Market Focus

As fish and chip lovers across the UK come together to celebrate the nation’s favourite dish on National Fish and Chip Day (Friday 7 June), the Department for International Trade (DIT) hails Scotland’s £1bn fish [read more…]

The UK market for spreads is now worth over half a million pounds, at around £512.4m*.  Peanut butter sales soared around 17% in 2017 and nut-based spreads in general were forecast to reach over £100m sales [read more…]

There are many things Americans find inexplicable about the British. Perhaps it’s the incessant use of the word ‘sorry’ or the perplexing greeting of ‘you alright?’. Verbal contrasts aside, the nations also have peculiar differences [read more…]

Cutting down on meat saved Brits more than £2.8bn last year, a study has found. Researchers who polled 2,000 UK adults found 26% reduced their meat intake during the past 12 months – and in [read more…]

On Monday 12th November, SPLENDA®, the iconic low-calorie sweetener brand, took over the St Paul’s district in central London with a giant sugar pyramid to symbolise the 5,215 sugar cubes adults in the UK are, [read more…]

Whether they’re being included in afternoon tea, packed into a lunchbox or popped in a picnic basket, the humble sandwich has been a statement of British cuisine for centuries – but it is now on [read more…]

New data published by UKHospitality and specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, show Government-implemented costs are taking a significant toll on businesses in the eating and drinking-out sector. According to the 2018 UKHospitality Christie & Co [read more…]