United Kingdom

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In 2018, gardening confirmed the good performance it recorded in 2017. Growth in 2018 was mainly driven by higher prices which helped to keep value sales positive. Horticulture continued to perform best in 2018, mainly thanks to indoor plants. Garden...

Home furnishings continued growing in the UK in 2018 and is expected to maintain its momentum throughout the forecast period. The uncertainty in the housing market has led consumers to put purchases of new properties on hold. Younger adults (or ...

Home improvement continued to record positive growth in 2018. Larger projects have been put on hold by UK consumers, due to a lack of certainty on the UK’s economic status in the eventual post-EU environment. Nevertheless, this has not affected home ...

The biggest factor impacting growth is the positive view cooking at home has been gaining. As UK consumers jump on the healthy living lifestyle, cooking their own meals is becoming a more joyful and exciting experience and a way to save money. As ...

Home and garden recorded positive growth in 2018 despite the ongoing uncertainties over the UK’s future economic environment, consumers’ reluctance to spend on non-essential projects, and the slowdown in the premiumisation trend for many categories. ...

Technology is making homes more entertaining and comfortable than ever before, and people with increasingly busy lifestyles prefer to spend their free time at home and invite their friends round, instead of going out. This habit is drastically ...

As consumers demand a better experience in-store, a rising trend across retailers is to open foodservice establishments inside their premises. This is especially true for grocery retailers and department stores. Retailers are expected to continue to ...

The number of full-service restaurants grew faster than demand during the review period, resulting in an overcrowded channel. In 2018, consumers lost confidence in their spending power and cut back on discretionary spending such as dining out. This ...

Consumers are working longer hours and their lives are becoming increasingly busy. These two factors are dictating a major shift in consumers’ eating habits, as they favour to-go meals at the time that is most convenient for them. As this trend is ...

2018 was a year of drastic changes for consumer foodservice. The uncertainty generated by Brexit led to a sharp decrease in consumers’ confidence in their spending power. Whilst the industry performed well overall, revenue shifted across channels. In...

Most self-service cafeterias are located within grocery retailers and home and garden retailers, as well as in department stores. During 2018, the wave of closures that impacted high street retailers also had a negative effect on self-service ...

Consumers’ appreciation of food stalls continued to grow throughout 2018. The number of independent stalls selling food increased massively by the end of the review period, and so did their value sales. This trend is set to continue over the forecast...

The summer of 2018 was tough for egg producers as prices fell due to oversupply and the price of feed increased by around 50%. Moreover, despite assurances from the government on a number of agricultural sectors, it has yet to confirm whether tariffs...

Despite the recent health trend in which consumers moved away from meat to consuming healthier proteins in the form of fish and seafood, consumption of fish and seafood slowed in 2018. Much of this stems from rising prices. For instance, while prices...

The fruits category is particularly concerned about Brexit as 90% of fruit is imported and mainly from the EU. Brexit could not only impact availability but also affordability. Britain’s exit from the EU is expected to create labour scarcity within ...

Consumers are increasingly embracing healthier lifestyles with many reducing their consumption of red meat in favour of leaner proteins, such as eggs, fish as well as plant-based alternatives that are high in fibre and easily digestible. This trend ...

Growing health consciousness and increased snacking will remain the main drivers behind the positive performance of nuts over the forecast period, as consumers are expected to move away from unhealthy savoury snacks such as potato chips to more ...

The health trend continued to gather momentum in the UK during 2018 with consumers increasing their demand for fresh food. Ethical consumerism has gone from being a fad to becoming a feature of the UK market, with an increasing number of consumers ...

There has been something of a resurgence in pulses in the UK in recent years with many consumers coming to embrace falafel and dahl and eschewing meat. British consumers are becoming increasingly health- and environmentally-conscious and are looking ...