The growth in tea sales in the convenience channel has mainly been driven by the increased trend towards treating tea as an “occasion”, centred around home snacking and home lunching - both up by 10% as a result of people spending more time at home, working and socialising. The growth in specialty teas has been driven by tea fast becoming an essential part of the growing trend towards a daily health and wellness routine, which has been a key driver of value sales of growth of tea by 2.1%. Getting the right balance between mass market consumption and niche interests will ensure you optimise your tea sales”.
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The information from Partners for Growth was very useful and something which I implemented across a range of categories. Whilst we cannot stock all products, we focused on best sellers and re-laid the fixtures in a way that made it easy for our customers to shop. We have since seen an increase in sales of approximately 20-25% which is really positive!
Award winning category management advice for growing your sales based on knowledge and insight from Unilever category experts, plus business advice from our Retailer Advisory Panel of award-winning UK convenience retailers.
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