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2024: A pivotal year for brands in the HFSS game
The launch of HFSS restrictions may have been delayed until next year, but 2024 will no doubt be critical for some of the nation’s...
Mar 14, 2024
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Foodfax 2023 Top 10 Products
The Foodfax 2023: Top 10 Products have been revealed! Read on to find out the products with the highest overall scores in Foodfax for...
Jan 24, 2024
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FIS GROUP DOUBLES ITS SHARE OF THE RESEARCH MARKET WITH CMR ACQUISITION
FiS Group, the UK’s leading food and beverage innovation and insight agency has acquired Cambridge Market Research, further strengthening...
Jan 17, 2024
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Foodfax 2023 Award Winners
Which products were category leaders in 2023, and what links their success? Read on to find out…
Jan 16, 2024
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Things are changing ⭐
We’re delighted to announce that Cambridge Market Research company is joining the F!S Group. This IS an exciting evolution for us which...
Jan 10, 2024
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Consumer Festive Food Trends 2023
Find out how consumers are responding to festive food this year
Dec 14, 2023
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Halloween and Bonfire Night - Food Innovation
With Halloween and Bonfire Night becoming a bigger feature in the retail calendar, we wanted to find out what consumers were planning on...
Oct 25, 2023
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Sep 15, 2023
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Aug 9, 2023
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Summer BBQ Range
Summertime, and the living is easy. Having been blessed with decent weather in the UK recently, we are at peak barbecue season.
Jul 21, 2023
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Free From Market - Part 2
Following on from our previous blog looking at how consumer views on the Free From category have changed over the last couple of years,...
Jul 6, 2023
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Free From Market
With the Free From market continuing to grow, we ran a tracker survey to understand if consumer views on this category have changed over...
Jun 15, 2023
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Claims Testing Research
With a growing trend for on-pack marketing claims, consumer research can be used to validate and substantiate such claims.
May 24, 2023
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Apr 24, 2023
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Easter: Hot Cross Buns
With Good Friday just around the corner, the range of Hot Cross Buns on sale across the retailers extends beyond the traditional fruit...
Apr 6, 2023
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Want to know how consumers decide which bottle of wine to buy?
We asked our Neighbourhood Net what they looked for when buying wine in store. Familiarity – whether they had tried it before - was the...
Mar 28, 2023
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What do consumers look for, when deciding which products to buy? - Part 2
Want to know how consumers decide which flowers to buy? We asked our Neighbourhood Net what they looked for when buying flowers. It would...
Mar 16, 2023
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What do consumers look for, when deciding which products to buy?
Want to know what drives purchase interest in your category? We asked our Neighbourhood Net what they looked for when buying key grocery...
Mar 9, 2023
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Plant-Based Product Names
Plant-based product names – Should ‘meat’ names be included or not?
Feb 21, 2023
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Feb 14, 2023
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