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Dave Knowles
- Jul 5
- 1 min
Lucky Saint & Trip’s £ sales performance
Are we in the middle of a paradigm shift for adult drinks consumption in the UK? 😇 📈 Last night Lucky Saint | B Corp™ won the best...
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Dave Knowles
- Jun 29
- 1 min
Total craft beer £ sales performing well, at +8.3% over the latest 4 weeks vs LY
Nielsen IQ-GB Total Coverage Grocery Multiples - % Chg. Value vs. Year Ago - 20 Latest 4 Weeks - WE 03 June 2023 ** GB Total Coverage...
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Dave Knowles
- Jun 29
- 1 min
Long alcoholic drinks in the off trade, performing well over the latest 4 weeks vs LY
Nielsen IQ-GB Total Coverage - Value (in £M) - 26 Latest 4 Weeks - WE 03 June 2023
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Dave Knowles
- Jun 29
- 1 min
If we look at block cheese £ sales by pack size, we see consumers switching to bigger packs
Nielsen IQ- GB Total Coverage Grocery Multiples - Latest 52 Weeks Vs Year Ago - WE 06 May 2023
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Dave Knowles
- Jun 29
- 1 min
Beer price inflation at +8.0% over the latest 4 weeks vs LY
Nielsen IQ - GB Total Coverage Grocery Multiples - % Chg. Price Eq. vs. Year Ago - 26 Latest 4 Weeks - WE 06 May 2023
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Dave Knowles
- Oct 13, 2020
- 2 min
Budgeting for 2021
Forecasting grocery demand during 2020 has been challenging to say the least. We’ve had; panic buying, stockpiling, weekly sales higher...
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daveknowles
- Jun 21, 2020
- 2 min
The most important trait of a successful account manager
In a recent poll, we asked industry peers what the most important trait of a successful national account manager was. Typically, an...
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daveknowles
- May 27, 2020
- 2 min
Account Managers- How to effectively communicate with your buyer during lockdown
As of May 15th, Zoom, the video conferencing service, was more valuable than the world’s top seven airlines combined. This highlights a...
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daveknowles
- May 12, 2020
- 3 min
Thirsty Brits send booze sales soaring
Trying to forecast accurately during the COVID-19 pandemic, has put even the most robust supply chains under pressure. Many have seen...
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daveknowles
- Apr 7, 2020
- 5 min
Forecasting supply and demand during a global pandemic - Part Deux
It seems like so much has changed since I last wrote an article on this subject on March 5th, that I wanted to write a follow up piece...
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daveknowles
- Mar 5, 2020
- 3 min
Forecasting supply and demand during a global pandemic 😳
Firstly I know it's not officially a pandemic yet...but it certainly looks to be heading that way. As the spread of Coronavirus or COVID...
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daveknowles
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
Not everyone's cup of tea!
It has recently been reported in the national press that Unilever could be mulling a sale of their iconic tea brand, PG Tips. Kantar have...
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daveknowles
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Sacla' Bleu! Emergency Product Withdrawals
It has recently been reported in the UK national and trade press that certain products, from pesto supplier Sacla', have potentially got...
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daveknowles
- Dec 16, 2019
- 1 min
Tesco & WWF team up for Sustainable Basket Metric
Tesco and the WWF last week announced a tie up to start measuring how sustainable a consumer's basket is. Each product in the basket will...
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