Latest research from MINTEL finds that the bubble has burst for the once fashionable alco-pop or flavoured alcoholic beverage (FABs). After an impressive value increase of as much as 70% between 2000 and 2002, sales have plummeted by 22% from £1.6 billion in 2002 to just £1.2 billion this year.
Financial future looking brighter for Britain’s children Latest research from MINTEL shows that more British parents than ever before are saving for their children’s future. Today, almost three-quarters (72%) of adults with children aged between 0 and 14 years old are saving at least occasionally for their children’s…
New research from MINTEL finds Britons going back to butter, as margarine sales continue to melt away. In 2004, British consumers packed away a weighty 107,000 tonnes of butter, up 8% on 2002 figures, with volume sales set to hit the 110,000 tonne mark this year. Meanwhile, spending on butter…
Latest research from MINTEL sees a major shake-up in Britain’s seasonings market. Today, salt sales are slowly grinding to a halt, while the pepper market is seriously hotting up and fresh herbs sales are blossoming. Over the past few years, the salt sector has really been feeling the pinch, with…
Latest research from MINTEL shows that when it comes to knickers, bigger really is better, as British women turn their backs on thongs in favour of fuller maxi pants. Women’s spending on thongs has fallen 14% since 2003 to some £89 million this year or just 23% of the pants…
Mintel Report Cites Food Safety; Health as New Sales Drivers for $14.6 Billion MarketCHICAGO (September 27, 2005)- Kosher food has garnered major attention from a new crop of consumers who do not follow traditional Jewish dietary laws.According to a recent Mintel report on Kosher Foods, more than 55 percent of…
Busy schedules and ” on-the-go ” dining are emerging factors in increased obesity casesA recent Mintel report suggests that most adults blame the parents for America’s obesity issues with children. More than 77 percent of adults surveyed cited that the parents, not the children, are to blame in the national…
A new report from MINTEL finds Britain’s mobile phone junkies set to blow a massive three-quarters of a billion pounds (£740 million) on phone downloads this year alone, some eighteen times the £40 million spent in 2002. What is more, volume sales are expected to increase by an even greater…
A new report from MINTEL finds the great British banger is back in vogue, but this time the simple sausage has gone all posh. This year Britain will chomp through an estimated 189,000 tonnes of these meaty morsels, a hearty 17% increase since 2000. This means that the average British…
A new age for gap year travelLatest research from MINTEL’s Travel and Tourism Analyst shows that older ‘Career Gappers’ and ‘Denture Venturers’ are giving students a run for their money in the multi-billion pound global gap year market. Having only really taken off in the early 1990s, the global gap…
Latest research from MINTEL finds that as many as 35% of British parents now live as a ‘non-traditional’ family unit, because they are single parents (19%) or because they have children from previous relationships (16%) living with them. This means that today around 5 million British parents have a ‘non-traditional’…
while it’s one more round for the BritsLatest research from MINTEL shows that in two of Europe’s largest economies, France and Germany, social, economic and political changes have lead to many consumers turning their backs on alcohol. Indeed, in France consumption fell by 6% between 1999 and 2004 to stand…