never been better. But as Sheila Dillon finds out, that's gone hand in hand with exceptionally long hours, miles and miles driven to cash & carries, finding new local suppliers, entrepreneurial social distancing solutions, and alot of community support.

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