Age alert for energy drinks
So, Lucozade have become the first energy drink to put an official age warning on their energy drinks bottles. Bottles of Lucozade Alert Plus, which i ...more
Collected blog posts about Products
Chippidy-doo-daa chippidy-ay
Next Monday sees the much-anticipated arrival of a couple of new snacking products. After a great fanfare from the trade press, Warburtons new range o ...more
Supersize me!
Adding value to your offering is a key component of any retailers offering. We know that encouraging your customers to buy just one extra product per ...more
Keeping it simple for shoppers
Local shops can make high impact promotions work for them with the application of a little thought - and sticky tape. My thanks to Andy Singh for f ...more
Local lessons from lotto balloons
Last week in the corner shop across the street a big poster appeared in the window announcing an £89 million mega draw in the lottery. Inside the sho ...more
Have No Fear of product innovation
Innovation is key to the convenience market. New packaging designs, improved recipes, healthier variants, new products aiming to capture existing tren ...more
Grabbags at 2-for-£1: who wins?
Walkers Max are promoting their grab bags with a 2-for-£1 flash in corner shops, and I wonder how many retailers have done the maths? My local Best-O ...more
Are bread and milk your bread and butter?
Steve Fox, retail sales director at the wholesaler Booker, has put down a marker for what he thinks is important for local shops to focus on in 2010. ...more
50 years of Fairy
Don’t look back, goes the saying. Unless, of course, you happen to be an iconic brand with a notable history and an easily recognisable identity. ...more
A chance to breathe now the worst weather has passed
When the cold snap began this month, after our first days trading we already knew that we did not have enough stock, particularly of milk. Our deliver ...more
